Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 95.djvu/1023

 PUBLIC LAW 97-60—OCT. 14, 1981

95 STAT. 997

"(1) who is a high school graduate (or has received a high school education equivalency certificate); "(2) whose score on the Armed Forces Qualification Test is at or above the fiftieth percentile; and "(3) who enlists in the Army for a period of at least 3 years in a skill designated as critical, may be paid a bonus in an amount prescribed by the Secretary of the Army not to exceed $4,000. The bonus may be paid in a lump sum or in equal periodic installments, as determined by the Secretary of the Army. "(b)(1) Under regulations prescribed by the Secretary of the Army, Refund to u.S. a person 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, or a person who is not technically qualified in the skill for which a bonus was paid to him under this section (other than a person who is not qualified because of injury, illness, or other impairment not the result of his own misconduct), shall refund to the United States that percentage of the bonus that the unexpired part of his enlistment is of the total enlistment period for which the bonus was paid. "(2) An obligation to reimburse the United States imposed under paragraph (1) of this subsection is for all purposes a debt owed to the United States. "(3) A discharge in bankruptcy under title 11 that is entered less Discharge in than 5 years after the termination of an agreement under this section bankruptcy. does not discharge the member signing such agreement from a debt 11 USC 101. arising under such agreement or under paragraph (1) of this subsection. This paragraph applies to any case commenced under title 11 after September 30, 1981. "(c) No bonus may be paid under this section with respect to an Restriction, enlistment in the Army after September 30, 1983.". (2) The table of sections at the beginning of such chapter is amended by inserting after the item relating to section 308e the following new item: "308f. Special pay: bonus for enlistment in the Army.".

(d) The amendments made by this section shall apply to ienlist- Effective date, ments and reenlistments after the date of the enactment of this Act. ^'^ ^SC 308 note. ACnVE-SERVICE AGREEMENTS FOR NUCLEAR QUALIFIED OFFICERS

SEC. 118. Notwithstanding subsections (a) and (b) of section 312 of Cancellation title 37, United States Code, and under regulations prescribed by the ^^ ^SC 312 note. " Secretary of the Navy, the Secretary of the Navy may permit an officer of the naval service who is performing obligated service as the result of an active-service agreement executed under such section before January 1, 1981, to cancel that active-service agreement effective on the day before an anniversary of the day on which that agreement was executed and execute a new active-service agreement under such section for one period of four years. Any such cancellation Effective date. of an existing agreement and execution of a new agreement may be effective on the day before an anniversary date occurring on or after January 1, 1981. ACCESSION BONUS FOR SURFACE NUCLEAR POWER APPLICANTS

SEC. 119. Section 312b(a)(l) of title 37, United States Code, is 94 Stat. 3359. amended by striking out "submarine".

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