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 12 2 STA T .4 4 8 8 PUBLIC LA W 11 0– 41 7—O CT. 14 , 2008 section2103a o f tit l e10 .H o w e v e r, ift h est ud ent receives a p roficienc yb onus under subsection ( b ) (2) coverin g the sa m e month, the student may receive only a single monthly subsist - ence allowance under section 20 9 (c) of this title. ‘ ‘(3) CRIT I CALFO R E I GN LANG U AGE D EFINED. —I n this section, the term ‘critical foreign language ’ includes A rabic, K orean, J apanese, Chinese, P ashto, Persian- F arsi, S erbian-Croatian, R ussian, Portuguese, or other language designated as critical by the Secretary concerned.’’. (b) INCENTI V EPA Y AUT H ORI Z ED.— (1) IN GENERAL.—Chapter 5 of title 3 7, U nited States Code, is amended by inserting after section 31 6 the following new section

‘ §316a.Speci a l pa y: i n cen t i v e pay form em b er s of precommissionin g programs p u rsuing foreign lan - guage proficiency ‘‘(a) INCENTIVE PAY.— T he Secretary of D efense may pay incen- tive pay under this section to an individual who— ‘‘(1) is enrolled as a member of the Senior Reserve O fficers’ Training Corps or the M arine Corps Platoon L eaders Class, as determined in accordance with regulations prescribed by the Secretary of Defense under subsection (e) and ‘‘(2) participates in a language immersion program approved for purposes of the Senior Reserve Officers’ Training Corps, or in study abroad, or is enrolled in an academic course that involves instruction in a foreign language of strategic interest to the Department of Defense as designated by the Secretary of Defense for purposes of this section. ‘‘(b) PERIOD OF PAY M ENT.—Incentive pay is payable under this section to an individual described in subsection (a) for the period of the individual’s participation in the language program or study described in paragraph (2) of that subsection. ‘‘(c) AMOUNT.—The amount of incentive pay payable to an indi- vidual under this section may not e x ceed $ 3,000 per year. ‘‘(d) RE P AYMENT.—An individual who is paid incentive pay under this section but who does not satisfactorily complete partici- pation in the individual’s language program or study as described in subsection (a)(2), or who does not complete the re q uirements of the Senior Reserve Officers’ Training Corps or the Marine Corps Platoon Leaders Class, as applicable, shall be sub j ect to the repay- ment provisions of section 303a(e) of this title. ‘‘(e) REGULATION S .—This section shall be administered under regulations prescribed by the Secretary of Defense. ‘‘(f) REPORTS.— N ot later than January 1, 2010, and annually thereafter through 201 4, the Secretary of Defense shall submit to the Director of the Office of Management and B udget, and to Congress, a report on the payment of incentive pay under this section during the preceding fiscal year. E ach report shall include, for the fiscal year covered by such report, the following: ‘‘(1) The number of individuals paid incentive pay under this section, the number of individuals commencing receipt of incentive pay under this section, and the number of individ- uals ceasing receipt of incentive pay under this section. ‘‘(2) The amount of incentive pay paid to individuals under this section.

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