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37 U.S.C. § 308 — Special pay: reenlistment bonus
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**(a)**
(1) The Secretary concerned may pay a bonus under paragraph (2) to a member of a uniformed service who—
(A) has completed at least 17 months of continuous active duty (other than for training) but not more than 20 years of active duty;
(B) is qualified in 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 service in the Navy; and
(C) reenlists or voluntarily extends the member’s enlistment for a period of at least three years—
(i) in a regular component of the service concerned; or
(ii) in a reserve component of the service concerned, if the member is performing active Guard and Reserve duty (as defined in [section 101(d)(6) of title 10](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title10-section101/d/6&num=0&edition=prelim)).
(2) The bonus to be paid under paragraph (1) may not exceed the lesser of the following amounts:
(A) The amount equal to the product of—
(i) 15 times the monthly rate of basic pay to which the member was entitled at the time of the discharge or release of the member; and
(ii) the number of years (or the monthly fractions thereof) of the term of reenlistment or extension of enlistment.
(B) $90,000.
(3) Any portion of a term of reenlistment or extension of enlistment of a member that, when added to the total years of service of the member at the time of discharge or release, exceeds 24 years may not be used in computing a bonus under paragraph (2)(A).
(4) Notwithstanding paragraph (1)(B), a member who agrees to train and reenlist for service in a military skill which, at the time of that agreement, is designated as critical, may be paid the bonus approved for that skill
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**(a)**
(1) The Secretary concerned may pay a bonus under paragraph (2) to a member of a uniformed service who—
(A) has completed at least 17 months of continuous active duty (other than for training) but not more than 20 years of active duty;
(B) is qualified in 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 service in the Navy; and
(C) reenlists or voluntarily extends the member’s enlistment for a period of at least three years—
(i) in a regular component of the service concerned; or
(ii) in a reserve component of the service concerned, if the member is performing active Guard and Reserve duty (as defined in [section 101(d)(6) of title 10](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title10-section101/d/6&num=0&edition=prelim)).
(2) The bonus to be paid under paragraph (1) may not exceed the lesser of the following amounts:
(A) The amount equal to the product of—
(i) 15 times the monthly rate of basic pay to which the member was entitled at the time of the discharge or release of the member; and
(ii) the number of years (or the monthly fractions thereof) of the term of reenlistment or extension of enlistment.
(B) $90,000.
(3) Any portion of a term of reenlistment or extension of enlistment of a member that, when added to the total years of service of the member at the time of discharge or release, exceeds 24 years may not be used in computing a bonus under paragraph (2)(A).
(4) Notwithstanding paragraph (1)(B), a member who agrees to train and reenlist for service in a military skill which, at the time of that agreement, is designated as critical, may be paid the bonus approved for that skill, at the rate in effect at the time of agreement, upon completion of training and qualification in that skill, if otherwise qualified under this subsection and even if that skill is no longer designated as critical at the time the member becomes eligible for payment of the bonus.
(5) The Secretary of Defense may waive the eligibility requirement in paragraph (1)(B) in the case of a reenlistment or voluntary extension of enlistment by a member of the armed forces that is entered into as described in this subsection while the member is serving on active duty in Afghanistan, Iraq, or Kuwait in support of Operation Enduring Freedom or Operation Iraqi Freedom.
**(b)** Bonus payments authorized under this section may be paid in either a lump sum or in installments. If the bonus is paid in installments, the initial payment shall be not less than 50 percent of the total bonus amount.
**(c)** For the purpose of computing the reenlistment bonus in the case of an officer with prior enlisted service who may be entitled to a bonus under subsection (a), the monthly basic pay of the grade in which he is enlisted, computed in accordance with his 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), shall be used instead of the monthly basic pay to which he was entitled at the time of his release from active duty as an officer.
**(d)** A member who does not complete the term of enlistment for which a bonus was paid to the member under this section, or a member who is not technically qualified in the skill for which a bonus was paid to the member under this section, shall be subject to the repayment provisions of [section 303a(e) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title37-section303a/e&num=0&edition=prelim).
**(e)** For the purposes of determining the eligibility of a member for a bonus under this section and of computing the amount of that bonus—
(1) any period of enlistment (including any extension of an enlistment) (A) that is incurred by the member for the purpose of continuing to qualify for continuous submarine duty incentive pay under [section 301c of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title37-section301c&num=0&edition=prelim), and (B) for which no bonus is otherwise payable; or
(2) any unserved period of two years or less of an extension of an enlistment for which no bonus has been paid or for which no bonus is otherwise payable under this section,
may, under regulations prescribed by the Secretary concerned, be considered as part of an immediately subsequent term of reenlistment (or as part of an immediately subsequent voluntary extension of an enlistment).
**(f)** This section shall be administered under regulations prescribed by the Secretary of Defense for the armed forces under his jurisdiction, and by the Secretary of Homeland Security with respect to the Coast Guard when it is not operating as a service in the Navy.
**(g)** No bonus shall be paid under this section with respect to any reenlistment, or voluntary extension of an active-duty enlistment, in the armed forces entered into after December 31, 2018.
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**(a) Eligibility Requirements.—**
(1) Subject to regulations prescribed by the President, a member of the naval service who is entitled to basic pay, and (A) holds (or is in training leading to) a submarine duty designator, (B) is in and remains in the submarine service on a career basis, and (C) meets the requirements of paragraph (3), is entitled to continuous monthly submarine duty incentive pay in the amount prescribed pursuant to subsection (b).
(2) Subject to regulations prescribed by the President, a member of the naval service who is entitled to basic pay but is not entitled to continuous monthly submarine duty incentive pay under paragraph (1) is entitled to submarine duty incentive pay in the amount prescribed pursuant to subsection (b) for any period during which such member performs frequent and regular operational submarine duty (as defined in paragraph (5)) required by orders.
(3) To be entitled to continuous monthly submarine duty incentive pay through 26 years of service (as computed under [section 205 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title37-section205&num=0&edition=prelim), but excluding, in the case of an officer, periods as an enlisted member before initial appointment as an officer), a member must perform operational submarine duties for at least 6 of the first 12, and at least 10 of the first 18, years of his submarine service. However, if a member performs the prescribed operational submarine duties for at least 8 but less than 10 of the first 18 years of his submarine service, he is entitled to continuous monthly submarine duty incentive pay for the first 22 years of his service (as computed under [section 205 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title37-section
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**(a) Bonus Authorized.—** An aviation officer described in subsection (b) who, during the period beginning on January 1, 1989, and ending on December 31, 2018, executes a written agreement to remain on active duty in aviation service for at least one year may, upon the acceptance of the agreement by the Secretary concerned, be paid a retention bonus as provided in this section.
**(b) Covered Officers.—** An aviation officer referred to in subsection (a) is an officer of a uniformed service who—
(1) is entitled to aviation career incentive pay under [section 301a of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title37-section301a&num=0&edition=prelim);
(2) is in a pay grade below pay grade O–7;
(3) is qualified to perform operational flying duty; and
(4) has completed any active duty service commitment incurred for undergraduate aviator training or is within one year of completing such commitment.
**(c) Amount of Bonus.—** The amount of a retention bonus paid under this section may not be more than $25,000 for each year covered by the written agreement to remain on active duty.
**(d) Proration.—** The term of an agreement under subsection (a) and the amount of the bonus under subsection (c) may be prorated as long as such agreement does not extend beyond the date on which the officer making such agreement would complete 25 years of aviation service.
**(e) Payment of Bonus.—** Upon the acceptance of a written agreement under subsection (a) by the Secretary concerned, the total amount payable pursuant to the agreement becomes fixed and may be paid by the Secretary in either a lump sum or installments.
**(f) Additional Pay.—** A retention bonus paid under this section is in addition to any other pay and allowances to which an officer is
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### Statutory Notes
Section, added Pub. L. 92–581, § 1(3), Oct. 27, 1972, 86 Stat. 1277; amended Pub. L. 97–295, § 3(3), Oct. 12, 1982, 96 Stat. 1303; Pub. L. 102–25, title VII, § 702(b)(1), (c), Apr. 6, 1991, 105 Stat. 117, related to special pay for nuclear-trained and qualified enlisted members.
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### Statutory Notes
Section, added Pub. L. 92–129, title II, § 203(a), Sept. 28, 1971, 85 Stat. 358; amended Pub. L. 93–64, title II, § 204, July 9, 1973, 87 Stat. 149; Pub. L. 93–277, § 2(2), May 10, 1974, 88 Stat. 120; Pub. L. 95–57, § 2, June 29, 1977, 91 Stat. 253; Pub. L. 95–485, title VIII, § 802(b), Oct. 20, 1978, 92 Stat. 1619; Pub. L. 96–342, title VIII, § 804(b), Sept. 8, 1980, 94 Stat. 1092; Pub. L. 97–60, title I, § 117(b), Oct. 14, 1981, 95 Stat. 996; Pub. L. 97–276, title I, § 131, Oct. 2, 1982, 96 Stat. 1197; Pub. L. 97–377, title I, § 101(c) [title VII, § 798], Dec. 21, 1982, 96 Stat. 1833, 1865; Pub. L. 98–14, § 1, Mar. 30, 1983, 97 Stat. 55; Pub. L. 98–525, title VI, § 621(a), Oct. 19, 1984, 98 Stat. 2540; Pub. L. 100–180, div. A, title VI, § 626(a), Dec. 4, 1987, 101 Stat. 1104; Pub. L. 101–189, div. A, title VI, § 612(a), Nov. 29, 1989, 103 Stat. 1445; Pub. L. 102–484, div. A, title VI, § 612(b), Oct. 23, 1992, 106 Stat. 2421; Pub. L. 103–160, div. A, title VI, § 613(c), Nov. 30, 1993, 107 Stat. 1681; Pub. L. 103–337, div. A, title VI, § 613(c), Oct. 5, 1994, 108 Stat. 2783; Pub. L. 104–106, div. A, title VI, § 613(c), Feb. 10, 1996, 110 Stat. 359; Pub. L. 104–201, div. A, title VI, § 613(c), Sept. 23, 1996, 110 Stat. 2544; Pub. L. 105–85, div. A, title VI, § 613(c), Nov. 18, 1997, 111 Stat. 1786; Pub. L. 105–261, div. A, title VI, § 613(c), Oct. 17, 1998, 112 Stat. 2039; Pub. L. 106–65, div. A, title VI, §§ 613(c), 619(a)–(c), Oct. 5, 1999, 113 Stat. 650, 652, 653, related to enlistment bonuses.
#### Effective Date of Repeal
Pub. L. 106–398, § 1 [[div. A], title VI, § 624(c)(2)], Oct. 30, 2000, 114 Stat. 1654, 1654A–153, provided that: “The amendments made by subsection (b) [repealing this section and [section 308f of this title](https://uscode.ho
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**(a)** The rate of basic pay to which an employee is entitled is governed by regulations prescribed by the Office of Personnel Management in conformity with this subchapter and chapter 51 of this title when—
(1) he is transferred from a position in the legislative, judicial, or executive branch to which this subchapter does not apply;
(2) he is transferred from a position in the legislative, judicial, or executive branch to which this subchapter applies to another such position;
(3) he is demoted to a position in a lower grade;
(4) he is reinstated, reappointed, or reemployed in a position to which this subchapter applies following service in any position in the legislative, judicial, or executive branch;
(5) his type of appointment is changed;
(6) his employment status is otherwise changed; or
(7) his position is changed from one grade to another grade.
For the purpose of this subsection, an individual employed by the Appalachian Regional Commission under [section 14306(a)(2) of title 40](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title40-section14306/a/2&num=0&edition=prelim), who was a Federal employee immediately prior to such employment by a commission and within 6 months after separation from such employment is employed in a position to which this subchapter applies, shall be treated as if transferred from a position in the executive branch to which this subchapter does not apply.
**(b)** An employee who is promoted or transferred to a position in a higher grade is entitled to basic pay at the lowest rate of the higher grade which exceeds his existing rate of basic pay by not less than two step-increases of the grade from which he is promoted or transferred. If, in the case of an employee so promoted or transferred who is receiving basic
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**(a) Enlistment Incentive Program.—** The Secretary of Defense shall carry out an enlistment incentive program in accordance with this section under which a person who is a National Call to Service participant shall be entitled to one of the incentives specified in subsection (e). The program shall be carried out during the period ending on December 31, 2007, and may be carried out after that date.
**(b) National Call to Service Participant.—** In this section, the term “National Call to Service participant” means a person who has not previously served in the armed forces who enters into an original enlistment pursuant to a written agreement with the Secretary of a military department (in such form and manner as may be prescribed by that Secretary) under which the person agrees to perform a period of national service as specified in subsection (c).
**(c) National Service.—** The total period of national service to which a National Call to Service participant is obligated under the agreement under this section shall be specified in the agreement. Under the agreement, the participant shall—
(1) upon completion of initial entry training (as prescribed by the Secretary of Defense), serve on active duty in a military occupational specialty designated by the Secretary of Defense under subsection (d) for a period of 15 months;
(2) upon completion of the period of active duty specified in paragraph (1) and without a break in service, serve either (A) an additional period of active duty as determined by the Secretary of Defense, or (B) a period of 24 months in an active status in the Selected Reserve or the Space Force; and
(3) upon completion of the period of service specified in paragraph (2), and without a break in service, serve the remaining period of obligated servic
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### Statutory Notes
Section, added Pub. L. 97–60, title I, § 117(c)(1), Oct. 14, 1981, 95 Stat. 996; amended Pub. L. 98–14, § 2, Mar. 30, 1983, 97 Stat. 55; Pub. L. 98–525, title VI, § 621(a), Oct. 19, 1984, 98 Stat. 2540; Pub. L. 100–180, div. A, title VI, § 626(a), Dec. 4, 1987, 101 Stat. 1104; Pub. L. 102–25, title VII, § 702(b)(2), Apr. 6, 1991, 105 Stat. 117; Pub. L. 103–160, div. A, title VI, § 613(e), Nov. 30, 1993, 107 Stat. 1681; Pub. L. 103–337, div. A, title VI, § 613(c), Oct. 5, 1994, 108 Stat. 2783; Pub. L. 104–106, div. A, title VI, § 613(c), Feb. 10, 1996, 110 Stat. 359; Pub. L. 104–201, div. A, title VI, § 613(c), Sept. 23, 1996, 110 Stat. 2544; Pub. L. 105–85, div. A, title VI, § 613(c), Nov. 18, 1997, 111 Stat. 1786; Pub. L. 105–261, div. A, title VI, §§ 613(c), 620, Oct. 17, 1998, 112 Stat. 2039, 2042; Pub. L. 106–65, div. A, title VI, §§ 613(d), 622(a), Oct. 5, 1999, 113 Stat. 650, 653, related to bonus for enlistment in the Army.
#### Effective Date of Repeal
Repeal effective Oct. 1, 2000, and not to affect the validity or terms of any bonus provided under such section for enlistments in the Armed Forces made before that date, see section 1 [[div. A], title VI, § 624(c)(2)] of Pub. L. 106–398, set out as a note under [section 308a of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title37-section308a&num=0&edition=prelim).
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**(a) Bonus Authorized.—**
(1) A person described in subsection (b) who, during the period beginning on November 29, 1989, and ending on December 31, 2026, executes a written agreement in accordance with subsection (c) to accept an appointment as a nurse officer may, upon the acceptance of the agreement by the Secretary concerned, be paid an accession bonus of not more than $40,000. The bonus shall be paid in periodic installments, as determined by the Secretary concerned at the time the agreement is accepted, except that the first installment may not exceed $20,000.
(2) In addition to the accession bonus payable under paragraph (1), a person selected under such paragraph shall be entitled to a monthly stipend in an amount not to exceed the stipend rate in effect under [section 2121(d) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title10-section2121/d&num=0&edition=prelim) for each month the individual is enrolled as a full-time student in an accredited baccalaureate degree program in nursing at a civilian educational institution by the Secretary selecting the person. The continuation bonus may be paid for not more than 24 months.
**(b) Eligible Students.—** A person eligible to enter into an agreement under subsection (a) is a person who—
(1) is enrolled as a full-time student in an accredited baccalaureate degree program in nursing at a civilian educational institution that does not have a Senior Reserve Officers’ Training Corps program established under [section 2102 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title10-section2102&num=0&edition=prelim) by the Secretary selecting the person or that has a Senior Reserve Officers’ Training Corps program for which the student is ineligible;
(2) has comple
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**(a)**
(1) The rates of monthly basic pay for members of the uniformed services within each pay grade are those prescribed in accordance with [section 1009 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title37-section1009&num=0&edition=prelim) or as otherwise prescribed by law.
(2) Notwithstanding the rates of basic pay in effect at any time as provided by law, the rates of basic pay payable for commissioned officers in pay grades O–7 through O–10 may not exceed the monthly equivalent of the rate of pay for level II of the Executive Schedule, and the rates of basic pay payable for all other officers and for enlisted members may not exceed the monthly equivalent of the rate of pay for level V of the Executive Schedule.
**(b)** While serving as a permanent professor at the United States Military Academy, the United States Naval Academy, or the United States Air Force Academy or as a member of the permanent commissioned teaching staff at the United States Coast Guard Academy, an officer who has over 36 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) is, in addition to the pay and allowances to which he is otherwise entitled under this title, entitled to additional pay in the amount of $250 a month. This additional pay may not be used in the computation of retired pay.
**(c)** A cadet at the United States Military Academy, the United States Air Force Academy, or the Coast Guard Academy, or a midshipman at the United States Naval Academy, is entitled to monthly cadet pay, or midshipman pay, at the monthly rate equal to 35 percent of the basic pay of a commissioned officer in the pay grade O–1 with less than two years of service.
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**(a)** Subject to subsections (b) and (c), for the purpose of computing the basic pay of a member of a uniformed service, his years of service are computed by adding—
(1) all periods of active service as an officer, Army field clerk, flight officer, aviation midshipman, or enlisted member of a uniformed service;
(2) all periods during which he was enlisted or held an appointment as an officer, Army field clerk, or flight officer of—
(A) a regular component of a uniformed service;
(B) a reserve component of a uniformed service;
(C) the Space Force;
(D) the Regular Army Reserve;
(E) the National Guard;
(F) the National Guard Reserve;
(G) the Naval Militia;
(H) the National Naval Volunteers;
(I) the Navy Reserve Force;
(J) the Army without specification of component;
(K) the Air Force without specification of component;
(L) the Marine Corps Reserve Force;
(M) the Philippine Scouts; or
(N) the Philippine Constabulary;
(3) for a commissioned officer in service on June 30, 1922, all service that was then counted in computing longevity pay and all service as a contract surgeon serving full time;
(4) all periods during which he held an appointment as a nurse, reserve nurse, or commissioned officer in the Army Nurse Corps as it existed at any time before April 16, 1947, the Navy Nurse Corps as it existed at any time before April 16, 1947, or the Public Health Service, or a reserve component of any of them;
(5) all periods during which he was a deck officer or junior engineer in the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration;
(6) all periods that, under law in effect on January 10, 1962, were authorized to be credited in computing basic pay; and
(7) all periods while—
(A) on a temporary disability retired list, honorary re
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