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U.S. Code as of:
01/19/04
Section 302j. Special pay: accession bonus for pharmacy officers
(a) Accession Bonus Authorized. - A person who is a graduate of
an accredited pharmacy school and who, during the period beginning
on the date of the enactment of the Floyd D. Spence National
Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2001 and ending on
September 30, 2004, executes a written agreement described in
subsection (d) to accept a commission as an officer of a uniformed
service and remain on active duty for a period of not less than 4
years may, upon acceptance of the agreement by the Secretary
concerned, be paid an accession bonus in an amount determined by
the Secretary concerned.
(b) Limitation on Amount of Bonus. - The amount of an accession
bonus under subsection (a) may not exceed $30,000.
(c) Limitation on Eligibility for Bonus. - A person may not be
paid a bonus under subsection (a) if -
(1) the person, in exchange for an agreement to accept an
appointment as a warrant or commissioned officer, received
financial assistance from the Department of Defense or the
Department of Health and Human Services to pursue a course of
study in pharmacy; or
(2) the Secretary concerned determines that the person is not
qualified to become and remain licensed as a pharmacist.
(d) Agreement. - The agreement referred to in subsection (a)
shall provide that, consistent with the needs of the uniformed
service concerned, the person executing the agreement shall be
assigned to duty, for the period of obligated service covered by
the agreement, as a pharmacy officer in the Medical Service Corps
of the Army or Navy, a biomedical sciences officer in the Air Force
designated as a pharmacy officer, or a pharmacy officer of the
Public Health Service.
(e) Repayment. - (1) An officer who receives a payment under
subsection (a) and who fails to become and remain licensed as a
pharmacist during the period for which the payment is made shall
refund to the United States an amount equal to the full amount of
such payment.
(2) An officer who voluntarily terminates service on active duty
before the end of the period agreed to be served under subsection
(a) shall refund to the United States an amount that bears the same
ratio to the amount paid to the officer as the unserved part of
such period bears to the total period agreed to be served.
(3) An obligation to reimburse the United States under paragraph
(1) or (2) is for all purposes a debt owed to the United States.
(4) A discharge in bankruptcy under title 11 that is entered less
than 5 years after the termination of an agreement under this
section does not discharge the person signing such agreement from a
debt arising under such agreement or this subsection. This
paragraph applies to any case commenced under title 11 after the
date of the enactment of the Floyd D. Spence National Defense
Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2001.
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