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10 U.S.C. § 2127 — Scholarships and financial assistance: payments
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**(a)** The Secretary of Defense may provide for the payment of all educational expenses incurred by a member of the program, including tuition, fees, books, and laboratory expenses. Such payments, however, shall be limited to those educational expenses normally incurred by students at the institution and in the health profession concerned who are not members of the program.
**(b)** The Secretary of Defense may contract with an accredited civilian educational institution for the payment of tuition and other educational expenses of members of the program authorized by this subchapter. Payment to such institutions may be made without regard to subsections (a) and (b) of [section 3324 of title 31](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title31-section3324&num=0&edition=prelim).
**(c)** Payments made under subsection (b) shall not cover any expenses other than those covered by subsection (a).
**(d)** When the Secretary of Defense determines, under regulations prescribed by the Secretary of Health and Human Services, that an accredited civilian educational institution has increased its total enrollment for the sole purpose of accepting members of the program covered by this subchapter, he may provide under a contract with such an institution for additional payments to cover the portion of the increased costs of the additional enrollment which are not covered by the institution’s normal tuition and fees.
**(e)** A person participating as a member of the program in specialized training shall be paid an annual grant in an amount not to exceed $45,000 in addition to the stipend under [section 2121(d) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title10-section2121/d&num=0&edition=prelim). The maximum amount of the grant sh
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**(a)** The Secretary of Defense may provide for the payment of all educational expenses incurred by a member of the program, including tuition, fees, books, and laboratory expenses. Such payments, however, shall be limited to those educational expenses normally incurred by students at the institution and in the health profession concerned who are not members of the program.
**(b)** The Secretary of Defense may contract with an accredited civilian educational institution for the payment of tuition and other educational expenses of members of the program authorized by this subchapter. Payment to such institutions may be made without regard to subsections (a) and (b) of [section 3324 of title 31](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title31-section3324&num=0&edition=prelim).
**(c)** Payments made under subsection (b) shall not cover any expenses other than those covered by subsection (a).
**(d)** When the Secretary of Defense determines, under regulations prescribed by the Secretary of Health and Human Services, that an accredited civilian educational institution has increased its total enrollment for the sole purpose of accepting members of the program covered by this subchapter, he may provide under a contract with such an institution for additional payments to cover the portion of the increased costs of the additional enrollment which are not covered by the institution’s normal tuition and fees.
**(e)** A person participating as a member of the program in specialized training shall be paid an annual grant in an amount not to exceed $45,000 in addition to the stipend under [section 2121(d) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title10-section2121/d&num=0&edition=prelim). The maximum amount of the grant shall be increased annually by the Secretary of Defense, effective July 1 of each year, in the same manner as provided for stipends.
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**(a)** Except as provided in this section, a payment under a contract to provide a service or deliver an article for the United States Government may not be more than the value of the service already provided or the article already delivered.
**(b)** An advance of public money may be made only if it is authorized by—
(1) a specific appropriation or other law; or
(2) the President to be made to—
(A) a disbursing official if the President decides the advance is necessary to carry out—
(i) the duties of the official promptly and faithfully; and
(ii) an obligation of the Government; or
(B) an individual serving in the armed forces at a distant station if the President decides the advance is necessary to disburse regularly pay and allowances.
**(c)** Before the Secretary of the Treasury acts on a requisition for an advance, the Comptroller General shall act on the requisition under [section 3522 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title31-section3522&num=0&edition=prelim). The Comptroller General does not countersign a requisition for an advance.
**(d)** The head of an agency may pay in advance from appropriations available for the purpose—
(1) to the Secretary of the Army, charges for messages sent by the Secretary of the Army for the head of the agency, including charges for—
(A) payment of tolls of commercial carriers;
(B) leasing facilities for sending messages; and
(C) installing and maintaining facilities for sending messages; and
(2) charges for a publication printed or recorded in any way for the auditory or visual use of the agency.
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In this subchapter:
(1) The term “program” means the Armed Forces Health Professions Scholarship and Financial Assistance program provided for in this subchapter.
(2) The term “member of the program” means a person appointed a commissioned officer in a reserve component of the armed forces who is enrolled in the Armed Forces Health Professions Scholarship and Financial Assistance program.
(3) The term “course of study” means education received at an accredited college, university, or institution in medicine, dentistry, or other health profession, leading, respectively, to a degree related to the health professions as determined under regulations prescribed by the Secretary of Defense.
(4) The term “specialized training” means advanced training in a health professions specialty received in an accredited program that is beyond the basic education required for appointment as a commissioned officer with a designation as a health professional.
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**(a)**
(1) For the purpose of obtaining adequate numbers of commissioned officers on active duty who are qualified (A) in the various health professions or (B) as a health professional with specific skills to assist in providing mental health care to members of the armed forces, the Secretary of each military department, under regulations prescribed by the Secretary of Defense, may establish and maintain a health professions scholarship and financial assistance program for his department.
(2) Under the program of a military department, the Secretary of that military department shall allocate a portion of the total number of scholarships to members of the program described in paragraph (1)(B) for the purpose of assisting such members to pursue a degree at the masters and doctoral level in any of the following disciplines:
(A) Social work.
(B) Clinical psychology.
(C) Psychiatry.
(D) Other disciplines that contribute to mental health care programs in that military department.
**(b)** The program shall consist of courses of study and specialized training in designated health professions, with obligatory periods of military training.
**(c)**
(1) Persons participating in the program shall be commissioned officers in reserve components of the armed forces. Members pursuing a course of study shall serve on active duty in pay grade O–1 with full pay and allowances of that grade for a period of 45 days during each year of participation in the program. Members pursuing specialized training shall serve on active duty in a pay grade commensurate with their educational level, as determined by appointment under [section 12207 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title10-section12207&num=0&edition=prelim), with full pay and allo
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**(a) In General.—** The following definitions apply in this title:
(1) The term “United States”, in a geographic sense, means the States and the District of Columbia.
(2) Repealed. Pub. L. 109–163, div. A, title X, § 1057(a)(1), Jan. 6, 2006, 119 Stat. 3440.]
(3) The term “possessions” includes the Virgin Islands, Guam, American Samoa, and the Guano Islands, so long as they remain possessions, but does not include any Commonwealth.
(4) The term “armed forces” means the Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps, Space Force, and Coast Guard.
(5) The term “uniformed services” means—
(A) the armed forces;
(B) the commissioned corps of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration; and
(C) the commissioned corps of the Public Health Service.
(6) The term “department”, when used with respect to a military department, means the executive part of the department and all field headquarters, forces, reserve components, installations, activities, and functions under the control or supervision of the Secretary of the department. When used with respect to the Department of Defense, such term means the executive part of the department, including the executive parts of the military departments, and all field headquarters, forces, reserve components, installations, activities, and functions under the control or supervision of the Secretary of Defense, including those of the military departments.
(7) The term “executive part of the department” means the executive part of the Department of Defense, Department of the Army, Department of the Navy, or Department of the Air Force, as the case may be, at the seat of government.
(8) The term “military departments” means the Department of the Army, the Department of the Navy, and the Department of the Air Force.
(9) The term
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TITLE 10—ARMED FORCES
§ 2127
of this title and for computation of retired pay
under section 12733 of this title.
(3) The number of points credited to a member
under paragraph (1) for a year of participation in
a course of study is 50. The points shall be cred-
ited to the member for one of the years of that
participation at the end of each year after the
completion of the course of study that the mem-
ber serves in the Selected Reserve and is cred-
ited under section 12732(a)(2) of this title with at
least 50 points. The points credited for the par-
ticipation shall be recorded in the member’s
records as having been earned in the year of the
participation in the course of study.
(4) Service may not be counted under para-
graph (1) for more than four years of participa-
tion in a course of study as a member of the pro-
gram.
(5) A member of the Selected Reserve may be
considered to be in an active status while pur-
suing a course of study under this subchapter
only for purposes of sections 12732(a) and 12733(3)
of this title.
(6) A member is not entitled to any retro-
active award of, or increase in, pay or allow-
ances under title 37 by reason of an award of
service credit under paragraph (1).
(Added Pub. L. 92–426, § 2(a), Sept. 21, 1972, 86
Stat. 718; amended Pub. L. 96–513, title V,
§ 501(22), Dec. 12, 1980, 94 Stat. 2908; Pub. L.
104–201, div. A, title V, § 543(a), Sept. 23, 1996, 110
Stat. 2521; Pub. L. 106–65, div. A, title V, § 544,
Oct. 5, 1999, 113 Stat. 608.)
Editorial Notes
AMENDMENTS
1999—Subsec. (b)(2). Pub. L. 106–65, § 544(1), added par.
(2) and struck out former par. (2) which read as follows:
‘‘Service credited under paragraph (1) counts only for
the following purposes:
‘‘(A) Award of retirement points for computati
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