SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Veterans Guaranteed 
Bonus Act of 2007’’. 
SEC. 2. CONTINUATION OF CERTAIN BONUS PAYMENTS TO 
MEMBERS OF THE ARMED FORCES RETIRED 
OR SEPARATED DUE TO A COMBAT-RELATED 
INJURY. 
(a) PAYMENT REQUIRED.—Chapter 17 of title 37, 
United States Code, is amended by inserting after section 
903 the following new section: 
‘‘§ 904. Continued payment of bonuses to members re-
tired or separated due to combat-related 
injuries 
‘‘(a) PAYMENT REQUIRED.—In the case of a member 
of the armed forces who is retired or separated for dis-
ability under chapter 61 of title 10, due to a combat-re-
lated injury, the Secretary of Defense shall require the 
continued payment to the member of any bonus described 
in subsection (b) that the member— 
‘‘(1) was entitled to immediately before the re-
tirement or separation of the member; and 
‘‘(2) would continue to be entitled to if the 
member was not retired or separated. 
‘‘(b) COVERED BONUSES.—The bonuses referred to 
in subsection (a) are the following (numbers refer to the 
corresponding section in chapter 5 of this title): 
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‘‘(1) 301b. Special pay for aviation career offi-
cers extending period of active duty. 
‘‘(2) 301d. Multiyear retention bonus for med-
ical officers of the armed forces. 
‘‘(3) 301e. Multiyear retention bonus for dental 
officers of the armed forces. 
‘‘(4) 302d. Accession bonus for registered 
nurses. 
‘‘(5) 302h. Accession bonus for dental officers. 
‘‘(6) 302j. Accession bonus for pharmacy offi-
cers. 
‘‘(7) 302k. Accession bonus for medical officers 
in critically short wartime specialties. 
‘‘(8) 302l. Accession bonus for dental specialist 
officers in critically short wartime specialties. 
‘‘(9) 308. Reenlistment bonus. 
‘‘(10) 308b. Reenlistment bonus for members of 
the Selected Reserve. 
‘‘(11) 308c. Bonus for affiliation or enlistment 
in the Selected Reserve. 
‘‘(12) 308g. Bonus for enlistment in elements 
of the Ready Reserve other than the Selected Re-
serve. 
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‘‘(13) 308h. Bonus for reenlistment, or vol-
untary extension of enlistment in elements of the 
Ready Reserve other than the Selected Reserve. 
‘‘(14) 308i. Prior service enlistment bonus. 
‘‘(15) 308j. Affiliation bonus for officers in the 
Selected Reserve. 
‘‘(16) 309. Enlistment bonus. 
‘‘(17) 312. Special pay for nuclear-qualified of-
ficers extending period of active duty. 
‘‘(18) 312b. Nuclear career accession bonus. 
‘‘(19) 312c. Nuclear career annual incentive 
bonus. 
‘‘(20) 315. Engineering and scientific career 
continuation pay. 
‘‘(21) 316. Bonus for members with foreign 
language proficiency. 
‘‘(22) 317. Special pay for officers in critical 
acquisition positions extending period of active duty. 
‘‘(23) 318. Special pay for special warfare offi-
cers extending period of active duty. 
‘‘(24) 319. Surface warfare officer continuation 
pay. 
‘‘(25) 321. Judge advocate continuation pay. 
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‘‘(26) 322. 15-year career status bonus for 
members entering service on or after August 1, 
1986. 
‘‘(27) 323. Retention incentives for members 
qualified in critical military skills or assigned to high 
priority units. 
‘‘(28) 324. Accession bonus for new officers in 
critical skills. 
‘‘(29) 326. Incentive bonus for conversion to 
military occupational specialty to ease personnel 
shortage. 
‘‘(30) 327. Incentive bonus for transfer between 
armed forces. 
‘‘(31) 329. Incentive bonus for retired members 
and reserve component members volunteering for 
high-demand, low-density assignments. 
‘‘(32) 330. Accession bonus for officer can-
didates. 
‘‘(c) TIME FOR PAYMENT.—A bonus required to be 
paid to a member under this section shall be paid to the 
member in a lump sum not later than 30 days after the 
date of the retirement or separation of the member, not-
withstanding any terms to the contrary in the agreement 
under which the bonus was originally authorized. 
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‘‘(d) COMBAT-RELATED INJURY DEFINED.—In this 
section, the term ‘combat-related injury’ means an in-
jury— 
‘‘(1) for which the member was awarded the 
Purple Heart; or 
‘‘(2) that was incurred (as determined under 
criteria prescribed by the Secretary of Defense)— 
‘‘(A) as a direct result of armed conflict; 
‘‘(B) while engaged in hazardous service; 
‘‘(C) in the performance of duty under 
conditions simulating war; or 
‘‘(D) through an instrumentality of war.’’. 
(b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sections 
at the beginning of chapter 17 of such title is amended 
by inserting after the item relating to section 903 the fol-
lowing new item: 
‘‘904. Continued payment of bonuses to members retired or separated due to 
combat-related injuries.’’. 
Æ 
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