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10 U.S.C. § 2103a — Students not eligible for advanced training: commitment to military service
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**(a) Authority.—** A member of the program who has completed successfully the first year of a four-year Senior Reserve Officers’ Training Corps course and who is not eligible for advanced training under [section 2104 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title10-section2104&num=0&edition=prelim) and is not a cadet or midshipman appointed under [section 2107 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title10-section2107&num=0&edition=prelim) may—
(1) contract with the Secretary of the military department concerned, or the Secretary’s designated representative, to serve for the period required by the program; and
(2) agree in writing to accept an appointment, if offered, as a commissioned officer in the Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps, or Space Force, as the case may be, and to serve in the armed forces for the period prescribed by the Secretary.
**(b) Eligibility Requirements.—** A member of the program may enter into a contract and agreement under this section (and receive a subsistence allowance under [section 209(c) of title 37](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title37-section209/c&num=0&edition=prelim)) only if the person—
(1) is a citizen of the United States;
(2) enlists in an armed force under the jurisdiction of the Secretary of the military department concerned for the period prescribed by the Secretary; and
(3) executes a certificate of loyalty in such form as the Secretary of Defense prescribes or take a loyalty oath as prescribed by the Secretary.
**(c) Parental Consent for Minors.—** A member of the program who is a minor may enter into a contract under subsection (a)(1) only with the consent of the member’s parent or guardian.
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**(a) Authority.—** A member of the program who has completed successfully the first year of a four-year Senior Reserve Officers’ Training Corps course and who is not eligible for advanced training under [section 2104 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title10-section2104&num=0&edition=prelim) and is not a cadet or midshipman appointed under [section 2107 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title10-section2107&num=0&edition=prelim) may—
(1) contract with the Secretary of the military department concerned, or the Secretary’s designated representative, to serve for the period required by the program; and
(2) agree in writing to accept an appointment, if offered, as a commissioned officer in the Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps, or Space Force, as the case may be, and to serve in the armed forces for the period prescribed by the Secretary.
**(b) Eligibility Requirements.—** A member of the program may enter into a contract and agreement under this section (and receive a subsistence allowance under [section 209(c) of title 37](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title37-section209/c&num=0&edition=prelim)) only if the person—
(1) is a citizen of the United States;
(2) enlists in an armed force under the jurisdiction of the Secretary of the military department concerned for the period prescribed by the Secretary; and
(3) executes a certificate of loyalty in such form as the Secretary of Defense prescribes or take a loyalty oath as prescribed by the Secretary.
**(c) Parental Consent for Minors.—** A member of the program who is a minor may enter into a contract under subsection (a)(1) only with the consent of the member’s parent or guardian.
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**(a)** Advanced training shall be provided to eligible members of the program and, if the institution concerned so requests, to eligible applicants for membership in the program.
**(b)** To be eligible for continuation, or initial enrollment, in the program for advanced training, a person must—
(1) be a citizen of the United States;
(2) be selected for advanced training under procedures prescribed by the Secretary of the military department concerned;
(3) enlist in an armed force under the jurisdiction of the Secretary of the military department concerned for the period prescribed by the Secretary;
(4) contract, with the consent of his parent or guardian if he is a minor, with the Secretary of the military department concerned, or his designated representative, to serve for the period required by the program;
(5) agree in writing that he will accept an appointment, if offered, as a commissioned officer in the Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps, or Space Force, as the case may be, and that he will serve in the armed forces for the period prescribed by the Secretary;
(6) either—
(A) complete successfully—
(i) the first two years of a four-year Senior Reserve Officers’ Training Corps course; or
(ii) field training or a practice cruise of a duration which is prescribed by the Secretary concerned as a preliminary requirement for admission to the advanced course; or
(B) at the discretion of the Secretary concerned, agree in writing to complete field training or a practice cruise, as prescribed by the Secretary concerned, within two years after admission to the advanced course; and
(7) execute a certificate of loyalty in such form as the Secretary of Defense prescribes or take a loyalty oath as prescribed by the Secretary.
**(c)** A member of the pro
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**(a)** The Secretary of the military department concerned may appoint as a cadet or midshipman, as appropriate, in the reserve of an armed force under his jurisdiction any eligible member of the program who will be under 31 years of age on December 31 of the calendar year in which he is eligible under this section for appointment as an ensign in the Navy or as a second lieutenant in the Army, Air Force, Marine Corps, or Space Force.
**(b)** To be eligible for appointment as a cadet or midshipman under this section a member must—
(1) be a citizen or national of the United States;
(2) be specially selected for the financial assistance program under procedures prescribed by the Secretary of the military department concerned;
(3) enlist in the reserve component of an armed force for the period prescribed by the Secretary of the military department concerned;
(4) contract, with the consent of his parent or guardian if he is a minor, with the Secretary of the military department concerned, or his designated representative, to serve for the period required by the program; and
(5) agree in writing that, at the discretion of the Secretary of the military department concerned, he will—
(A)
(i) accept an appointment, if offered, as a commissioned officer in the Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps, or Space Force, as the case may be, and that, if he is commissioned as a regular officer and his regular commission is terminated before the sixth anniversary of his date of rank, he will accept an appointment, if offered, in the reserve component of an armed force and not resign before that anniversary or before such other date, not beyond the eighth anniversary of the midshipman’s date of rank, that the Secretary of Defense may prescribe; and
(ii) serve on active du
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**(a) Senior ROTC Members in Advanced Training.—**
(1) Except when on active duty, a member of the Senior Reserve Officers’ Training Corps who is selected for advance training under [section 2104 of title 10](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title10-section2104&num=0&edition=prelim) is entitled to a monthly subsistence allowance at a rate prescribed under paragraph (2) beginning on the day he starts advanced training and ending upon the completion of his instruction under that section, but in no event shall any member receive such pay for more than 30 months.
(2) The Secretary of Defense shall prescribe by regulation the monthly rates for subsistence allowances provided under this section. The rate may not be less than $250 per month, but may not exceed $674 per month.
(3) A subsistence allowance under this section may not be considered financial assistance requiring additional service within the meaning of the third sentence of section 6(d)(1) of the Military Selective Service Act ([50 U.S.C. 3806(d)(1)](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title50-section3806/d/1&num=0&edition=prelim)).
**(b) Senior ROTC Members Appointed in Reserves.—** Except when on active duty, a cadet or midshipman appointed under [section 2107 of title 10](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title10-section2107&num=0&edition=prelim) is entitled to a monthly subsistence allowance at a rate prescribed under subsection (a). A member enrolled in the first two years of a four-year program is entitled to receive subsistence for a maximum of twenty months. A member enrolled in the advanced course is entitled to subsistence as prescribed for a member enrolled under [section 2104 of title 10](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xh
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**(a) Skill Incentive Pay.—** The Secretary concerned may pay a monthly skill incentive pay to a member of the uniformed services 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) or compensation under [section 206 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title37-section206&num=0&edition=prelim); and
(2) serves in a career field or skill designated as critical by the Secretary concerned.
**(b) Skill Proficiency Bonus.—**
(1) **Availability; eligible persons.—** — The Secretary concerned may pay a proficiency bonus to a member of the uniformed services who—
(A) 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) or compensation under [section 206 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title37-section206&num=0&edition=prelim) or is enrolled in an officer training program; and
(B) is determined to have, and maintains, certified proficiency under subsection (d) in a skill designated as critical by the Secretary concerned or is in training to acquire proficiency in a critical foreign language or expertise in foreign cultural studies or a related skill designated as critical by the Secretary concerned.
(2) **Inclusion of certain senior rotc members.—** — A proficiency bonus may be paid under this subsection to a student who is enrolled in the Senior Reserve Officers’ Training Corps program even though the student is in the first year of the four-year course under the program. During the period covered by the proficiency bonus, the student shall also be entitled to a mon
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TITLE 10—ARMED FORCES
§ 2103
in the program shall be elective or compulsory
as provided by State law or the authorities of
the institution concerned.
(d) The President shall cause to be established
and maintained in each State at least one unit
of the program if—
(1) a unit is requested by an educational in-
stitution in the State;
(2) such request is approved by the Governor
of the State in which the institution request-
ing the unit is located; and
(3) the Secretary of the military department
concerned determines that there will be not
less than 40 students enrolled in such unit and
that the provisions of this section are other-
wise satisfied.
(Added Pub. L. 88–647, title II, § 201(1), Oct. 13,
1964, 78 Stat. 1065; amended Pub. L. 95–79, title
VI, § 602, July 30, 1977, 91 Stat. 332; Pub. L.
116–283, div. A, title IX, § 924(b)(3)(BB), Jan. 1,
2021, 134 Stat. 3822.)
Editorial Notes
AMENDMENTS
2021—Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 116–283 substituted ‘‘Marine
Corps, or Space Force’’ for ‘‘or Marine Corps’’.
1977—Subsec. (d). Pub. L. 95–79 added subsec. (d).
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
MILITARY TRAINING FOR FEMALE UNDERGRADUATES AT
MILITARY COLLEGES; REGULATIONS
Pub. L. 95–485, title VIII, § 809, Oct. 20, 1978, 92 Stat.
1623, directed the Secretary of Defense to require that
any college or university designated as a military col-
lege provide that qualified female undergraduate stu-
dents be eligible to participate in military training at
such college or university, and prohibited the Sec-
retary from requiring such college or university to re-
quire female undergraduate students enrolled in such
college or university to participate in military train-
ing, prior to repeal by Pub. L. 98–525, title XIV,
§§ 1403(b), 1404, Oct. 19, 1984
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