Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 117.djvu/1525

 117 STAT. 1506

PUBLIC LAW 108–136—NOV. 24, 2003

‘‘(c) INCLUSION OF RESERVE COMPONENT MEMBERS PERFORMING INACTIVE DUTY TRAINING.—(1) To the extent funds are made available to carry out this subsection, the Secretary of a military department may pay the special pay under subsection (a) to members of a reserve component of the armed forces who are entitled to compensation under section 206 of this title and who perform duty under orders as members of a Weapons of Mass Destruction Civil Support Team. ‘‘(2) The amount of the special pay for a member referred 1⁄30 of the monthly special to in paragraph (1) shall be equal to pay rate in effect under subsection (b) for each day on which the member performs duty under orders as members of a Weapons of Mass Destruction Civil Support Team. ‘‘(d) REGULATIONS.—Special pay under this section shall be provided in accordance with regulations prescribed by the Secretary of Defense. ‘‘(e) DEFINITION.—In this section, the term ‘Weapons of Mass Destruction Civil Support Team’ means a team of members of the reserve components of the armed forces that is established under section 12310(c) of title 10 in support of emergency preparedness programs to prepare for or to respond to any emergency involving the use of a weapon of mass destruction.’’. (b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sections at the beginning of such chapter is amended by inserting after the item relating to section 305a the following new item: ‘‘305b. Special pay: service as member of Weapons of Mass Destruction Civil Support Team.’’. SEC. 625. INCENTIVE BONUS FOR CONVERSION TO MILITARY OCCUPATIONAL SPECIALTY TO EASE PERSONNEL SHORTAGE.

(a) IN GENERAL.—Chapter 5 of title 37, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following new section: ‘‘§ 326. Incentive bonus: conversion to military occupational specialty to ease personnel shortage ‘‘(a) INCENTIVE BONUS AUTHORIZED.—The Secretary concerned may pay a bonus under this section to an eligible member of the armed forces who executes a written agreement to convert to, and serve for a period of not less than three years in, a military occupational specialty for which there is a shortage of trained and qualified personnel. ‘‘(b) ELIGIBLE MEMBERS.—A member is eligible to enter into an agreement under subsection (a) if— ‘‘(1) the member is entitled to basic pay; and ‘‘(2) at the time the agreement is executed, the member is serving in— ‘‘(A) pay grade E–6, with not more than 10 years of service computed under section 205 of this title; or ‘‘(B) pay grade E–5 or below, regardless of years of service. ‘‘(c) AMOUNT AND PAYMENT OF BONUS.—(1) A bonus under this section may not exceed $4,000. ‘‘(2) A bonus payable under this section shall be disbursed in one lump sum when the member’s conversion to the military occupational specialty is approved by the chief personnel officer of the member’s armed force.

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