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37 U.S.C. § 333 — Special bonus and incentive pay authorities for nuclear officers
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**(a) Nuclear Officer Bonus.—** The Secretary of the Navy may pay a nuclear officer bonus under this section to a person, including an officer in the Navy, who—
(1) is selected for the officer naval nuclear power training program in connection with the supervision, operation, and maintenance of naval nuclear propulsion plants and agrees to serve, upon completion of such training, on active duty in connection with the supervision, operation, and maintenance of naval nuclear propulsion plants; or
(2) has the current technical qualification for duty in connection with the supervision, operation, and maintenance of naval nuclear propulsion plants and agrees to remain on active duty in connection with the supervision, operation, and maintenance of naval nuclear propulsion plants.
**(b) Nuclear Officer Incentive Pay.—** The Secretary of the Navy may pay nuclear officer incentive pay under this section to an officer in the Navy who—
(1) is entitled to basic pay under [section 204 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title37-section204&num=0&edition=prelim); and
(2) remains on active duty for a specified period while maintaining current technical qualifications, as approved by the Secretary, for duty in connection with the supervision, operation, and maintenance of naval nuclear propulsion plants.
**(c) Additional Eligibility Criteria.—** The Secretary of the Navy may impose such additional criteria for the receipt of a nuclear officer bonus or nuclear officer incentive pay under this section as the Secretary determines to be appropriate.
**(d) Maximum Amount and Method of Payment.—**
(1) **Maximum amount.—** — The Secretary of the Navy shall determine the amounts of a nuclear officer bonus or nuclear officer incentive pay to be pa
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**(a) Nuclear Officer Bonus.—** The Secretary of the Navy may pay a nuclear officer bonus under this section to a person, including an officer in the Navy, who—
(1) is selected for the officer naval nuclear power training program in connection with the supervision, operation, and maintenance of naval nuclear propulsion plants and agrees to serve, upon completion of such training, on active duty in connection with the supervision, operation, and maintenance of naval nuclear propulsion plants; or
(2) has the current technical qualification for duty in connection with the supervision, operation, and maintenance of naval nuclear propulsion plants and agrees to remain on active duty in connection with the supervision, operation, and maintenance of naval nuclear propulsion plants.
**(b) Nuclear Officer Incentive Pay.—** The Secretary of the Navy may pay nuclear officer incentive pay under this section to an officer in the Navy who—
(1) is entitled to basic pay under [section 204 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title37-section204&num=0&edition=prelim); and
(2) remains on active duty for a specified period while maintaining current technical qualifications, as approved by the Secretary, for duty in connection with the supervision, operation, and maintenance of naval nuclear propulsion plants.
**(c) Additional Eligibility Criteria.—** The Secretary of the Navy may impose such additional criteria for the receipt of a nuclear officer bonus or nuclear officer incentive pay under this section as the Secretary determines to be appropriate.
**(d) Maximum Amount and Method of Payment.—**
(1) **Maximum amount.—** — The Secretary of the Navy shall determine the amounts of a nuclear officer bonus or nuclear officer incentive pay to be paid under this section, except that—
(A) a nuclear officer bonus paid under subsection (a) may not exceed $75,000 for each 12-month period of the agreement under subsection (e); and
(B) the amount of nuclear officer incentive paid under subsection (b) may not exceed $25,000 for each 12-month period of qualifying service.
(2) **Lump sum or installments.—** — A nuclear officer bonus or nuclear officer incentive pay under this section may be paid in a lump sum or in periodic installments.
(3) **Fixing bonus amount.—** — Upon acceptance by the Secretary concerned of the written agreement required by subsection (e), the total amount of the nuclear officer bonus to be paid under the agreement shall be fixed.
**(e) Written Agreement for Bonus.—**
(1) **Agreement required.—** — To receive a nuclear officer bonus under subsection (a), a person or officer determined to be eligible for the bonus shall enter into a written agreement with the Secretary of the Navy that specifies—
(A) the amount of the bonus;
(B) the method of payment of the bonus under subsection (d)(2);
(C) the period of obligated service; and
(D) the type or conditions of the service.
(2) **Replacement agreement.—** — An officer who is performing obligated service under an agreement for a nuclear officer bonus may execute a new agreement to replace the existing agreement if the amount to be paid under the new agreement will be higher than the amount to be paid under the existing agreement. The period of the new agreement shall be equal to or exceed the remaining term of the period of the officer’s existing agreement. If a new agreement is executed under this paragraph, the existing agreement shall be cancelled, effective on the day before an anniversary date of the existing agreement occurring after the date on which the amount to be paid under this paragraph is increased.
**(f) Relationship to Other Pay and Allowances.—** A nuclear officer bonus or nuclear officer incentive pay paid to a person or officer under this section is in addition to any other pay and allowance to which the person or officer is entitled, except that a person or officer may not receive a payment under this section and section 332 or 353 of this title for the same skill and period of service.
**(g) Repayment.—** A person or officer who receives a nuclear officer bonus or nuclear officer incentive pay under this section and who fails to complete the officer naval nuclear power training program, maintain required technical and operational qualifications, complete the period of service, or meet the types or conditions of service for which the bonus or incentive pay is paid, as specified in the written agreement under subsection (e) in the case of a nuclear officer 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).
**(h) Regulations.—** This section shall be administered under regulations prescribed by the Secretary of the Navy.
**(i) Termination of Authority.—** No agreement may be entered into under this section after December 31, 2026.
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**(a)** The following persons are entitled to the basic pay of the pay grade to which assigned or distributed, in accordance with their years of service computed under [section 205 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title37-section205&num=0&edition=prelim)—
(1) a member of a uniformed service who is on active duty; and
(2) a member of a uniformed service, or a member of the National Guard who is not a Reserve of the Army or the Air Force, who is participating in full-time training, training duty with pay, or other full-time duty, provided by law, including participation in exercises or the performance of duty under section 10302, 10305, 10502, or 12402 of title 10, or section 503, 504, 505, or 506 of title 32.
**(b)** For the purposes of subsection (a), under regulations prescribed by the President, the time necessary for a member of a uniformed service who is called or ordered to active duty for a period of more than 30 days to travel from his home to his first duty station and from his last duty station to his home, by the mode of transportation authorized in his call or orders, is considered active duty.
**(c)**
(1) A member of the National Guard who is called into Federal service for a period of 30 days or less is entitled to basic pay from the date on which the member, in person or by authorized telephonic or electronic means, contacts the member’s unit.
(2) Paragraph (1) does not authorize any expenditure to be paid for a period before the date on which the unit receives the member’s contact provided under such paragraph.
(3) The Secretary of the Army, with respect to the Army National Guard, and the Secretary of the Air Force, with respect to the Air National Guard, shall prescribe such regulations as may be necessa
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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
§ 333
title VI, § 611(d)(2), Aug. 13, 2018, 132 Stat. 1797;
Pub. L. 116–92, div. A, title VI, § 611(d)(2), Dec. 20,
2019, 133 Stat. 1426; Pub. L. 116–283, div. A, title
VI, § 611(d)(2), Jan. 1, 2021, 134 Stat. 3673; Pub. L.
117–81, div. A, title VI, § 611(d)(2), Dec. 27, 2021,
135 Stat. 1769; Pub. L. 117–263, div. A, title VI,
§ 601(d)(2), Dec. 23, 2022, 136 Stat. 2619; Pub. L.
118–31, div. A, title VI, § 613(d)(2), Dec. 22, 2023,
137 Stat. 291; Pub. L. 118–159, div. A, title VI,
§ 611(d)(2), Dec. 23, 2024, 138 Stat. 1932.)
Editorial Notes
AMENDMENTS
2024—Subsec. (g). Pub. L. 118–159 substituted ‘‘Decem-
ber 31, 2025’’ for ‘‘December 31, 2024’’.
2023—Subsec. (g). Pub. L. 118–31 substituted ‘‘Decem-
ber 31, 2024’’ for ‘‘December 31, 2023’’.
2022—Subsec. (g). Pub. L. 117–263 substituted ‘‘Decem-
ber 31, 2023’’ for ‘‘December 31, 2022’’.
2021—Subsec. (g). Pub. L. 117–81 substituted ‘‘Decem-
ber 31, 2022’’ for ‘‘December 31, 2021’’.
Pub. L. 116–283 substituted ‘‘December 31, 2021’’ for
‘‘December 31, 2020’’.
2019—Subsec. (g). Pub. L. 116–92 substituted ‘‘Decem-
ber 31, 2020’’ for ‘‘December 31, 2019’’.
2018—Subsec. (g). Pub. L. 115–232 substituted ‘‘Decem-
ber 31, 2019’’ for ‘‘December 31, 2018’’.
2017—Subsec. (g). Pub. L. 115–91 substituted ‘‘Decem-
ber 31, 2018’’ for ‘‘December 31, 2017’’.
2016—Subsec. (c)(1)(B). Pub. L. 114–328, § 617, sub-
stituted ‘‘$20,000’’ for ‘‘$12,000’’.
Subsec. (g). Pub. L. 114–328, § 614(2), substituted ‘‘De-
cember 31, 2017’’ for ‘‘December 31, 2016’’.
2015—Subsec. (g). Pub. L. 114–92 substituted ‘‘Decem-
ber 31, 2016’’ for ‘‘December 31, 2015’’.
2014—Subsec. (g). Pub. L. 113–291 substituted ‘‘Decem-
ber 31, 2015’’ for ‘‘December 31, 2014’’.
2013—Subsec. (g)
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