§1599i — Title 10 Armed Forces | U.S. Code

Summary

The Department of Defense can pay a hiring bonus to someone who takes a job at a place the Secretary of Defense finds hard to staff because it is remote, isolated, or has extreme climate. The bonus cannot be more than 25 percent of the person’s yearly basic pay multiplied by the number of years they agree to serve (including parts of years), and that service period can be no more than four years. The worker must sign an agreement with the Secretary of Defense to stay at the location for the agreed time. The agreement can require repayment or other work if the person fails to complete the agreed service. The authority to pay these bonuses expired on September 30, 2022.

Title 10, §1599i

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(a)(1)An individual appointed to a position in the Department of Defense at a covered location may be paid a recruitment incentive in connection with such appointment.

(2)The amount of a recruitment incentive payable to an individual under this subsection may not exceed the amount equal to—

(A)25 percent of the annual rate of basic pay of the employee for the position concerned as of the date on which the service period in such position agreed to by the individual under paragraph (3) commences; multiplied by

(B)the number of years (including fractions of a year) of such service period (not to exceed four years).

(3)To receive a recruitment incentive under this subsection, an individual appointed to a position under paragraph (1) shall enter into an agreement with the Secretary of Defense to complete a period of service at the covered location. The period of obligated service of the individual at such location under the agreement may not exceed four years. The agreement shall include such repayment or alternative employment obligations as the Secretary considers appropriate for failure of the individual to complete the period of obligated service specified in the agreement.

(4)In this section, a covered location is a location for which the Secretary of Defense has determined that critical hiring needs are not being met due to the geographic remoteness or isolation or extreme climate conditions of the location.

(b)Effective on September 30, 2022, the authority provided under subsection (a) shall expire.

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Outcome Measurements Pub. L. 116–283, div. A, title XI, § 1120(b), Jan. 1, 2021, 134 Stat. 3899, provided that: “The Secretary of Defense shall develop outcome measurements to evaluate the effect of the authority provided under subsection (a) of section 1599i of title 10, United States Code, as added by subsection (a), and any relocation incentives provided under subsection (b) of such section.”

§1599i Recruitment incentives for placement at remote locations

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Title 10, §1599i

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