37 U.S.C. § 209 : US Code - Section 209: Members of precommissioning programs

Search 37 U.S.C. § 209 : US Code - Section 209: Members of precommissioning programs

(a) Senior ROTC Members in Advanced Training. - (1)Except when on
active duty, a member of the Senior Reserve Officers' Training
Corps who is selected for advance training under section 2104 of
title 10 is entitled to a monthly subsistence allowance at a rate
prescribed under paragraph (2) beginning on the day he starts
advanced training and ending upon the completion of his instruction
under that section, but in no event shall any member receive such
pay for more than 30 months.
(2) The Secretary of Defense shall prescribe by regulation the
monthly rates for subsistence allowances provided under this
section. The rate may not be less than $250 per month, but may not
exceed $674 per month.
(3) A subsistence allowance under this section may not be
considered financial assistance requiring additional service within
the meaning of the third sentence of section 6(d)(1) of the
Military Selective Service Act (50 U.S.C. App. 456(d)(1)).
(b) Senior ROTC Members Appointed in Reserves. - Except when on
active duty, a cadet or midshipman appointed under section 2107 of
title 10 is entitled to a monthly subsistence allowance at a rate
prescribed under subsection (a). A member enrolled in the first two
years of a four-year program is entitled to receive subsistence for
a maximum of twenty months. A member enrolled in the advanced
course is entitled to subsistence as prescribed for a member
enrolled under section 2104 of title 10 as prescribed in subsection
(a).
(c) Nonscholarship Senior ROTC Members Not in Advanced Training. -
A member of the Selected Reserve Officers' Training Corps who has
entered into an agreement under section 2103a of title 10 is
entitled to a monthly subsistence allowance at a rate prescribed
under subsection (a). That allowance may be paid to the member by
reason of such agreement for a maximum of 20 months.
(d) Pay While Attending Training or Practice Cruise. - Each cadet
or midshipman in the Senior Reserve Officers' Training Corps, while
he is attending training or practice cruises under chapter 103 of
title 10 if the training or cruise is of at least four weeks
duration and must be completed before the cadet or midshipman is
commissioned, and each applicant for membership in the Senior
Reserve Officers' Training Corps, while he is attending field
training or practice cruises to satisfy the requirements of section
2104(b)(6)(B) of title 10 for admission to advanced training, is
entitled, while so attending, to pay at the rate prescribed for
cadets and midshipmen at the United States Military, Naval, and Air
Force Academies under section 203(c) of this title, except that the
rate for a cadet or midshipman who is a member of the regular
component of an armed force shall be the rate of basic pay
applicable to the member under section 203 of this title.
(e) Members of Marine Corps Officer Candidate Program. - Except
when serving on active duty, a member who is enrolled in a Marine
Corps officer candidate program which requires a baccalaureate
degree as a prerequisite to being commissioned as an officer and
who is not enrolled in a program established under chapter 103 of
title 10 or an academy established under chapter 403, 603, or 903
of title 10 may be paid a subsistence allowance at a monthly rate
prescribed under subsection (a) for a member of the Senior Reserve
Officers' Training Corps who is selected for advanced training
under section 2104 of title 10.