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37 U.S.C. § 336 — Contracting bonus for cadets and midshipmen enrolled in the Senior Reserve Officers’ Training Corps
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**(a) Contracting Bonus Authorized.—** The Secretary concerned may pay a bonus under this section to a cadet or midshipman enrolled in the Senior Reserve Officers’ Training Corps who executes a written agreement described in subsection (c).
**(b) Amount of Bonus.—** The amount of a bonus under subsection (a) may not exceed $5,000.
**(c) Agreement.—** A written agreement referred to in subsection (a) is a written agreement by the cadet or midshipman—
(1) to complete field training or a practice cruise under [section 2104(b)(6)(A)(ii) of title 10](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title10-section2104/b/6/A/ii&num=0&edition=prelim);
(2) to complete advanced training under chapter 103 of title 10;
(3) to accept a commission or appointment as an officer of the armed forces; and
(4) to serve on active duty.
**(d) Payment Method.—** Upon acceptance of a written agreement under subsection (a) by the Secretary concerned, the total amount of the bonus payable under the agreement becomes fixed. The agreement shall specify when the bonus will be paid and whether the bonus will be paid in a lump sum or in installments.
**(e) Repayment.—** A person who, having received all or part of a bonus under subsection (a), fails to fulfill the terms of the written agreement required by such subsection for receipt of the bonus shall be subject to the repayment provisions of [section 373 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title37-section373&num=0&edition=prelim).
**(f) Regulations.—** The Secretary concerned shall issue such regulations as may be necessary to carry out this section.
**(g) Termination of Authority.—** No agreement under this section may be entered into after December 31, 2026.
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**(a) Contracting Bonus Authorized.—** The Secretary concerned may pay a bonus under this section to a cadet or midshipman enrolled in the Senior Reserve Officers’ Training Corps who executes a written agreement described in subsection (c).
**(b) Amount of Bonus.—** The amount of a bonus under subsection (a) may not exceed $5,000.
**(c) Agreement.—** A written agreement referred to in subsection (a) is a written agreement by the cadet or midshipman—
(1) to complete field training or a practice cruise under [section 2104(b)(6)(A)(ii) of title 10](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title10-section2104/b/6/A/ii&num=0&edition=prelim);
(2) to complete advanced training under chapter 103 of title 10;
(3) to accept a commission or appointment as an officer of the armed forces; and
(4) to serve on active duty.
**(d) Payment Method.—** Upon acceptance of a written agreement under subsection (a) by the Secretary concerned, the total amount of the bonus payable under the agreement becomes fixed. The agreement shall specify when the bonus will be paid and whether the bonus will be paid in a lump sum or in installments.
**(e) Repayment.—** A person who, having received all or part of a bonus under subsection (a), fails to fulfill the terms of the written agreement required by such subsection for receipt of the bonus shall be subject to the repayment provisions of [section 373 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title37-section373&num=0&edition=prelim).
**(f) Regulations.—** The Secretary concerned shall issue such regulations as may be necessary to carry out this section.
**(g) Termination of Authority.—** No agreement under this section may be entered into after December 31, 2026.
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**(a) Repayment and Termination.—** Except as provided in subsection (b), a member of the uniformed services who is paid a bonus, incentive pay, or similar benefit, the receipt of which is contingent upon the member’s satisfaction of certain service or eligibility requirements, shall repay to the United States any unearned portion of the bonus, incentive pay, or similar benefit if the member fails to satisfy any such service or eligibility requirement, and the member may not receive any unpaid amounts of the bonus, incentive pay, or similar benefit after the member fails to satisfy such service or eligibility requirement.
**(b) Exceptions.—**
(1) **Discretion to provide exception to termination and repayment requirements.—** — Pursuant to the regulations prescribed to administer this section, the Secretary concerned may grant an exception to the repayment requirement and requirement to terminate the payment of unpaid amounts of a bonus, incentive pay, or similar benefit if the Secretary concerned determines that the imposition of the repayment and termination requirements with regard to a member of the uniformed services would be contrary to a personnel policy or management objective, would be against equity and good conscience, or would be contrary to the best interests of the United States.
(2) **Special rule for deceased and disabled members.—**
(A) If a member of the uniformed services dies or is retired or separated with a combat-related disability, the Secretary concerned—
(i) shall not require repayment by the member or the member’s estate of the unearned portion of any bonus, incentive pay, or similar benefit previously paid to the member; and
(ii) shall require the payment to the member or the member’s estate of the remainder of any bonus, incen
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TITLE 37—PAY AND ALLOWANCES OF THE UNIFORMED
SERVICES
§ 336
‘‘(1) DESIGNATION
OF
CRITICALLY
SHORT
WARTIME
HEALTH
SPECIALTIES.—For purposes of section 335 of
title 37, United States Code, as added by section 661 of
the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year
2008 (Public Law 110–181; 122 Stat. 169), the following
health professions are designated as a critically short
wartime specialty under subsection (a)(2) of such sec-
tion:
‘‘(A) Psychologists who have been awarded a di-
ploma as a Diplomate in Psychology by the American
Board of Professional Psychology and are fully li-
censed and such other mental health practitioners as
the Secretary concerned determines to be necessary.
‘‘(B) Registered nurses.
‘‘(2) SPECIAL AGREEMENT AUTHORITY.—Under the au-
thority provided by this section [enacting this note and
section 302c–1 of this title], the Secretary concerned
may enter into an agreement under subsection (f) of
section 335 of title 37, United States Code, to pay a
health professions bonus under such section to a person
who accepts a commission or appointment as an officer
and whose health profession specialty is specified in
paragraph (1) of this subsection.
‘‘(3) SECRETARY
CONCERNED
DEFINED.—In this sub-
section, the term ‘Secretary concerned’ has the mean-
ing given that term in section 101(5) of title 37, United
States Code.
‘‘(4) EFFECTIVE
PERIOD.—The designations made by
this subsection and the authority to enter into an
agreement under paragraph (2) of this subsection expire
on September 30, 2010.’’
§ 336. Contracting bonus for cadets and mid-
shipmen enrolled in the Senior Reserve Offi-
cers’ Training Corps
(a) CONTRACTING BONUS AUTHORIZED.—The Sec-
retary concerned may pay a bonus under this
section to a cadet or mid
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