37 U.S.C. § 308b : US Code - Section 308B: Special pay: reenlistment bonus for members of the Selected Reserve

Search 37 U.S.C. § 308b : US Code - Section 308B: Special pay: reenlistment bonus for members of the Selected Reserve

(a) Authority and Eligibility Requirements. - The Secretary
concerned may pay a bonus under subsection (b) to an enlisted
member of a reserve component who -
(1) has completed not more than 20 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.
(b) Bonus Amounts; Payment. - (1) The amount of a bonus under
this section may not exceed -
(A) $15,000, in the case of a member who reenlists or extends
an enlistment for a period of six years;
(B) $7,500, 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) $6,000, 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) Bonus payments authorized under this section may be paid in
either a lump sum or in installments. If the bonus is paid in
installments, the initial payment shall be not less than 50 percent
of the total bonus amount. The Secretary concerned shall prescribe
the amount of each subsequent installment payment and the schedule
for making the installment payments.
(3) Any portion of a term of reenlistment or extension of
enlistment of a member that, when added to the total years of
service of the member at the time of discharge or release, exceeds
24 years may not be used in computing the total bonus amount under
paragraph (1).
(c) Condition on Eligibility. - (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) 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) Repayment. - A member who does not complete the term of
enlistment in the element of the Selected Reserve for which the
bonus was paid to the member under this section shall be subject to
the repayment provisions of section 303a(e) of this title.
(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, 2006,
reenlists or voluntarily extends his enlistment in a reserve
component.