37 U.S.C. § 316a — Special pay: incentive pay for members of precommissioning programs pursuing foreign language proficiency
submitted 18 years ago by Pub. L. 110-417 to r/title-37-PAY-AND-ALLOWANCES-OF-THE-UNIFORMED-SERVICES · 274 words · no verdicts yet
ROTC and Marine Corps officer candidates could earn up to $3,000 a year for studying a strategic foreign language. They had to actually finish their language program and their officer training to keep the money. This incentive pay program ended after December 31, 2018.
(a) Incentive pay*. The Secretary of Defense could pay this incentive pay to someone who (1) was enrolled in the Senior Reserve Officers' Training Corps or the Marine Corps Platoon Leaders Class, under rules the Secretary set under subsection (e), and (2) was taking part in an approved ROTC language immersion program, studying abroad, or taking an academic course teaching a foreign language the Secretary of Defense had designated as strategically important.
(b) Period of payment. The pay was available only for the time the person was actually in that language program or course of study.
(c) Amount. This incentive pay could not go over $3,000 per year.
(d) Repayment. Anyone who got this pay but did not satisfactorily finish the language program or study, or did not complete the requirements of the Senior ROTC program or the Marine Corps Platoon Leaders Class, had to repay it under section 303a(e).
(e) Regulations. The Secretary of Defense administered this section through regulations.
(f) Termination. No incentive pay under this section could be paid after December 31, 2018.
The Secretary of Defense may pay incentive pay under this section to an individual who—
is enrolled as a member* of the Senior Reserve Officers’ Training Corps or the Marine Corps Platoon Leaders Class, as determined in accordance with regulations prescribed by the Secretary of Defense under subsection (e); and
participates in a language immersion program approved for purposes of the Senior Reserve Officers’ Training Corps, or in study abroad, or is enrolled in an academic course that involves instruction in a foreign language of strategic interest to the Department of Defense as designated by the Secretary of Defense for purposes of this section.
Incentive pay is payable under this section to an individual described in subsection (a) for the period of the individual’s participation in the language program or study described in paragraph (2) of that subsection.
The amount of incentive pay payable to an individual under this section may not exceed $3,000 per year.
An individual who is paid incentive pay under this section but who does not satisfactorily complete participation in the individual’s language program or study as described in subsection (a)(2), or who does not complete the requirements of the Senior Reserve Officers’ Training Corps or the Marine Corps Platoon Leaders Class, as applicable, shall be subject to the repayment provisions of section 303a(e) of this title.
This section shall be administered under regulations prescribed by the Secretary of Defense.
No incentive pay may be paid under this section after December 31, 2018.
Source credit: (Added Pub. L. 110–417, [div. A], title VI, § 619(b)(1), Oct. 14, 2008, 122 Stat. 4488; amended Pub. L. 112–81, div. A, title X, § 1065(b), Dec. 31, 2011, 125 Stat. 1588; Pub. L. 113–66, div. A, title VI, § 616, Dec. 26, 2013, 127 Stat. 781; Pub. L. 113–291, div. A, title VI, § 615(5), Dec. 19, 2014, 128 Stat. 3401; Pub. L. 114–92, div. A, title VI, § 615(5), title X, § 1072(a), Nov. 25, 2015, 129 Stat. 839, 994; Pub. L. 114–328, div. A, title VI, § 615(5), Dec. 23, 2016, 130 Stat. 2159; Pub. L. 115–91, div. A, title VI, § 615(5), Dec. 12, 2017, 131 Stat. 1423.)
- 2008Enacted · Pub. L. 110-417 · 122 Stat. 4488
- 2011Amended · Pub. L. 112-81 · 125 Stat. 1588
- 2013Amended · Pub. L. 113-66 · 127 Stat. 781
- 2014Amended · Pub. L. 113-291 · 128 Stat. 3401
- 2015Amended · Pub. L. 114-92 · 129 Stat. 839, 994
- 2016Amended · Pub. L. 114-328 · 130 Stat. 2159
- 2017Amended · Pub. L. 115-91 · 131 Stat. 1423
A history note hasn’t been published yet. The record shows enactment by Pub. L. 110-417 on 2008-10-14.
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