Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 111 Part 2.djvu/711

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PUBLIC LAW 105-85—NOV. 18, 1997 111 STAT. 1791 "(A) $5,000, in the case of a member who reenUsts or extends an enUstment for a period of six years; "(B) $2,500, in the case of a member who, having never received a bonus under this section, reenhsts or extends an enhstment for a period of three years; and "(C) $2,000, in the case of a member who, having received a bonus under this section for a previous three-year reenhstment or extension of an enhstment, reenhsts or extends the enhstment for an additional period of three years. "(2) Any bonus payable under this section shall be disbursed in one initial payment of an amount not to exceed one-half of the total amount of the bonus and subsequent periodic partial payments of the balance of the bonus. The Secretary concerned shall prescribe the amount of each partial payment and the schedule for making the partial payments.", (c) SPECIAL ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS; NUMBER OF INDIVIDUAL BONUSES.— Subsection (c) of such section is amended to read as follows: " (c) CONDITION ON ELIGIBILITY; LIMITATION ON NUMBER OF BONUSES.— (1) To be eligible for a second bonus under this section in the amount specified in subsection (b)(1)(C), a member must— "(A) enter into the subsequent reenlistment or extension of an enlistment for a period of three years not later than the date on which the enlistment or extension for which the first bonus was paid would expire; and "(B) still satisfy the designated skill or unit requirements required under subsection (a)(2). "(2) A member may not be paid more than one six-year bonus or two three-year bonuses under this section.". (d) EFFECT OF FAILURE TO SERVE SATISFACTORILY. —Subsection (d) of such section is amended to read as follows: "(d) REPAYMENT OF BONUS.— ^A member who receives a bonus under this section and who fails, during the period for which the bonus was paid, to serve satisfactorily in the element of the Selected Reserve of the Ready Reserve with respect to which the bonus was paid shall refund to the United States an amount that bears the same ratio to the amount of the bonus paid to the member as the period that the member failed to serve satisfactorily bears to the total period for which the bonus was paid.". (e) CLERICAL AMENDMENTS.— Such section is further amended— (1) in subsection (a), by inserting "AUTHORITY AND ELIGI- BILITY REQUIREMENTS. —" after "(a)"; (2) in subsection (e), by inserting "REGULATIONS.— " after "(e)"; and (3) in subsection (f), by inserting "TERMINATION OF AUTHOR- ITY. —" after "(f)". SEC. 622. MODIFICATION OF SELECTED RESERVE ENLISTMENT BONUS FOR FORMER ENLISTED MEMBERS. (a) ELIGIBLE PERSONS. —Subsection (a)(2) of section 308i of title 37, United States Code, is amended— (1) in subparagraph (A), by striking out "10 years" and inserting in lieu thereof "14 years"; (2) in subparagraph (C), by striking out "and"; (3) by redesignating subparagraph (D) as subparagraph (E);