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 PUBLIC LAW 106-398—APPENDIX 114 STAT. 1654A-155 "(b) LIMITATION ON AMOUNT OF BONUS. —The amount of an accession bonus under subsection (a) may not exceed $30,000. " (c) LIMITATION ON ELIGIBILITY FOR BONUS.—A person may not be paid a bonus under subsection (a) if— "(1) the person, in exchange for an agreement to accept an appointment as a warrant or commissioned officer, received financial assistance from the Department of Defense or the Department of Health and Human Services to pursue a course of study in pharmacy; or "(2) the Secretary concerned determines that the person is not qualified to become and remain licensed as a pharmacist. "(d) AGREEMENT.— The agreement referred to in subsection (a) shall provide that, consistent with the needs of the uniformed service concerned, the person executing the agreement shall be assigned to duty, for the period of obligated service covered by the agreement, as a pharmacy officer in the Medical Service Corps of the Army or Navy, a biomedical sciences officer in the Air Force designated as a pharmacy officer, or a pharmacy officer of the Public Health Service. "(e) REPAYMENT.—(1) An officer who receives a payment under subsection (a) and who fails to become and remain licensed as a pharmacist during the period for which the payment is made shall refund to the United States an amount equal to the full amount of such payment. "(2) An officer who voluntarily terminates service on active duty before the end of the period agreed to be served under subsection (a) shall refund to the United States an amount that bears the same ratio to the amount paid to the officer as the unserved part of such period bears to the total period agreed to be served. "(3) An obligation to reimburse the United States under paragraph (1) or (2) is for all purposes a debt owed to the United States. "(4) A discharge in bankruptcy under title 11 that is entered less than 5 years after the termination of an agreement under this section does not discharge the person signing such agreement from a debt arising under such agreement or this subsection. This paragraph applies to any case commenced under title 11 after the date of the enactment of the Floyd D. Spence National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2001.". (b) ADMINISTRATION.— Section 303a of title 37, United States Code, is amended by striking "302h" each place it appears and inserting "302j". (c) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.— The table of sections at the beginning of chapter 5 of such title is amended by inserting after the item relating to section 302h the following new items: "302i. Special pay: pharmacy officers. "302j. Special pay: accession bonus for pharmacy officers.". SEC. 629. CORRECTION OF REFERENCES TO AIR FORCE VETERINAR- IANS. Section 303(a) of title 37, United States Code, is amended— (1) in paragraph (1)(B), by striking "who is designated as a veterinary officer" and inserting "who is an officer in the Biomedical Sciences Corps and holds a degree in veterinary medicine"; and (2) in paragraph (2), by striking subparagraph (B) and inserting the following:

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