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U.S. Code as of:
01/19/04
Section 308b. Special pay: reenlistment bonus for members of the Selected Reserve
(a) Authority and Eligibility Requirements. - An enlisted member
of a reserve component who -
(1) has completed less than 14 years of total military service;
and
(2) reenlists or voluntarily extends his enlistment for a
period of three years or for a period of six years in a
designated military skill, or in a designated unit, as determined
by the Secretary concerned, in the Selected Reserve of the Ready
Reserve of an armed force;
may be paid a bonus as provided in subsection (b).
(b) Bonus Amounts; Payment. - (1) The amount of a bonus under
this section may not exceed -
(A) $5,000, in the case of a member who reenlists or extends an
enlistment for a period of six years;
(B) $2,500, in the case of a member who, having never received
a bonus under this section, reenlists or extends an enlistment
for a period of three years; and
(C) $2,000, in the case of a member who, having received a
bonus under this section for a previous three-year reenlistment
or extension of an enlistment, reenlists or extends the
enlistment for an additional period of three years.
(2) Any bonus payable under this section shall be disbursed in
one initial payment of an amount not to exceed one-half of the
total amount of the bonus and subsequent periodic partial payments
of the balance of the bonus. The Secretary concerned shall
prescribe the amount of each partial payment and the schedule for
making the partial payments.
(c) Condition on Eligibility; Limitation on Number of Bonuses. -
(1) To be eligible for a second bonus under this section in the
amount specified in subsection (b)(1)(C), a member must -
(A) enter into the subsequent reenlistment or extension of an
enlistment for a period of three years not later than the date on
which the enlistment or extension for which the first bonus was
paid would expire; and
(B) still satisfy the designated skill or unit requirements
required under subsection (a)(2).
(2) A member may not be paid more than one six-year bonus or two
three-year bonuses under this section.
(3) In the case of a reenlistment or voluntary extension of
enlistment by a member of the armed forces that is entered into as
described in subsection (a) while the member is serving on active
duty in Afghanistan, Iraq, or Kuwait in support of Operation
Enduring Freedom or Operation Iraqi Freedom, the Secretary
concerned may waive so much of paragraph (1)(B) or subsection
(a)(2) as requires that the skill or unit in which the member
reenlists or extends an enlistment be a designated skill or
designated unit determined by the Secretary concerned.
(d) Payment to Mobilized Members. - A member entitled to a bonus
under this section who is called or ordered to active duty shall be
paid, during that period of active duty, any amount of the bonus
that becomes payable to the member during that period of active
duty.
(e) Repayment of Bonus. - A member who receives a bonus under
this section and who fails, during the period for which the bonus
was paid, to serve satisfactorily in the element of the Selected
Reserve of the Ready Reserve with respect to which the bonus was
paid shall refund to the United States an amount that bears the
same ratio to the amount of the bonus paid to the member as the
period that the member failed to serve satisfactorily bears to the
total period for which the bonus was paid.
(f) Regulations. - This section shall be administered under
regulations prescribed by the Secretary of Defense for the armed
forces under his jurisdiction and by the Secretary of Homeland
Security for the Coast Guard when it is not operating as a service
in the Navy.
(g) Termination of Authority. - No bonus may be paid under this
section to any enlisted member who, after December 31, 2004,
reenlists or voluntarily extends his enlistment in a reserve
component.
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