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**(a) Retention Bonus Authorized.—** A member of the armed forces who is serving on active duty in a regular component or in an active status in a reserve component, or a member the Space Force who is serving in space force active status, and who is qualified in a critical military skill designated under subsection (b) or accepts an assignment to a high priority unit designated under such subsection may be paid a retention bonus as provided in this section if—
(1) in the case of an officer, the member executes a written agreement to remain on active duty for at least one year, to remain in an active status in a reserve component for at least one year, or to remain in space force active status for at least one year;
(2) in the case of an enlisted member, other than an enlisted member referred to in paragraph (3), the member reenlists or voluntarily extends the member’s enlistment for a period of at least one year; or
(3) in the case of an enlisted member serving pursuant to an indefinite reenlistment, the member executes a written agreement to remain on active duty for a period of at least one year or to remain in an active status in a reserve component for a period of at least one year.
**(b) Eligibility Criteria.—**
(1) A designated critical military skill referred to in subsection (a) is a military skill designated as critical by the Secretary of Defense, or by the Secretary of Homeland Security with respect to the Coast Guard when it is not operating as a service in the Navy.
(2) The Secretary of Defense, and the Secretary of Homeland Security with respect to the Coast Guard when it is not operating as a service in the Navy, may designate a unit as a high priority unit regarding which a retention bonus will be provided to a member of the armed forces who agrees
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TITLE 37—PAY AND ALLOWANCES OF THE UNIFORMED
SERVICES
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pay under this section. The total amount paid to
an officer under one or more agreements under
this section may not exceed $60,000.
(c) PRORATION.—The term of an agreement
under subsection (b) and the amount payable
under the agreement may be prorated.
(d) PAYMENT METHODS.—Upon acceptance of an
agreement under subsection (b) by the Secretary
concerned, the total amount payable pursuant
to the agreement becomes fixed. The Secretary
shall prepare an implementation plan specifying
the amount of each installment payment under
the agreement and the times for payment of the
installments.
(e) ADDITIONAL PAY.—Any amount paid to an
officer under this section is in addition to any
other pay and allowances to which the officer is
entitled.
(f) REPAYMENT.—An officer who has entered
into a written agreement under subsection (b)
and has received all or part of the amount pay-
able under the agreement but who does not com-
plete the total period of active duty specified in
the agreement, shall be subject to the repay-
ment provisions of section 303a(e) of this title.
(g) REGULATIONS.—The Secretary concerned
shall prescribe regulations to carry out this sec-
tion.
(Added Pub. L. 106–65, div. A, title VI, § 629(a)(1),
Oct. 5, 1999, 113 Stat. 659; amended Pub. L.
109–163, div. A, title VI, § 687(b)(29), Jan. 6, 2006,
119 Stat. 3332.)
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Section 470 of title 14, referred to in subsec. (a)(2)(B),
was redesignated section 2770 of title 14 by Pub. L.
115–282, title I, § 116(b)(2), Dec. 4, 2018, 132 Stat. 4226, and
references to section 470 of title 14 deemed to refer to
such redesignated section, see section 123(b)(1) of Pub.
L. 115–282, set out as a Referen
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