Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 99 Part 1.djvu/666

 99 STAT. 644

37 USC 312b.

PUBLIC LAW 99-145—NOV. 8, 1985 (i) by striking out "$7,000" and inserting in lieu thereof "$12,000"; (ii) by striking out "semiannually" and "six-month period" in the second sentence and inserting in lieu thereof "annually" and "12-month period", respectively; and (iii) by striking out "shall become fixed" and all that follows through the end of subsection (a) and inserting in lieu thereof "shall be paid in equal annual installments over the length of the contract, commencing at the expiration of any existing period of obligated active service. The Secretary (or his designee) may accept an active service agreement under this section not more than one year in advance of the end of an officer's existing period of obligated active service under such an agreement. In such a case, the amount of the special pay may be paid commencing with the date of acceptance of the agreement, with the number of installments being equal to the number of years covered by the contract plus one.". (2) Subsection (b) of such section is repealed. (3) Subsection (c) of such section is redesignated as subsection (h) and is amended by striking out "of four years". (4) Subsection (d) of such section is redesignated as subsection (c) and is amended— (A) by striking out "four years' " in the second sentence; and (B) by striking out "at the end of the four-year period" in that sentence. (5) Such section is further amended by inserting after subsection (c) (as so redesignated) the following new subsection (d): "(d)(1) An officer who is performing obligated service under an agreement under subsection (a) of this section may, if the amount that may be paid under such subsection is higher than at the time the officer executed such agreement, execute a new agreement under that subsection. The period of such an agreement shall be a period equal to or exceeding the original period of the officer's existing agreement, so long as the period of obligated active service under the new agreement does not extend beyond the end of 26 years of commissioned service. If a new agreement is executed under this subsection, the existing active-service agreement shall be cancelled, effective on the day before an anniversary date of that agreement after the date on which the amount that may be paid under this section is increased. "(2) This subsection shall be carried out under regulations prescribed by the Secretary of the Navy.". (6) Subsection (e) of such section is amended by striking out "September 30, 1987" and inserting in lieu thereof "September 30, 1990". (b) NUCLEAR-CAREER ACCESSION BONUS.—(1) Subsection (a)(1) of section 312b of such title is amended— (A) by striking out "of $3,000" and inserting in lieu thereof "not to exceed $8,000"; and (B) by adding at the end thereof the following new sentence: "Upon acceptance of the agreement by the Secretary, the amounts payable upon selection for training and upon completion of training, respectively, as determined under subsection (b) of this section, shall become fixed.". (2) Subsection (b) of such section is amended to read as follows:

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