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 12 2 STA T .4 4 79PUBLIC LA W 11 0– 417 —O CT. 14 , 200 8SEC.597 . D E MON S TRA T I ON P RO J ECT ON SER V ICE O F RETIRED N U RSE CORPS OFFICERS AS FACU L T Y AT CIVILIAN NURSIN G SC H OOLS. (a)INGE NE RAL.—TheS e cr e t ar yofD efe ns e m ay con du cta demonstrat i on p ro j ect to encoura g e retired mi l itary nurses to ser v e as faculty at civilian nursing schools. ( b ) E L IG I B ILI TYR E QU IRE M ENT S .— ( 1 )IN D I V IDUAL.— A n individual is eligible to participate in the demonstration project if the individual— (A) is a retired nurse corps officer of one of the Armed F orces ( B ) has had at least 26 years of active Federal commis - sioned service before retiring; and ( C ) possesses a doctoral or master degree in nursing that q ualifies the officer to become a full faculty member of an accredited school of nursing. (2) INSTITUTI O N.—An accredited school of nursing is eligible to participate in the demonstration project if the school or its parent institution of higher education— (A) is a school of nursing that is accredited to a w ard , at a minimum, a bachelor of science in nursing and provides educational programs leading to such degree; (B) has a resident Reserve O fficers ’ Training Corps unit at the institution of higher education that fulfils the requirements of sections 21 0 1 and 2102 of title 10, U nited States Code; (C) does not prevent Reserve Officers’ Training Corps access or military recruiting on campus, as defined in sec- tion 983 of title 10, United States Code; (D) provides any retired nurse corps officer partici- pating in the demonstration project a salary and other compensation at the level to which other similarly situated faculty members of the accredited school of nursing are entitled, as determined by the Secretary of Defense; and (E) agrees to comply with subsection (d). (c) COM P ENSATION.—The Secretary of Defense may authori z e a Secretary of a military department to authorize qualified institu- tions of higher education to employ as faculty those eligible individ- uals (as described in subsection (b)) who are receiving retired pay, whose qualifications are approved by the Secretary and the institu- tion of higher education concerned, and who request such employ- ment, subject to the following

(1) A retired nurse corps officer so employed is entitled to receive the officer’s retired pay without reduction by reason of any additional amount paid to the officer by the institution of higher education concerned. In the case of payment of any such additional amount by the institution of higher education concerned, the Secretary of the military department concerned may pay to that institution the amount equal to one-half the amount paid to the retired officer by the institution for any period, up to a ma x imum of one-half of the difference between the officer’s retired pay for that period and the active duty pay and allowances that the officer would have received for that period if on active duty. P ayments by the Secretary con- cerned under this paragraph shall be made from funds specifi- cally appropriated for that purpose.

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