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becomes payable to the member during that period of active
duty.
‘‘(g) REPAYMENT FOR FAILURE TO COMMENCE OR
COMPLETE OBLIGATED SERVICE.—(1) An individual who,
after being paid all or part of a bonus under an agreement
under subsection (a) or (c), does not commence to serve in
the Selected Reserve or does not satisfactorily participate
in the Selected Reserve for the total period of service speci-
fied in such agreement shall repay to the United States the
amount of such bonus so paid, except as otherwise pre-
scribed under paragraph (2).
‘‘(2) The Secretary concerned shall prescribe in regula-
tions whether repayment of an amount otherwise required
under paragraph (1) shall be made in whole or in part,
the method for computing the amount of such repayment,
and any conditions under which an exception to required
repayment would apply.
‘‘(3) An obligation to repay the United States imposed
under paragraph (1) 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 entered into under subsection (a) or (c)
does not discharge the individual signing the agreement
from a debt arising under such agreement or under para-
graph (1).
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‘‘(h) TERMINATION OF BONUS AUTHORITY.—No bonus
may be paid under this section with respect to any agree-
ment entered into under subsection (a) or (c) after December
31, 2006.’’.
(b) REPEAL OF SUPERSEDED AFFILIATION BONUS AU-
THORITY.—Section 308e of such title is repealed.
(c) CLERICAL AMENDMENTS.—The table of sections at
the beginning of chapter 5 of such title is amended—
(1) by striking the item relating to section 308c
and inserting the following new item:
‘‘308c. Special pay: bonus for affiliation or enlistment in the Selected Reserve.’’;
and
(B) by striking the item relating to section 308e.
(d) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by this
section shall take effect on October 1, 2005, and shall apply
with respect to agreements entered into under section 308c
of title 37, United States Code (as amended by subsection
(a)), on or after that date.
SEC. 618. EXPANSION AND ENHANCEMENT OF SPECIAL PAY
FOR ENLISTED MEMBERS OF THE SELECTED
RESERVE ASSIGNED TO CERTAIN HIGH PRI-
ORITY UNITS.
(a) ELIGIBILITY FOR PAY.—Subsection (a) of section
308d of title 37, United States Code, is amended by striking
‘‘an enlisted member’’ and inserting ‘‘a member’’.
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(b) AMOUNT
OF PAY.—Such subsection is further
amended by striking ‘‘$10’’ and inserting ‘‘$50’’.
(c) CONFORMING AND CLERICAL AMENDMENTS.—
(1) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—The heading of
such section is amended to read as follows:
‘‘§ 308d. Special pay: members of the Selected Reserve
assigned to certain high priority units’’.
(2) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sec-
tions at the beginning of chapter 5 of such title is
amended by striking the item relating to section 308d
and inserting the following new item:
‘‘308d. Special pay: members of the Selected Reserve assigned to certain high pri-
ority units.’’.
(d) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by this
section shall take effect on October 1, 2005, and shall apply
to inactive-duty training performed on or after that date.
SEC. 619. RETENTION INCENTIVE AND ASSIGNMENT BONUS
FOR MEMBERS OF THE SELECTED RESERVE
QUALIFIED IN A CRITICAL MILITARY SKILL
OR WHO VOLUNTEER FOR ASSIGNMENT TO A
HIGH PRIORITY UNIT.
(a) BONUS AUTHORIZED.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—Chapter 5 of title 37, United
States Code, is amended by inserting after section
308j the following new section: