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37 U.S.C. § 331 — General bonus authority for enlisted members

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37 U.S.C. § 331 — General bonus authority for enlisted members

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**(a) Authority to Provide Bonus.—** The Secretary concerned may pay a bonus under this section to a person, including a member of the armed forces, who— (1) enlists in an armed force; (2) enlists in or affiliates with a reserve component of an armed force; (3) reenlists, voluntarily extends an enlistment, or otherwise agrees to serve— (A) for a specified period in a designated career field, skill, or unit of an armed force; or (B) under other conditions of service in an armed force; (4) transfers from a regular component of an armed force to a reserve component of that same armed force or from a reserve component of an armed force to the regular component of that same armed force; (5) transfers from a regular component or reserve component of an armed force to a regular component or reserve component of another armed force, subject to the approval of the Secretary with jurisdiction over the armed force to which the member is transferring; or (6) transfers from a regular component or reserve component of an armed force to the Space Force or from the Space Force to a regular component or reserve component of another armed force, subject to the approval of the Secretary with jurisdiction over the armed force to which the member is transferring. **(b) Service Eligibility.—** A bonus authorized by subsection (a) may be paid to a person or member only if the person or member 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) or (2) of subsection (a) may not exceed $75,000 for a minimum two-year period of obligated service agreed to under subsection (d); (B) 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); (C) a bonus paid under paragraph (3) of subsection (a) may not exceed $15,000 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 (D) 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 member 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.—** A bonus paid to a person or member under this section is in addition to any other pay and allowance to which the person or member is entitled. **(f) Relationship to Prohibition on Bounties.—** A bonus authorized under this section is not a bounty for purposes of [section 514(a) of title 10](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title10-section514/a&num=0&edition=prelim). **(g) Repayment.—** A person or member 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). **(h) 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. § 907 — Enlisted members and warrant officers appointed as officers: pay and allowances stabilized

**(a)** An enlisted member who accepts an appointment as an officer shall, for service as an officer, be paid the greater of— (1) the pay and allowances to which the officer is entitled as an officer; or (2) the pay and allowances to which the officer would be entitled if the officer were in the last enlisted grade the officer held before the appointment as an officer. **(b)** A warrant officer who accepts an appointment as a commissioned officer in a pay grade above W–4 shall, for service as such a commissioned officer, be paid the greater of— (1) the pay and allowances to which the officer is entitled as such a commissioned officer; (2) the pay and allowances to which the officer would be entitled if the officer were in the last warrant officer grade the officer held before the appointment as such a commissioned officer; or (3) in the case of an officer who was formerly an enlisted member, the pay and allowances to which the officer would be entitled if the officer were in the last enlisted grade the officer held before the appointment as an officer. **(c)** For the purposes of this section— (1) the pay and allowances of a grade formerly held by an officer include— (A) subject to subsection (d), special and incentive pays under chapter 5 of this title; and (B) subject to subsection (e), allowances under chapter 7 of this title; and (2) the rates of pay and allowances of a grade which an officer formerly held are those to which the officer would have been entitled had the officer remained in that grade and continued to receive the increases in pay and allowances authorized for that grade, as otherwise provided in this title. **(d)** (1) In determining the amount of the pay and allowances of a grade formerly held by an officer, the following special and

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37 U.S.C. § 331 — General bonus authority for enlisted mem-

Page 129 TITLE 37—PAY AND ALLOWANCES OF THE UNIFORMED SERVICES § 331 EFFECTIVE DATE Pub. L. 109–364, div. A, title VI, § 622(a)(3), Oct. 17, 2006, 120 Stat. 2256, provided that: ‘‘The amendments made by this subsection [enacting this section] shall take effect on October 1, 2006.’’ SUBCHAPTER II—CONSOLIDATION OF SPE- CIAL PAY, INCENTIVE PAY, AND BONUS AUTHORITIES § 331. General bonus authority for enlisted mem- bers (a) AUTHORITY TO PROVIDE BONUS.—The Sec- retary concerned may pay a bonus under this section to a person, including a member of the armed forces, who— (1) enlists in an armed force; (2) enlists in or affiliates with a reserve com- ponent of an armed force; (3) reenlists, voluntarily extends an enlist- ment, or otherwise agrees to serve— (A) for a specified period in a designated career field, skill, or unit of an armed force; or (B) under other conditions of service in an armed force; (4) transfers from a regular component of an armed force to a reserve component of that same armed force or from a reserve component of an armed force to the regular component of that same armed force; or (5) transfers from a regular component or re- serve component of an armed force to a reg- ular component or reserve component of an- other armed force, subject to the approval of the Secretary with jurisdiction over the armed force to which the member is transferring. (b) SERVICE ELIGIBILITY.—A bonus authorized by subsection (a) may be paid to a person or member only if the person or member agrees under subsection (d)— (1) to serve for a specified period in a des- ignated career field, skill, unit, or grade; or (2) to meet some other condition or condi- tions of service imposed by the Secretary con- cerned. (c) MAXIMUM AMOUNT AND METHOD OF PAY- MENT.

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