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U.S. Code as of:
01/19/04
Section 308g. Special pay: bonus for enlistment in elements of the Ready Reserve other than the Selected Reserve
(a) An eligible person who enlists in a combat or combat support
skill of an element (other than the Selected Reserve) of the Ready
Reserve of an armed force for a term of enlistment of not less than
six years, and who has not previously served in an armed force, may
be paid a bonus as provided in subsection (b).
(b) Eligibility for and the amount and method of payment of a
bonus under this section shall be determined in accordance with
regulations prescribed under subsection (g), except that the amount
of such a bonus may not exceed $1,000.
(c) A bonus may not be paid under this section for a term of
enlistment to any person who fails to complete satisfactorily
initial active duty for training or who, upon completion of initial
active duty for training, elects to serve the remainder of the term
of enlistment in the Selected Reserve or in an active component of
an armed force.
(d) A person who receives a bonus payment under this section and
who fails during the period for which the bonus was paid to serve
satisfactorily in the element of the Ready Reserve with respect to
which the bonus was paid shall refund to the United States an
amount which bears the same ratio to the amount of the bonus paid
to such person as the period which such person failed to serve
satisfactorily bears to the total period for which the bonus was
paid.
(e) An obligation to reimburse the United States imposed under
subsection (d) is, for all purposes, a debt owed to the United
States.
(f) A discharge in bankruptcy under title 11 that is entered less
than five years after the termination of an enlistment for which a
bonus was paid under this section does not discharge the person
receiving such bonus payment from the debt arising under subsection
(d). This subsection applies to any case commenced under title 11
after September 24, 1983.
(g) 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.
(h) A bonus may not be paid under this section to any person for
an enlistment after September 30, 1992.
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