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 PUBLIC LAW 99-145—NOV. 8, 1985

99 STAT. 653

"(A) has completed his military service obligation but has less than 10 years of total military service; "(B) has received an honorable discharge at the conclusion of military service; "(C) is not being released from active service for the purpose of enlistment in a reserve component; and "(D) has not previously been paid a bonus for enlistment, reenlistment, or extension of enlistment in a reserve component. "(b) The bonus to be paid under subsection (a) shall be— "(1) an initial payment of— "(A) an amount not to exceed $1,250, in the case of a member who enlists for a period of three years; or "(B) an amount not to exceed $2,500 in the case of a member who enlists for a period of six years; and "(2) a subsequent payment of an amount not to exceed $416.66 upon the completion of each year of the period of such reenlistment or extension of enlistment during which such member has satisfactorily participated in unit training. "(c) A member may not be paid more than one bonus under this section. "(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 Selected Reserve of the Ready Reserve with respect to which the bonus was paid shall refund to the United States an amount that bears the same relation to the amount of the bonus paid to such person as the period that 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) Under regulations prescribed pursuant to subsection (h) of this section, the Secretary concerned may remit or cancel the whole or any part of an obligation to reimburse the United States imposed under subsection (d) of this section. "(g) 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 shall not discharge the person receiving such bonus payment from the debt arising under subsection (d) of this section. This subsection applies to any case commenced under title 11 after September 30, 1985. "(h) 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 for the Coast Guard when the Coast Guard is not operating as a service in the Navy. "(i) No bonus may be paid under this section to any person for an enlistment after September 30, 1987.". (2) The table of sections at the beginning of such chapter is amended by inserting after the item relating to section 308h the following new item: "308i. Special pay: prior service enlistment bonus.". (b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments

shall take effect on October 1, 1985.

made by subsection (a)

37 USC 3081 note.

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