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PUBLIC LAW 506-JULY 16, 1954

Public Law 506 July 16, 1954 [8,3539]

Armed Forces. R e enlistment bonus*

Nonapplicability.

63 Stat. 802. 37 USC 231 note. R e enlistment within 90 days of discharge. Bonus coRiputation.

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STAT.

CHAPTER 535

AN ACT To further amend title II of the Career Compensation Act of 1949, as amended, to provide for the computation of reenlistment bonuses for members of the uniformed services.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That section 207 of the Career Compensation Act of 1949 (ch. 681, 63 Stat. 811), as amended (37 U.S.C. 238), is further amended by designating subsection " (e) " as subsection " (f) " and by inserting a new subsection (e^, as follows: (e) This section does not apply to— "(1) any person Avho originally enlists in a uniformed service after the date of enactment of this amendatory Act; "(2) any member of a uniformed service in active Federal service on the date of enactment of this amendatory Act who elects to be covered by section 208 of this Act and who is otherwise eligible for the benefits of that section; "(3) any person who— " (A) was discharged or released from active duty from a uniformed service not more than ninety days before the date of enactment of this amendatory Act, " (B) reenlists in that service within ninety days after the date of his discharge or release from active duty, " (C) elects to be covered by section 208 of this Act, and " (D) is otherw^ise eligible for the benefits of that section; or "(4) any person covered by clause (2) or (3) who at any time elects, or has elected, to be covered by section 208 of this Act." SEC. 2. The Career Compensation Act of 1949, as amended, is further amended by inserting the following new section at the end of title II: "SEO, 208. (a) Subject to subsections (b) and (c) of this section, a member of a uniformed service who reenlists in the regular component of the service concerned within ninety days after the date of his discharge or release from active duty, and who is not covered by section 207 of this Act, is entitled to a bonus computed according to the following table: "Reenlistment Involved ' First.. Second Third. F o u r t h (and quent).

subse-

Column (1)

Column (2)

Take

Multiply by

Monthly basic pay to which the member was entitled at the time of discharge. 2 Two-thirds of the monthly basic pay to which the member was entitled at the time of discharge.* One-third of the monthly basic pay to which the member was entitled at the time of discharge.' One-sixth of the monthly basic pay to which the member was entitled at the time of discharge.'

Number of years specified in reenlistment contract, or six, if none specified.' Number of years specified in reenlistment contract, or six, if none specified.' Number of years specified in reenlistment contract, or six, if none specified.' Number of years specified In reenlistment contract, or six, if none specified.'

' Any reenlistment when a bonus was not authorized is not counted. ' Two-thirds of the monthly basic pay in the case of a member in pay grade E-1 at the time of discharge. ' On the sixth anniversary of an indefinite reenlistment, and on each anniversary thereafter, the member is entitled to a bonus equal to one-third of the monthly basic pay to which he is entitled on that anniversary date. « No bonus may be paid to a member in pay grade E-1 or E-2 at the time of discharge. » No bonus may be paid to a member in pay grade E-1, E-2, or E-3 at the time of discharge.

Exceptions.

" (b) No bouus may be paid to a member who reenlists— " (1) during his prescribed period of basic recruit training; or " (2) after completing a total of twenty years of active Federal service.

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