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‘‘(e) PAYMENT TO MOBILIZED MEMBERS.—A mem-
ber of the Selected Reserve entitled to a bonus under this 
section who is called or ordered to active duty shall be 
paid, during that period of active duty, any amount of the 
bonus that becomes payable to the member during that 
period of active duty. 
‘‘(f) REPAYMENT.—A person who enters into an 
agreement under subsection (a) or (b) and receives all or 
part of the bonus under the agreement, but who does not 
commence to serve in the Selected Reserve or does not 
satisfactorily participate in the Selected Reserve for the 
total period of service specified in the agreement, shall be 
subject to the repayment provisions of section 303a(e) of 
this title. 
‘‘(g) REGULATIONS.—This section shall be adminis-
tered under regulations prescribed by the Secretary of De-
fense for the armed forces under the jurisdiction of the 
Secretary of Defense and by the Secretary of Homeland 
Security for the Coast Guard when it is not operating as 
a service in the Navy. 
‘‘(h) TERMINATION
OF BONUS AUTHORITY.—No 
bonus may be paid under this section with respect to any 
agreement under subsection (a) or (b) entered into after 
December 31, 2006.’’.
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(b) REPEAL OF SEPARATE RESERVE AFFILIATION 
BONUS.—Section 308e of such title is repealed.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 the Select Reserve.’’.
(2) by striking the item relating to section 
308e. 
(d) LIMITATION
ON FISCAL YEAR 2006 OBLIGA-
TIONS.—During fiscal year 2006, obligations incurred 
under section 308c of title 37, United States Code, to pro-
vide bonuses for affiliation or enlistment in the Select Re-
serve using the expanded authority provided by the 
amendment made by subsection (a) may not exceed 
$30,000,000. The bonus authority available under such 
section shall not be considered to be an expanded author-
ity to the extent that the authority was available under 
section 308e of such title, before the repeal of such section 
by subsection (b). 
SEC. 621. ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS FOR PRIOR SERV-
ICE ENLISTMENT BONUS. 
Section 308i(a)(2) of title 37, United States Code, 
is amended by striking subparagraph (A) and inserting 
the following new subparagraph:
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‘‘(A) The person has not more than 16 years of 
total military service and received an honorable dis-
charge at the conclusion of all prior periods of serv-
ice.’’. 
SEC. 622. INCREASE IN AUTHORIZED MAXIMUM AMOUNT 
OF ENLISTMENT BONUS. 
(a) INCREASE.—Section 309(a) of title 37, United 
States Code, is amended by striking ‘‘$20,000’’ and in-
serting ‘‘$30,000’’. 
(b) LIMITATION
ON FISCAL YEAR 2006 OBLIGA-
TIONS.—During fiscal year 2006, obligations incurred 
under section 309 of title 37, United States Code, to pro-
vide enlistment bonuses in the increased amounts author-
ized by the amendment made by subsection (a) may not 
exceed $30,000,000. 
SEC. 623. DISCRETION OF SECRETARY OF DEFENSE TO AU-
THORIZE RETROACTIVE HOSTILE FIRE AND 
IMMINENT DANGER PAY. 
Section 310(c) of title 37, United States Code, is 
amended—
(1) by redesignating paragraphs (1) and (2) as 
paragraphs (2) and (3), respectively; and 
(2) by inserting before paragraph (2), as so re-
designated, the following new paragraph (1):
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‘‘(1) In the case of an area described in subparagraph 
(B) or (D) of subsection (a)(2), the Secretary of Defense 
shall be responsible for designating the period during 
which duty in the area will qualify members for special 
pay under this section. The effective date designated for 
the commencement of such a period may be a date occur-
ring before, on, or after the actual date on which the Sec-
retary makes the designation. If the commencement date 
for such a period is a date occurring before the date on 
which the Secretary makes the designation, the payment 
of special pay under this section for the period between 
the commencement date and the date on which the Sec-
retary made the designation shall be subject to the avail-
ability of appropriated funds for that purpose.’’. 
SEC. 624. INCREASE IN MAXIMUM BONUS AMOUNT FOR NU-
CLEAR-QUALIFIED OFFICERS EXTENDING PE-
RIOD OF ACTIVE DUTY. 
Section 312(a) of title 37, United States Code, is 
amended by striking ‘‘$25,000’’ and inserting ‘‘$30,000’’.
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SEC. 625. INCREASE IN MAXIMUM AMOUNT OF NUCLEAR 
CAREER ANNUAL INCENTIVE BONUS FOR NU-
CLEAR-QUALIFIED 
OFFICERS 
TRAINED 
WHILE SERVING AS ENLISTED MEMBERS. 
Section 312c(b)(1) of title 37, United States Code, 
is amended by striking ‘‘$10,000’’ and inserting 
‘‘14,000’’. 
SEC. 626. UNIFORM PAYMENT OF FOREIGN LANGUAGE 
PROFICIENCY PAY TO ELIGIBLE RESERVE 
COMPONENT MEMBERS AND REGULAR COM-
PONENT MEMBERS. 
(a) AVAILABILITY OF BONUS IN LIEU OF MONTHLY 
SPECIAL PAY.—Subsection (a) of section 316 of title 37, 
United States Code, is amended—
(1) by striking ‘‘monthly special pay’’ and in-
serting ‘‘a bonus’’; and 
(2) by striking ‘‘is entitled to basic pay under 
section 204 of this title and who’’. 
(b) PAYMENT OF BONUS.—Such section is further 
amended—
(1) by striking subsections (b), (d), (e), and (g); 
(2) by redesignating subsections (f) and (h) as 
subsections (d) and (f) respectively; 
(3) by inserting after subsection (a) the fol-
lowing new subsection (b):