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 PUBLIC LAW 98-94—SEPT. 24, 1983 97 STAT. 663 PART B—RESERVE COMPONENT MANAGEMENT 37 USC 308g. Refund. BONUSES FOR ENUSTMENTS, REENUSTMENTS, AND VOLUNTARY EXTEN- SIONS OF SERVICE IN ELEMENTS OF THE READY RESERVE OTHER THAN THE SELECTED RESERVE SEC. ion. (a) Chapter 5 of tit!e 37, United States Code, is amended by inserting after section 308f the following new sections: "§ 308g. Special pay: bonus for enlistment in elements of the Ready Reserve other than the Selected Reserve "(a) An eligible person who enlists in a combat or combat support skill of an element (other than the Selected Reserve) of the Ready Reserve of an armed force for a term of enlistment of not less than six years, and who has not previously served in an armed force, may be paid a bonus as provided in subsection (b) of this section. "(b) Eligibility for and the amount and method of payment of a bonus under this section shall be determined in accordance with regulations prescribed under subsection (g) of this section, except that the amount of such a bonus may not exceed $1,000. "(c) A bonus may not be paid under this section for a term of enlistment to any person who fails to complete satisfactorily initial active duty for training or who, upon completion of initial active duty for training, elects to serve the remainder of the term of enlistment in the Selected Reserve or in an active component of an armed force. "(d) A person who receives a bonus payment under this section and who fails during the period for which the bonus was paid to serve satisfactorily in the element of the Ready Reserve with respect to which the bonus was paid shall refund to the United States an amount which bears the same ratio to the amount of the bonus paid to such person as the period which such person failed to serve satisfactorily bears to the total period for which the bonus was paid. "(e) An obligation to reimburse the United States imposed under subsection (d) of this section is, for all purposes, a debt owed to the United States. "(f) A discharge in bankruptcy under title 11 that is entered less than five years after the termination of an enlistment for which a bonus was paid under this section does not discharge the person receiving such bonus payment from the debt arising under subsec- tion (d) of this section. This subsection applies to any case com- menced under title 11 after the date of the enactment of the Department of Defense Authorization Act, 1984. " (g) This section shall be administered under regulations pre- scribed by the Secretary of Defense for the armed forces under his jurisdiction and by the Secretary of Transportation for the Coast Guard when it is not operating as a service in the Navy. "(h) A bonus may not be paid under this section to any person for Restriction. an enlistment after September 30, 1985. "§ 308h. Special pay: bonus for reenlistment, enlistment, or volun- 37 USC 308h. tary extension of enlistment in elements of the Ready Reserve other than the Selected Reserve "(a)(1) An eligible person who is or has been a member of an armed force and who reenlists, enlists, or voluntarily extends an enlistment in a combat or combat support skill of an element (other than the Selected Reserve) of the Ready Reserve of an armed force 11 USC 101 et seq. Ante, p. 614. Regulations.

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