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

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

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**(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— (A) a bonus paid under paragraph (1) of subsection (a) may not exceed $60,000 for a minimum three-year period of obligated service agreed to under subsection (d); (B) a bonus paid under paragraph (2) of subsection (a) may not exceed $20,000 for a minimum three-year period of obligated service agreed to under subsection (d); (C) a bonus paid under paragraph (3) of subsection (a) may not exceed $50,000 for each year of obligated service in a regular component, or in the Space Force on sustained duty under [section 20105 of title 10](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title10-section20105&num=0&edition=prelim), agreed to under subsection (d); (D) a bonus paid under paragraph (3) of subsection (a) may not exceed $12,000 for each year of obligated service in a reserve component, or in the Space Force in space force active status not on sustained duty under [section 20105 of title 10](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title10-section20105&num=0&edition=prelim), agreed to under subsection (d); and (E) a bonus paid under paragraph (4), (5), or (6) of subsection (a) may not exceed $10,000. (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 Secretary concerned. (3) **Fixing bonus amount.—** — Upon acceptance by the Secretary concerned of the written agreement required by subsection (d), the total amount of the bonus to be paid under the agreement shall be fixed. **(d) Written Agreement.—** To receive a bonus under this section, a person or 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 (c)(2); (3) the period of obligated service; and (4) the type or conditions of the service. **(e) Relationship to Other Pay and Allowances.—** The bonus 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. **(f) Repayment.—** A person or officer who receives a bonus under this section and who fails to complete the period of service, or meet the conditions of service, for which the bonus is paid, as specified in the written agreement under subsection (d), 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). **(g) Termination of Authority.—** No agreement may be entered into under this section after December 31, 2026.

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10 U.S.C. § 20105 — Sustained duty

**(a) Enlisted Members.—** An authority designated by the Secretary of the Air Force may order an enlisted member of the Space Force in a space force active status to sustained duty, or retain an enlisted member on sustained duty, with the consent of that member, as specified in the terms of the member’s enlistment or reenlistment agreement. **(b) Officers.—** (1) An authority designated by the Secretary of the Air Force may order a Space Force officer in a space force active status to sustained duty— (A) with the consent of the officer; or (B) to fulfill the terms of an active-duty service commitment incurred by the officer under any provision of law. (2) An officer ordered to sustained duty under paragraph (1) may not be released from sustained duty without the officer’s consent except as provided in chapter 2009 or 2011 of this title.

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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 authorities for officers in health professions

**(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-preli

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

Page 130 TITLE 37—PAY AND ALLOWANCES OF THE UNIFORMED SERVICES § 332 2022—Subsec. (c)(1)(A). Pub. L. 117–263, § 602(a)(1), sub- stituted ‘‘$75,000’’ for ‘‘$50,000’’. Subsec. (c)(1)(B). Pub. L. 117–263, § 602(a)(2), sub- stituted ‘‘$50,000’’ for ‘‘$30,000’’. Subsec. (h). Pub. L. 117–263, § 601(d)(1), substituted ‘‘December 31, 2023’’ for ‘‘December 31, 2022’’. 2021—Subsec. (h). 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. (h). Pub. L. 116–92 substituted ‘‘Decem- ber 31, 2020’’ for ‘‘December 31, 2019’’. 2018—Subsec. (h). Pub. L. 115–232 substituted ‘‘Decem- ber 31, 2019’’ for ‘‘December 31, 2018’’. 2017—Subsec. (h). Pub. L. 115–91 substituted ‘‘Decem- ber 31, 2018’’ for ‘‘December 31, 2017’’. 2016—Subsec. (h). Pub. L. 114–328 substituted ‘‘Decem- ber 31, 2017’’ for ‘‘December 31, 2016’’. 2015—Subsec. (h). Pub. L. 114–92 substituted ‘‘Decem- ber 31, 2016’’ for ‘‘December 31, 2015’’. 2014—Subsec. (h). Pub. L. 113–291 substituted ‘‘Decem- ber 31, 2015’’ for ‘‘December 31, 2014’’. 2013—Subsec. (h). Pub. L. 113–66 substituted ‘‘Decem- ber 31, 2014’’ for ‘‘December 31, 2013’’. Pub. L. 112–239 substituted ‘‘December 31, 2013’’ for ‘‘December 31, 2012’’. 2011—Subsec. (h). Pub. L. 112–81 substituted ‘‘Decem- ber 31, 2012’’ for ‘‘December 31, 2011’’. Pub. L. 111–383 substituted ‘‘December 31, 2011’’ for ‘‘December 31, 2010’’. 2009—Subsec. (h). Pub. L. 111–84 substituted ‘‘Decem- ber 31, 2010’’ for ‘‘December 31, 2009’’. § 332. General bonus authority for officers (a) AUTHORITY TO PROVIDE BONUS.—The Sec- retary concerned may pay a bonus under this section to a person, including an officer in the uniformed services, who— (1) accepts a com

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