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 113 STAT. 662 PUBLIC LAW 106-65—OCT. 5, 1999 (3) by inserting after subparagraph (A) the following new subparagraph: "(B) to any airport in the continental United States to which travel can be arranged at the same or a lower cost as travel obtained under subparagraph (A); or". Subtitle D—Retired Pay Reform SEC. 641. REDUX RETIRED PAY SYSTEM APPLICABLE ONLY TO MEM- BERS ELECTING NEW 15-YEAR CAREER STATUS BONUS. (a) RETIRED PAY MULTIPLIER. — Paragraph (2) of section 1409(b) of title 10, United States Code, is amended by inserting after "July 31, 1986," the following: "has elected to receive a bonus under section 322 of title 37,". (b) CosT-OF-LiviNG ADJUSTMENTS.— (1) Paragraph (2) of section 1401a(b) of such title is amended by striking "Ine Secretary shall increase the retired pay of each member and former member who first became a member of a uniformed service before August 1, 1986," and inserting "Except as otherwise provided in this subsection, the Secretary shall increase the retired pay of each member and former member". (2) Paragraph (3) of such section is amended by inserting after "August 1, 1986," the following: "and has elected to receive a bonus under section 322 of title 37,". (c) RECOMPUTATION OF RETIRED PAY AT AGE 62. —Section 1410 of such title is amended by inserting after "August 1, 1986," the following: "who has elected to receive a bonus under section 322 of title 37,". SEC. 642. AUTHORIZATION OF 15-YEAR CAREER STATUS BONUS. (a) CAREER SERVICE BONUS.— Chapter 5 of title 37, United States Code, is amended by inserting after section 321, as added by section 629, the following new section: "§ 322. Special pay: 15-year career status bonus for members entering service on or after August 1, 1986 "(a) AVAILABILITY OF BoNUS. — The Secretary concerned shall pay a bonus under this section to an eligible career bonus member if the member— "(1) elects to receive the bonus under this section; and "(2) executes a written agreement (prescribed by the Secretary concerned) to remain continuously on active duty until the member has completed 20 years of active-duty service creditable under section 1405 of title 10. "(b) ELIGIBLE CAREER BONUS MEMBER DEFINED. —In this section, the term 'eligible career bonus member' means a member of a uniformed service serving on active duty who— "(1) first became a member on or after August 1, 1986; and "(2) has completed 15 years of active duty in the uniformed services (or has received notification under subsection (e) that the member is about to complete that duty). "(c) ELECTION METHOD. —An election under subsection (a)(1) shall be made in such form and within such period as the Secretary concerned may prescribe. An election under that subsection is irrevocable.

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