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 PUBLIC LAW 109–364—OCT. 17, 2006

120 STAT. 2251

to duty, for the period of obligated service covered by the agreement, as an officer of the Dental Corps of the Army or the Navy or as an officer of the Air Force designated as a dental officer in a specialty designated by regulations as a critically short wartime specialty. ‘‘(e) REPAYMENT.—A person who, after executing an agreement under subsection (a) is not commissioned as an officer of the armed forces, does not become licensed as a dentist, or does not complete the period of active duty in a specialty specified in the agreement, shall be subject to the repayment provisions of section 303a(e) of this title. ‘‘(f) COORDINATION WITH OTHER ACCESSION BONUS AUTHORITY.—A person eligible to execute an agreement under both subsection (a) and section 302h of this title shall elect which authority to execute the agreement under. A person may not execute an agreement under both subsection (a) and such section 302h. ‘‘(g) TERMINATION OF AUTHORITY.—No agreement under this section may be entered into after December 31, 2007.’’. (d) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sections at the beginning of such chapter is amended by inserting after the item relating to section 302j the following new items: ‘‘302k. Special pay: accession bonus for medical officers in critically short wartime specialties. ‘‘302l. Special pay: accession bonus for dental specialist officers in critically short wartime specialties.’’.

(e) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by this section shall take effect on October 1, 2006, and shall apply to agreements— (1) entered into or revised under section 302h of title 37, United States Code, on or after that date; or (2) entered into under section 302k or 302l of such title, as added by subsections (b) and (c), on or after that date.

37 USC 302h note.

SEC. 618. AUTHORITY TO PROVIDE LUMP SUM PAYMENT OF NUCLEAR OFFICER INCENTIVE PAY.

(a) LUMP SUM PAYMENT OPTION.—Subsection (a) of section 312 of title 37, United States Code, is amended in the matter after paragraph (3)— (1) by striking ‘‘in equal annual installments’’ and inserting ‘‘in a single lump-sum or in annual installments of equal or different amounts’’; and (2) by striking ‘‘with the number of installments being equal to the number of years covered by the contract plus one’’ and inserting ‘‘and, if the special pay will be paid in annual installments, the number of installments may not exceed the number of years covered by the agreement plus one’’. (b) STYLISTIC AND CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—Such section is further amended— (1) by redesignating subsections (b) through (e) as subsections (c) through (f), respectively; (2) in subsection (a)— (A) by striking ‘‘an officer’’ in the matter before paragraph (1) and inserting ‘‘the Secretary may pay special pay under subsection (b) to an officer’’; (B) by striking the comma at the end of paragraph (3) and inserting a period;

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