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 PUBLIC LAW 106-65 —OCT. 5, 1999 113 STAT. 663 Notification. Deadline. "(d) AMOUNT OF BONUS; PAYMENT.— (1) A bonus under this section shall be paid in a single lump sum of $30,000. "(2) The bonus shall be paid to an eligible career bonus member Deadline, not later than the first month that begins on or after the date that is 60 days after the date on which the Secretary concerned receives from the member the election required under subsection (a)(1) and the written agreement required under subsection (a)(2), if applicable. "(e) NOTIFICATION OF ELIGIBILITY.—(1) The Secretary concerned shall transmit to each member who meets the definition of eligible career bonus member a written notification of the opportunity of the member to elect to receive a bonus under this section. The Secretary shall provide the notification not later than 180 days before the date on which the member will complete 15 years of active duty. "(2) The notification shall include the following: "(A) The procedures for electing to receive the bonus. "(B) An explanation of the effects under sections 1401a, 1409, and 1410 of title 10 that such an election has on the computation of any retired or retainer pay that the member may become eligible to receive. "(f) REPAYMENT OF BONUS.— (1) If a person paid a bonus under this section fails to complete a period of active duty beginning on the date on which the election of the person under subsection (a)(1) is received and ending on the date on which the person completes 20 years of active-duty service as described in subsection (a)(2), the person shall refund to the United States the amount that bears the same ratio to the amount of the bonus payment as the uncompleted part of that period of active-duty service bears to the total period of such service. "(2) Subject to paragraph (3), an obligation to reimburse the United States imposed under paragraph (1) is for all purposes a debt owed to the United States. "(3) The Secretary concerned may waive, in whole or in part, a refund required under paragraph (1) if the Secretary concerned determines that recovery would be against equity and good conscience or would be contrary to the best interests of the United States. "(4) A discharge in bankruptcy under title 11 that is entered less than five years after the termination of an agreement under this section does not discharge the member signing such agreement from a debt arising under the agreement or this subsection,". (b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.— The table of sections at the beginning of such chapter is amended by inserting after the item relating to section 321 the following new item: "322. Special pay: 15-year career status bonus for members entering service on or after August 1, 1986. ", SEC. 643. CONFORMING AMENDMENTS. (a) CONFORMING AMENDMENT TO SURVIVOR BENEFIT PLAN PROVISION.—(1) Section 1451(h)(3) of title 10, United States Code, is amended by inserting "OF CERTAIN MEMBERS" after "RETIREMENT". (2) Section 1452(i) of such title is amended by striking "When the retired pay" and inserting "Whenever the retired pay". (b) RELATED TECHNICAL AMENDMENTS. — Chapter 71 of such title is amended as follows: (1) Section 1401a(b) is amended—

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