10 U.S.C. § 1030 — Bonus to encourage Department of Defense personnel to refer persons for appointment as officers to serve in health professions
submitted 18 years ago by Pub. L. 110-181 to r/title-10-ARMED-FORCES · 803 words · no verdicts yet
The Secretary of Defense may authorize referral bonuses for certain Defense personnel who refer new people who become commissioned officers in designated health professions. The bonus may total up to $2,000, but the authority ended for referrals after December 31, 2011.
(a) The Secretary of Defense may authorize the appropriate Secretary to pay* a bonus to an eligible person who refers to a military recruiter someone who has never served in an armed force, and that person then takes the required enlistment oath leading to a commission or accepts a commission in a health profession designated by the appropriate Secretary. Eligible people are: (A) regular-component service members; (B) reserve-component service members; (C) retired service members, including people under 60 who would qualify for retired or retainer pay except for age; and (D) civilian employees of a military department or the Department of Defense.
(b) A qualifying referral happens when the referring person contacts a military recruiter for someone interested in the required enlistment or commission in a health profession, or when that interested person contacts the recruiter and identifies the referring person’s role in first recruiting them.
(c) A service member or covered civilian employee may not receive a bonus for referring an immediate family member. A person in a recruiting or retention assignment, or in duties that the appropriate Secretary decides could create a perceived conflict of interest, may not receive one. A service member detailed to be an administrator or instructor in the Junior Reserve Officers’ Training Corps, or a retired service member employed in that program, may not receive one.
(d) The bonus may not exceed $2,000.
(e) Up to $1,000 is paid when the referred person signs an agreement to serve at least three years as a health-profession officer* in an armed force. Up to another $1,000 is paid when that person completes the initial military training period as an officer.
(f) This referral bonus is not a “bounty” for section 514(a) of this title. This section does not define “bounty.”
(g) A bonus paid to a retired service member is in addition to compensation that member may receive under title 10, title 37, title 38, or another law.
(h) “Appropriate Secretary” means the Secretary of the Army* for Army matters; the Secretary of the Navy for Navy, Marine Corps, and Coast Guard matters when the Coast Guard operates as a Navy service; the Secretary of the Air Force for Air Force and Space Force matters; and the Secretary of Defense for Department of Defense personnel.
(i) No bonus may be paid for a referral occurring after December 31, 2011.
The Secretary of Defense may authorize the appropriate Secretary to pay a bonus under this section to an individual referred to in paragraph (2) who refers to a military recruiter a person who has not previously served in an armed force and, after such referral, takes an oath of enlistment that leads to appointment as a commissioned officer*, or accepts an appointment as a commissioned officer*, in an armed force in a health profession designated by the appropriate Secretary for purposes of this section.
Subject to subsection (c), the following individuals are eligible for a referral bonus under this section:
A member of the armed forces* in a regular component of the armed forces.
A member of the armed forces in a reserve component of the armed forces.
A member of the armed forces in a retired status, including a member under 60 years of age who, but for age, would be eligible for retired or retainer pay.
A civilian employee of a military department or the Department of Defense.
For purposes of this section, a referral for which a bonus may be paid under subsection (a) occurs—
when the individual concerned contacts a military recruiter on behalf of a person interested in taking an oath of enlistment that leads to appointment as a commissioned officer, or accepting an appointment as a commissioned officer, as applicable, in an armed force in a health profession; or
when a person interested in taking an oath of enlistment that leads to appointment as a commissioned officer, or accepting an appointment as a commissioned officer, as applicable, in an armed force in a health profession contacts a military recruiter and informs the recruiter of the role of the individual concerned in initially recruiting the person.
A member of the armed forces or civilian employee of a military department or the Department of Defense may not be paid a bonus under subsection (a) for the referral of an immediate family member.
A member of the armed forces or civilian employee of a military department or the Department of Defense serving in a recruiting or retention assignment, or assigned to other duties regarding which eligibility for a bonus under subsection (a) could (as determined by the appropriate Secretary) be perceived as creating a conflict of interest, may not be paid a bonus under subsection (a).
A member of the armed forces detailed under subsection (c)(1) of section 2031 of this title to serve as an administrator or instructor in the Junior Reserve Officers’ Training Corps program or a retired member of the armed forces employed as an administrator or instructor in the program under subsection (d) of such section may not be paid a bonus under subsection (a).
The amount of the bonus payable for a referral under subsection (a) may not exceed $2,000. The amount shall be payable as provided in subsection (e).
A bonus payable for a referral of a person under subsection (a) shall be paid as follows:
Not more than $1,000 shall be paid upon the execution by the person of an agreement to serve as an officer in a health profession in an armed force for not less than three years.
Not more than $1,000 shall be paid upon the completion by the person of the initial period of military training as an officer.
The referral bonus authorized by this section is not a bounty for purposes of section 514(a) of this title.
A bonus paid under this section to a member of the armed forces in a retired status is in addition to any compensation to which the member is entitled under this title, title 37 or 38, or any other provision of law.
In this section, the term “appropriate Secretary” means—
the Secretary of the Army*, with respect to matters concerning the Army;
the Secretary of the Navy, with respect to matters concerning the Navy, the Marine Corps, and the Coast Guard when it is operating as a service in the Navy;
the Secretary of the Air Force, with respect to matters concerning the Air Force and the Space Force; and
the Secretary of Defense, with respect to personnel of the Department of Defense.
A bonus may not be paid under subsection (a) with respect to any referral that occurs after December 31, 2011.
Source credit: (Added Pub. L. 110–181, div. A, title VI, § 671(b)(1), Jan. 28, 2008, 122 Stat. 182; amended Pub. L. 110–417, [div. A], title VI, § 615(a), Oct. 14, 2008, 122 Stat. 4485; Pub. L. 111–84, div. A, title VI, § 616(1), Oct. 28, 2009, 123 Stat. 2354; Pub. L. 111–383, div. A, title VI, § 616(1), title X, § 1075(b)(15), Jan. 7, 2011, 124 Stat. 4238, 4369; Pub. L. 116–283, div. A, title IX, § 924(b)(23), Jan. 1, 2021, 134 Stat. 3824.)
- 2008Enacted · Pub. L. 110-181 · 122 Stat. 182
- 2008Amended · Pub. L. 110-417 · 122 Stat. 4485
- 2009Amended · Pub. L. 111-84 · 123 Stat. 2354
- 2011Amended · Pub. L. 111-383 · 124 Stat. 4238, 4369
- 2021Amended · Pub. L. 116-283 · 134 Stat. 3824
A history note hasn’t been published yet. The record shows enactment by Pub. L. 110-181 on 2008-01-28.
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