§1603 Additional Compensation, Incentives, and Allowances

Summary

The Secretary of Defense may pay extra money and give extra benefits, incentives, or allowances to people in defense intelligence jobs. The extra pay cannot be higher than what similar jobs get under title 5. U.S. citizens or nationals in these jobs who are posted outside the continental United States or in Alaska can get a special allowance if living costs are much higher than in Washington, D.C., or the working conditions are very different and need a hiring incentive, or both. That allowance cannot be more than the amount allowed by 5 U.S.C. 5941(a). After the Secretary sends a required strategy report, the Secretary may also give certain allowances and benefits under 5 U.S.C. 9904(1) to up to 125 covered employees each year, even if those employees work inside the United States and are not supporting overseas DoD activities. The Secretary must send a strategy report as described and then yearly reports — the first due by December 31, 2020 and each year after — saying how many employees got these benefits and whether they helped the Defense Intelligence Agency meet its goals. Reports may be classified. “Appropriate congressional committees” means the congressional defense committees and the House and Senate intelligence committees. A “covered employee” is a defense intelligence employee in the Defense Clandestine Service at a U.S. location with living costs at least as high as Washington, D.C.