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‘‘(B) An obligation to reimburse the United States 
imposed under this paragraph is for all purposes a debt 
owed to the United States. 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 signing such agreement from a 
debt arising under such agreement or under this sub-
section. 
‘‘(C) The Secretary of Defense may waive, in whole 
or in part a refund required under this paragraph if the 
Secretary determines that recovery would be against eq-
uity and good conscience or would be contrary to the best 
interests of the United States.’’. 
(B) by striking subsection (f); and 
(C) by redesignating subsection (g) as sub-
section (f). 
(10) ARMY CADET AGREEMENT TO SERVICE AS 
OFFICER.—Section 4348 of such title is amended by 
adding at the end the following new subsection: 
‘‘(f) A cadet or former cadet who does not fulfill the 
terms of the agreement as specified under section (a), or 
the alternative obligation under subsection (b), shall be 
subject to the repayment provisions of section 303a(e) of 
title 37.’’.
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(11) MIDSHIPMEN
AGREEMENT
FOR
LENGTH 
OF SERVICE.—Section 6959 of such title is amended 
by adding at the end the following new subsection: 
‘‘(f) A midshipman or former midshipman who does 
not fulfill the terms of the agreement as specified under 
section (a), or the alternative obligation under subsection 
(b), shall be subject to the repayment provisions of section 
303a(e) of title 37.’’. 
(12) AIR FORCE CADET AGREEMENT TO SERV-
ICE
AS
OFFICER.—Section 9348 of such title is 
amended by adding at the end the following new 
subsection: 
‘‘(f) A cadet or former cadet who does not fulfill the 
terms of the agreement as specified under section (a), or 
the alternative obligation under subsection (b), shall be 
subject to the repayment provisions of section 303a(e) of 
title 37.’’. 
(13) EDUCATIONAL ASSISTANCE FOR MEMBERS 
OF
SELECTED
RESERVE.—Section 16135 of such 
title is amended to read as follows: 
‘‘§ 16135. Failure to participate satisfactorily; pen-
alties 
‘‘(a) PENALTIES.—At the option of the Secretary 
concerned, a member of the Selected Reserve of an armed 
force who does not participate satisfactorily in required
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training as a member of the Selected Reserve during a 
term of enlistment or other period of obligated service that 
created entitlement of the member to educational assist-
ance under this chapter, and during which the member 
has received such assistance, may—
‘‘(1) be ordered to active duty for a period of 
two years or the period of obligated service the per-
son has remaining under section 16132 of this title, 
whichever is less; or 
‘‘(2) be subject to the repayment provisions 
under section 303a(e) of title 37. 
‘‘(b) EFFECT
OF
REPAYMENT.—Any repayment 
under section 303a(e) of title 37 shall not affect the period 
of obligation of a member to serve as a Reserve in the 
Selected Reserve.’’. 
(14) HEALTH PROFESSIONS STIPEND PROGRAM 
PENALTIES
AND
LIMITATIONS.—Subparagraph (B) 
of section 16203(a)(1) of such title is amended to 
read as follows: 
‘‘(B) shall be subject to the repayment provi-
sions of section 303a(e) of title 37.’’. 
(15) COLLEGE TUITION ASSISTANCE PROGRAM 
FOR
MARINE
CORPS
PLATOON
LEADERS
CLASS.—
Subsection (f) of section 16401 of such title is 
amended—
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(A) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘may be 
required to repay the full amount of financial 
assistance’’ and inserting ‘‘shall be subject to 
the repayment provisions of section 303a(e) of 
title 37’’; and 
(B) by striking paragraph (2) and insert-
ing the following new paragraph: 
‘‘(2) Any requirement to repay any portion of finan-
cial assistance received under this section shall be adminis-
tered under Secretary of Defense regulations issued under 
section 303a(e) of title 37. The Secretary of the Navy may 
waive the obligations referenced in paragraph (1) in the 
case of a person who—’’. 
(d) CONFORMING AMENDMENT TO TITLE 14.—Sec-
tion 182 of title 14, United States Code, is amended by 
adding at the end the following new subsection: 
‘‘(g) A cadet or former cadet who does not fulfill the 
terms of the obligation to serve as specified under section 
(b), or the alternative obligation under subsection (c), 
shall be subject to the repayment provisions of section 
303a(e) of title 37.’’. 
(e) CLERICAL AMENDMENTS.—
(1) SECTION HEADING.—The heading of section 
303a of title 37, United States Code, is amended to 
read as follows: