37 U.S.C. § 308i : US Code - Section 308I: Special pay: prior service enlistment bonus

Search 37 U.S.C. § 308i : US Code - Section 308I: Special pay: prior service enlistment bonus

(a) Authority and Eligibility Requirements. - (1) A person who is
a former enlisted member of an armed force who enlists in the
Selected Reserve of the Ready Reserve of an armed force for a
period of three or six years in a critical military skill
designated for such a bonus by the Secretary concerned and who
meets the requirements of paragraph (2) may be paid a bonus as
prescribed in subsection (b).
(2) A bonus may only be paid under this section to a person who
meets each of the following requirements:
(A) The person has not more than 16 years of total military
service and received an honorable discharge at the conclusion of
all prior periods of service.
(B) The person was not released, or is not being released, from
active service for the purpose of enlistment in a reserve
component.
(C) The person is projected to occupy, or is occupying, a
position as a member of the Selected Reserve in a specialty in
which the person -
(i) successfully served while a member on active duty and
attained a level of qualification while on active duty
commensurate with the grade and years of service of the member;
or
(ii) has completed training or retraining in the specialty
skill that is designated as critically short and attained a
level of qualification in the specialty skill that is
commensurate with the grade and years of service of the member.
(b) Bonus Amounts; Payment. - (1) The amount of a bonus under
this section may not exceed -
(A) $15,000, in the case of a person who enlists for a period
of six years;
(B) $7,500, in the case of a person who, having never received
a bonus under this section, enlists for a period of three years;
and
(C) $6,000, in the case of a person who, having received a
bonus under this section for a previous three-year 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.
(3) A person 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.
(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 person must -
(A) enter into a reenlistment or extension of an enlistment for
a period of three years not later than the date on which the
enlistment for which the first bonus was paid would expire; and
(B) still satisfy the eligibility requirements under subsection
(a).
(2) A person may not be paid more than one six-year bonus or two
three-year bonuses under this section.
(d) Repayment. - A person who receives a bonus payment under this
section and who, during the period for which the bonus was paid,
does not serve satisfactorily in the element of the Selected
Reserve with respect to which the bonus was paid shall be subject
to the repayment provisions of section 303a(e) of this title.
(e) 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 the Coast Guard is not operating
as a service in the Navy.
(f) Termination of Authority. - No bonus may be paid under this
section to any person for an enlistment after December 31, 2006.