§ 312b. — Special pay: nuclear career accession bonus.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 37USC312b]
TITLE 37--PAY AND ALLOWANCES OF THE UNIFORMED SERVICES
CHAPTER 5--SPECIAL AND INCENTIVE PAYS
Sec. 312b. Special pay: nuclear career accession bonus
(a)(1) Under regulations prescribed by the Secretary of the Navy, an
individual who is selected for officer naval nuclear power training and
who executes a written agreement to participate in a program of training
for duty in connection with the supervision, operation, and maintenance
of naval nuclear propulsion plants may be paid a bonus not to exceed
$20,000 upon acceptance by the Secretary of the written agreement. Upon
acceptance of the agreement by the Secretary, the amounts payable upon
selection for training and upon completion of training, respectively, as
determined under subsection (b), shall become fixed.
(2) Under such regulations, and subject to such exceptions, as the
Secretary of the Navy may prescribe, an individual who has entered into
an agreement with the Secretary under this subsection, who has been paid
a bonus under this subsection, and who fails to commence or
satisfactorily complete the nuclear power training specified in the
agreement shall be required to refund such bonus.
(b) The Secretary of the Navy shall determine annually the total
amount of the bonus to be paid under this section and of that amount the
portions that are to be paid--
(1) upon selection for officer naval nuclear power training; and
(2) upon successful completion, as a commissioned officer, of
training for duty in connection with the supervision, operation, and
maintenance of naval nuclear propulsion plants.
(c) The provisions of this section shall be effective only in the
case of officers who, on or before December 31, 2003, have been accepted
for training for duty in connection with the supervision, operation, and
maintenance of naval nuclear propulsion plants.
(Added Pub. L. 94-356, Sec. 3, July 12, 1976, 90 Stat. 901; amended Pub.
L. 96-579, Sec. 2(b), Dec. 23, 1980, 94 Stat. 3359; Pub. L. 97-60, title
I, Sec. 119, Oct. 14, 1981, 95 Stat. 997; Pub. L. 99-145, title VI,
Sec. 632(b), title XIII, Sec. 1303(b)(4), Nov. 8, 1985, 99 Stat. 644,
740; Pub. L. 101-189, div. A, title VI, Sec. 614(b), Nov. 29, 1989, 103
Stat. 1446; Pub. L. 101-510, div. A, title XIII, Sec. 1322(c)(7), Nov.
5, 1990, 104 Stat. 1672; Pub. L. 102-25, title VII, Sec. 702(b)(1), (c),
Apr. 6, 1991, 105 Stat. 117; Pub. L. 103-337, div. A, title VI,
Sec. 613(h), Oct. 5, 1994, 108 Stat. 2784; Pub. L. 104-106, div. A,
title VI, Sec. 613(f), Feb. 10, 1996, 110 Stat. 360; Pub. L. 104-201,
div. A, title VI, Sec. 613(e), Sept. 23, 1996, 110 Stat. 2544; Pub. L.
105-85, div. A, title VI, Secs. 613(e), 624(b), Nov. 18, 1997, 111 Stat.
1786, 1793; Pub. L. 105-261, div. A, title VI, Sec. 613(e), Oct. 17,
1998, 112 Stat. 2039; Pub. L. 106-65, div. A, title VI, Secs. 613(f),
624(b), Oct. 5, 1999, 113 Stat. 650, 654; Pub. L. 106-398, Sec. 1 [[div.
A], title VI, Sec. 623(d)], Oct. 30, 2000, 114 Stat. 1654, 1654A-152;
Pub. L. 107-107, div. A, title VI, Sec. 613(b), Dec. 28, 2001, 115 Stat.
1136; Pub. L. 107-314, div. A, title VI, Sec. 613(b), Dec. 2, 2002, 116
Stat. 2568.)
Amendments
2002--Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 107-314 substituted ``December 31, 2003''
for ``December 31, 2002''.
2001--Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 107-107 substituted ``December 31, 2002''
for ``December 31, 2001''.
2000--Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 106-398 substituted ``December 31, 2001''
for ``December 31, 2000''.
1999--Subsec. (a)(1). Pub. L. 106-65, Sec. 624(b), substituted
``$20,000'' for ``$10,000''.
Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 106-65, Sec. 613(f), substituted ``December 31,
2000'' for ``December 31, 1999''.
1998--Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 105-261 substituted ``December 31, 1999''
for ``September 30, 1999''.
1997--Subsec. (a)(1). Pub. L. 105-85, Sec. 624(b), substituted
``$10,000'' for ``$8,000''.
Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 105-85, Sec. 613(e), substituted ``September
30, 1999'' for ``September 30, 1998''.
1996--Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 104-201 substituted ``September 30,
1998'' for ``September 30, 1997''.
Pub. L. 104-106 substituted ``September 30, 1997'' for ``September
30, 1996''.
1994--Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 103-337 substituted ``September 30,
1996'' for ``September 30, 1995''.
1991--Subsec. (a)(1). Pub. L. 102-25 struck out ``of this section''
after ``subsection (b)''.
1990--Subsecs. (c), (d). Pub. L. 101-510 redesignated subsec. (d) as
(c) and struck out former subsec. (c) which read as follows: ``The
Secretary of the Navy shall submit to the Committees on Armed Services
of the Senate and House of Representatives an annual report containing
data to monitor the effectiveness of the bonus authorized by subsections
(a) and (b) of this section.''
1989--Subsec. (d). Pub. L. 101-189 substituted ``September 30,
1995'' for ``September 30, 1990''.
1985--Subsec. (a)(1). Pub. L. 99-145, Sec. 632(b)(1), substituted
``not to exceed $8,000'' for ``of $3,000'', and inserted provision that
upon acceptance of the agreement by the Secretary, the amounts payable
upon selection for training and upon completion of training,
respectively, as determined under subsection (b) of this section, shall
become fixed.
Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 99-145, Sec. 632(b)(2), amended subsec. (b)
generally. Prior to amendment, subsec. (b) read as follows: ``Under
regulations prescribed by the Secretary of the Navy, an officer of the
naval service who--
``(1) is entitled to basic pay;
``(2) has not completed five years of commissioned service; and
``(3) has, as a commissioned officer, received training for duty
in connection with the supervision, operation, and maintenance of
naval nuclear propulsion plants;
may, upon successful completion of that training, in addition to all
other compensation to which he is entitled, be paid a bonus in an amount
not to exceed $3,000.''
Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 99-145, Sec. 1303(b)(4), substituted ``submit
to the Committees on Armed Services of the Senate and House of
Representatives an annual report'' for ``make an annual report to the
House and Senate Armed Services Committees''.
Subsec. (d). Pub. L. 99-145, Sec. 632(b)(3), substituted ``September
30, 1990'' for ``September 30, 1987''.
1981--Subsec. (a)(1). Pub. L. 97-60 substituted ``naval nuclear
propulsion plants'' for ``naval nuclear submarine propulsion plants''.
1980--Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 96-579, Sec. 2(b)(1)(B), added subsec.
(a). Former subsec. (a) redesignated (b).
Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 96-579, Sec. 2(b)(1)(A), redesignated former
subsec. (a) as (b). Former subsec. (b) redesignated (c).
Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 96-579, Sec. 2(b)(1)(A), (2), redesignated
former subsec. (b) as (c) and inserted reference to the bonus authorized
by subsec. (b) of this section. Former subsec. (c) redesignated (d).
Subsec. (d). Pub. L. 96-579, Sec. 2(b)(1)(A), (3), redesignated
former subsec. (c) as (d) and substituted ``September 30, 1987'' for
``September 30, 1981''.
Effective Date of 1999 Amendment
Amendment by section 624(b) of Pub. L. 106-65 effective Oct. 1,
1999, and applicable to agreements under this section or section 312 of
this title entered into on or after that date, see section 624(d)(1) of
Pub. L. 106-65, set out as a note under section 312 of this title.
Effective Date of 1997 Amendment
Amendment by section 624(b) of Pub. L. 105-85 effective Oct. 1,
1997, and applicable with respect to agreements accepted under subsec.
(a) of this section on or after Oct. 1, 1997, see section 624(d) of Pub.
L. 105-85, set out as a note under section 312 of this title.
Effective Date of 1985 Amendment
Amendment by Pub. L. 99-145 effective Oct. 1, 1985, see section
632(d) of Pub. L. 99-145, set out as a note under section 312 of this
title.
Effective Date of 1980 Amendment
Section 2(d)(2) of Pub. L. 96-579 provided: ``The amendments made by
subsection (b)(1) [amending this section] shall apply only with respect
to agreements executed under section 312b(a) of title 37, United States
Code, executed on or after the first day of the first month following
the month in which this section is enacted [December 1980].''
Effective Date
Section effective Aug. 1, 1976, see section 5 of Pub. L. 94-356, set
out as an Effective Date of 1976 Amendment note under section 312 of
this title.
Section Referred to in Other Sections
This section is referred to in section 324 of this title.
