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 PUBLIC LAW 109–163—JAN. 6, 2006

119 STAT. 3305

of misconduct, fails to serve for the period covered by such agreement shall refund to the United States an amount which bears the same ratio to the amount of the bonus paid such member as the period which such member failed to serve bears to the total period for which the bonus was paid. ‘‘(2) An obligation to reimburse the United States imposed under paragraph (1) is for all purposes a debt owed to the United States. ‘‘(3) 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 paragraph (1). ‘‘(g) REGULATIONS.—The Secretaries concerned shall prescribe regulations to carry out this section. Regulations prescribed by the Secretary of a military department under this subsection shall be subject to the approval of the Secretary of Defense. ‘‘(h) TERMINATION OF AUTHORITY.—No agreement under this section may be entered into after December 31, 2006.’’. (b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sections at the beginning of chapter 5 of such title is amended by adding at the end the following new item:

37 USC prec. 301.

‘‘327. Incentive bonus: transfer between armed forces.’’. SEC. 642. AVAILABILITY OF SPECIAL PAY FOR MEMBERS DURING REHABILITATION FROM WOUNDS, INJURIES, AND ILLNESSES INCURRED IN A COMBAT OPERATION OR COMBAT ZONE.

(a) SPECIAL PAY AUTHORIZED.—Chapter 5 of title 37, United States Code, is amended by inserting after section 327, as added by section 641, the following new section: ‘‘§ 328. Combat-related injury rehabilitation pay ‘‘(a) SPECIAL PAY AUTHORIZED.—The Secretary concerned may pay monthly special pay under this section to a member of the armed forces who, while in the line of duty, incurs a wound, injury, or illness in a combat operation or combat zone designated by the Secretary of Defense and is evacuated from the theater of the combat operation or from the combat zone for medical treatment. ‘‘(b) COMMENCEMENT OF PAYMENT.—Subject to subsection (c), the special pay authorized by subsection (a) may be paid to a member described in such subsection for any month beginning after the date on which the member was evacuated from the theater of the combat operation or the combat zone in which the member incurred the combat-related injury. ‘‘(c) TERMINATION OF PAYMENTS.—The payment of special pay to a member under subsection (a) shall terminate at the end of the first month during which any of the following occurs: ‘‘(1) The member is paid a benefit under the traumatic injury protection rider of the Servicemembers’ Group Life Insurance Program issued under section 1980A of title 38. ‘‘(2) The member receives notification of the eligibility of the member for a benefit under such traumatic injury protection rider and a period of 30 days expires after the date of such notification.

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