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PUBLIC LAW 93-277-MAY 10, 1974

[88 STAT.

"(2) is designated as having a critical military skill by the Secretary of Defense, or by the Secretary of Transportation with respect to the Coast Guard when it is not operating as a service in the Navy; "(3) is not receiving special pay under section 312a of this 37 USC 312a. title; and " (4) reenlists or voluntarily extends his enlistment in a regular component of the service concerned for a period of at least three years; may be paid a bonus, not to exceed six months of the basic pay to which he was entitled at the time of his discharge or release, multiplied by the number of years, or the monthly fractions thereof, of additional obligated service, not to exceed six years, or $15,000, whichever is the lesser amount. Obligated service in excess of twelve years will not be used for bonus computation. Payment. ^^ (h) Bouus paymcuts authorized under this section may be paid in either a lump sum or in installments. "(c) For the purpose of computing the reenlistment bonus in the case of an officer with prior enlisted service who may be entitled to a bonus under subsection (a) of this section, the monthly basic pay of the grade in which he is enlisted, computed in accordance with 37 USC 205. jj^g years of service computed under section 205 of this title, shall be used instead of the monthly basic pay to which he was entitled at the time of his release from active duty as an officer. " (d) A member who voluntarily, or because of his misconduct, does not complete the term of enlistment for which a bonus was paid to him under this section shall refund that percentage of the bonus the'^ the unexpired part of his enlistment is of the total enlistment period for which the bonus was paid. "(e) This section shall be administered under regulations prescribed by the Secretary of Defense for the armed forces under his jurisdiction, and by the Secretary of Transportation with respect to the Coast Guard when it is not operating as a service in the Navy. Expiration date, ii ^^^ j ^ ^ bouus shall bc paid under this section with respect to any reenlistment, or voluntary extension of an active-duty enlistment, in the armed forces entered into after June 30, 1977.". 37 USC 308a. ^g) Section 308a is amended to read as follows: "§ 308a. Special pay: enlistment bonus " (a) Notwithstanding section 514(a) of title 10 or any other law, under regulations prescribed by the Secretary of Defense, or by the Secretary of Transportation with respect to the Coast Guard when it is not operating as a service in the Navy, a person who enlists in an armed force for a period of at least four years in a skill designated as critical, or who extends his initial period of active duty in that armed force to a total of at least four years in a skill designated as critical, may be paid a bonus in an amount prescribed by the approPayment. priatc Sccrctary, but not more than $3,000. The bonus may be paid in a lump sum or in equal periodic installments, as determined by the appropriate Secretary.

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