§ 302g. — Special pay: Selected Reserve health care professionals in critically short wartime specialties.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 37USC302g]
TITLE 37--PAY AND ALLOWANCES OF THE UNIFORMED SERVICES
CHAPTER 5--SPECIAL AND INCENTIVE PAYS
Sec. 302g. Special pay: Selected Reserve health care
professionals in critically short wartime specialties
(a) Special Pay Authorized.--An officer of a reserve component of
the armed forces described in subsection (b) who executes a written
agreement under which the officer agrees to serve in the Selected
Reserve of an armed force for a period of not less than one year nor
more than three years, beginning on the date the officer accepts the
award of special pay under this section, may be paid special pay at an
annual rate not to exceed $10,000.
(b) Eligible Officers.--An officer referred to in subsection (a) is
an officer in a health care profession who is qualified in a specialty
designated by regulations as a critically short wartime specialty.
(c) Time for Payment.--Special pay under this section shall be paid
annually at the beginning of each twelve-month period for which the
officer has agreed to serve.
(d) Refund Requirement.--An officer who voluntarily terminates
service in the Selected Reserve of an armed force before the end of the
period for which a payment was made to such officer under this section
shall refund to the United States the full amount of the payment made
for the period on which the payment was based.
(e) Inapplicability of Discharge in Bankruptcy.--A discharge in
bankruptcy under title 11 that is entered less than five years after the
termination of an agreement under this section does not discharge the
person receiving special pay under the agreement from the debt arising
under the agreement.
(f) Termination of Agreement Authority.--No agreement under this
section may be entered into after December 31, 2003.
(Added Pub. L. 104-106, div. A, title VI, Sec. 614(a)(1), Feb. 10, 1996,
110 Stat. 360; amended Pub. L. 104-201, div. A, title VI, Sec. 611(a),
Sept. 23, 1996, 110 Stat. 2543; Pub. L. 105-85, div. A, title VI,
Sec. 611(a), Nov. 18, 1997, 111 Stat. 1785; Pub. L. 105-261, div. A,
title VI, Sec. 611(a), Oct. 17, 1998, 112 Stat. 2038; Pub. L. 106-65,
div. A, title VI, Sec. 611(a), Oct. 5, 1999, 113 Stat. 649; Pub. L. 106-
398, Sec. 1 [[div. A], title VI, Sec. 621(a)], Oct. 30, 2000, 114 Stat.
1654, 1654A-151; Pub. L. 107-107, div. A, title VI, Sec. 611(a), Dec.
28, 2001, 115 Stat. 1135; Pub. L. 107-314, div. A, title VI,
Sec. 612(e), Dec. 2, 2002, 116 Stat. 2567.)
Prior Provisions
Provisions similar to those in this section were contained in Pub.
L. 100-456, div. A, title VI, Sec. 613, Sept. 29, 1988, 102 Stat. 1981,
as amended, which was set out as a note under section 302 of this title,
prior to repeal by Pub. L. 104-106, Sec. 614(c)(1).
Amendments
2002--Subsec. (f). Pub. L. 107-314 substituted ``December 31, 2003''
for ``December 31, 2002''.
2001--Subsec. (f). Pub. L. 107-107 substituted ``December 31, 2002''
for ``December 31, 2001''.
2000--Subsec. (f). Pub. L. 106-398 substituted ``December 31, 2001''
for ``December 31, 2000''.
1999--Subsec. (f). Pub. L. 106-65 substituted ``December 31, 2000''
for ``December 31, 1999''.
1998--Subsec. (f). Pub. L. 105-261 substituted ``December 31, 1999''
for ``September 30, 1999''.
1997--Subsec. (f). Pub. L. 105-85 substituted ``September 30, 1999''
for ``September 30, 1998''.
1996--Subsec. (f). Pub. L. 104-201 substituted ``September 30,
1998'' for ``September 30, 1997''.
Section Referred to in Other Sections
This section is referred to in section 303a of this title.
