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37 U.S.C. § 335 — Special bonus and incentive pay authorities for officers in health professions

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37 U.S.C. § 335 — Special bonus and incentive pay authorities for officers in health professions

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**(a) Health Professions Bonus.—** The Secretary concerned may pay a health professions bonus under this section to a person, including an officer in the uniformed services, who is a graduate of an accredited school in a health profession and who— (1) accepts a commission or appointment as an officer in a regular or reserve component of a uniformed service, or affiliates with a reserve component of a uniformed service, and agrees to serve on active duty in a regular component or in an active status in a reserve component in a health profession; (2) accepts a commission or appointment as an officer and whose health profession specialty is designated by the Secretary of Defense as a critically short wartime specialty; or (3) agrees to remain on active duty or continue serving in an active status in a reserve component in a health profession. **(b) Health Professions Incentive Pay.—** The Secretary concerned may pay incentive pay under this section to an officer in a regular or reserve component of a uniformed service 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) is serving on active duty or in an active status in a designated health profession specialty or skill. **(c) Board Certification Incentive Pay.—** The Secretary concerned may pay board certification incentive pay under this section to an officer in a regular or reserve component of a uniformed service 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); (2) is board certified in a designated health profession specialty or skill; and (3) is serving on active duty or in an active status in such designated health profession specialty or skill. **(d) Additional Eligibility Criteria.—** The Secretary concerned may impose such additional criteria for the receipt of a bonus or incentive pay under this section as the Secretary determines to be appropriate. **(e) Maximum Amount and Method of Payment.—** (1) **Maximum amount.—** — The Secretary concerned shall determine the amounts of a bonus or incentive pay to be paid under this section, except that— (A) a health professions bonus paid under paragraph (1) of subsection (a) may not exceed $100,000 for each 12-month period of obligated service agreed to under subsection (f); (B) a health professions bonus paid under paragraph (2) of subsection (a) may not exceed $200,000 for each 12-month period of obligated service agreed to under subsection (f); (C) a health professions bonus paid under paragraph (3) of subsection (a) may not exceed $150,000 for each 12-month period of obligated service agreed to under subsection (f); (D) health professions incentive pay under subsection (b) may be paid monthly and may not exceed, in any 12-month period— (i) $200,000 for medical officers and dental officers; and (ii) $50,000 for officers in other health professions; and (E) board certification incentive pay under subsection (c) may not exceed $15,000 for each 12-month period an officer remains certified in the designated health profession specialty or skill. (2) **Lump sum or installments.—** — A health professions bonus under subsection (a) may be paid in a lump sum or in periodic installments, as determined by the Secretary concerned. Board certification incentive pay under subsection (c) may be paid monthly, in a lump sum at the beginning of the certification period, or in periodic installments during the certification period, as determined by the Secretary concerned. (3) **Fixing bonus amount.—** — Upon acceptance by the Secretary concerned of the written agreement required by subsection (f), the total amount of the health professions bonus to be paid under the agreement shall be fixed. **(f) Written Agreement for Bonus.—** To receive a bonus under this section, an officer determined to be eligible for the bonus shall enter into a written agreement with the Secretary concerned that specifies— (1) the amount of the bonus; (2) the method of payment of the bonus under subsection (e)(2); (3) the period of obligated service; (4) whether the service will be performed on active duty or in an active status in a reserve component; and (5) the type or conditions of the service. **(g) Reserve Component Officers.—** An officer in a reserve component authorized incentive pay under subsection (b) or (c) who is not serving on continuous active duty and is entitled to compensation 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) may be paid a monthly amount of incentive pay that is proportionate to the basic pay or compensation received under this title. **(h) Relationship to Other Pay and Allowances.—** (1) **Health professions bonus.—** — A bonus paid to a person or officer under subsection (a) shall be 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 such subsection and [section 332 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title37-section332&num=0&edition=prelim) for the same period of obligated service. (2) **Health professions incentive pay.—** — Incentive pay paid to an officer under subsection (b) shall be in addition to any other pay and allowance to which an officer is entitled, except that an officer may not receive a payment under such subsection and [section 353 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title37-section353&num=0&edition=prelim) for the same skill and period of service. (3) **Board certification incentive pay.—** — Incentive pay paid to an officer under subsection (c) shall be in addition to any other pay and allowance to which an officer is entitled, except that an officer may not receive a payment under such subsection and [section 353(b) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title37-section353/b&num=0&edition=prelim) for the same skill and period of service covered by the certification. **(i) Repayment.—** An officer who receives a bonus or incentive pay under this section and who fails to fulfill the eligibility requirements for the receipt of the bonus or incentive pay or complete the period of service for which the bonus or incentive pay is paid, as specified in the written agreement under subsection (f) in the case of a 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). **(j) Health Profession Defined.—** In this section, the term “health profession” means the following: (1) Any health profession performed by officers in the Medical Corps of a uniformed service or by officers designated as a medical officer. (2) Any health profession performed by officers in the Dental Corps of a uniformed service or by officers designated as a dental officer. (3) Any health profession performed by officers in the Medical Service Corps of a uniformed service or by officers designated as a medical service officer or biomedical sciences officer. (4) Any health profession performed by officers in the Medical Specialist Corps of a uniformed service or by officers designated as a medical specialist. (5) Any health profession performed by officers of the Nurse Corps of a uniformed service or by officers designated as a nurse. (6) Any health profession performed by officers in the Veterinary Corps of a uniformed service or by officers designated as a veterinary officer. (7) Any health profession performed by officers designated as a physician assistant. (8) Any health profession performed by officers in the regular or reserve corps 11 See Change of Name note below. of the Public Health Service. **(k) Termination of Authority.—** No agreement may be entered into under this section after December 31, 2026.

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37 U.S.C. § 353 — Skill incentive pay or proficiency bonus

**(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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37 U.S.C. § 204 — Entitlement

**(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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37 U.S.C. § 206 — Reserves; members of National Guard; members of the Space Force: inactive-duty training

**(a)** Under regulations prescribed by the Secretary concerned, and to the extent provided for by appropriations, a member of the National Guard, a member of a reserve component of a uniformed service, or a member of the Space Force who is not 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), is entitled to compensation, at the rate of 1⁄30 of the basic pay authorized for a member of a uniformed service of a corresponding grade entitled to basic pay— (1) for each regular period of instruction, or period of appropriate duty, at which the member is engaged for at least two hours, including that performed on a Sunday or holiday; (2) for the performance of such other equivalent training, instruction, duty, or appropriate duties, as the Secretary may prescribe; (3) for a regular period of instruction that the member is scheduled to perform but is unable to perform because of physical disability resulting from an injury, illness, or disease incurred or aggravated— (A) in line of duty while performing— (i) active duty; or (ii) inactive-duty training; (B) while traveling directly to or from that duty or training (unless such injury, illness, disease, or aggravation of an injury, illness, or disease is the result of the gross negligence or misconduct of the member); or (C) in line of duty while remaining overnight immediately before the commencement of inactive-duty training, or while remaining overnight, between successive periods of inactive-duty training, at or in the vicinity of the site of the inactive-duty training; or (4) for a regular period of instruction, period of appropriate duty, or such other equivalent training that a member would be

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37 U.S.C. § 332 — General bonus authority for officers

**(a) Authority To Provide Bonus.—** The Secretary concerned may pay a bonus under this section to a person, including an officer in the uniformed services, who— (1) accepts a commission or appointment as an officer in a uniformed service; (2) affiliates with a reserve component of a uniformed service; (3) agrees to remain on active duty or to serve in an active status for a specific period as an officer in a uniformed service; (4) transfers from a regular component of a uniformed service to a reserve component of that same uniformed service or from a reserve component of a uniformed service to the regular component of that same uniformed service; (5) transfers from a regular component or reserve component of a uniformed service to a regular component or reserve component of another uniformed service, subject to the approval of the Secretary with jurisdiction over the uniformed service to which the member is transferring; or (6) transfers from a regular component or reserve component of a uniformed service to the Space Force or from the Space Force to a regular component or reserve component of another uniformed service, subject to the approval of the Secretary with jurisdiction over the uniformed service to which the member is transferring. **(b) Service Eligibility.—** A bonus authorized by subsection (a) may be paid to a person or officer only if the person or officer agrees under subsection (d)— (1) to serve for a specified period in a designated career field, skill, unit, or grade; or (2) to meet some other condition or conditions of service imposed by the Secretary concerned. **(c) Maximum Amount and Method of Payment.—** (1) **Maximum amount.—** — The Secretary concerned shall determine the amount of a bonus to be paid under this section, except that—

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37 U.S.C. § 373 — Repayment of unearned portion of bonus, incentive pay, or similar benefit, and termination of remaining payments, when conditions of payment not met

**(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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37 U.S.C. § 335 — Special bonus and incentive pay authori-

Page 135 TITLE 37—PAY AND ALLOWANCES OF THE UNIFORMED SERVICES § 335 erwise qualified for such pay but who is not currently engaged in the performance of oper- ational flying duty or proficiency flying duty if the Secretary determines, under regulations prescribed under section 374 of this title, that payment of aviation pay to that enlisted mem- ber is in the best interests of the service. (b) AVIATION BONUS.—The Secretary concerned may pay an aviation bonus under this section to an enlisted member in a regular or reserve com- ponent of a uniformed service who— (1) is entitled to aviation incentive pay under subsection (a); (2) is within one year of completing the en- listment of the member; (3) reenlists or voluntarily extends the en- listment of the member— (A) for a period of at least one year; or (B) in the case of an enlisted member serv- ing pursuant to an indefinite reenlistment, executes a written agreement— (i) to remain on active duty for a period of at least one year; or (ii) to remain in an active status in a re- serve component for a period of at least one year; and (4) meets such other criteria as the Sec- retary concerned determines appropriate. (c) MAXIMUM AMOUNT AND METHOD OF PAY- MENT.— (1) MAXIMUM AMOUNT.—The Secretary con- cerned shall determine the amount of a bonus or incentive pay to be paid under this section, except that— (A) aviation incentive pay under sub- section (a) shall be paid at a monthly rate not to exceed $1,000 per month; and (B) an aviation bonus under subsection (b) may not exceed $35,000 for each 12-month pe- riod of obligated service agreed to under sub- section (d). (2) LUMP SUM OR INSTALLMENTS.—A bonus under this section may be paid in a lump sum or in periodic installments, as determined by the Secretar

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