§16303 — Title 10 Armed Forces | U.S. Code

Summary

The military can pay off a person's loan to help keep enough chaplains in the Selected Reserve. To get this help, a person must meet the rules to become a commissioned chaplain, be fully qualified or hold an appointment as a reserve chaplain, and sign a written agreement to serve at least three years. People who join the Chaplain Candidate Program cannot get this loan help. Payments can cover the loan principal, interest, and related costs, up to $20,000 for each three-year service period. No more than 50% can be paid before the person finishes the first year; the rest is paid under military rules. If the person does not start or finish the agreed service, they must follow the military’s repayment penalties. The Secretary of Defense must create rules to run this program.

Title 10, §16303

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(a)For purposes of maintaining adequate numbers of chaplains in the Selected Reserve, the Secretary concerned may repay a loan that was obtained by a person who—

(1)satisfies the requirements for accessioning and commissioning of chaplains, as prescribed in regulations;

(2)holds, or is fully qualified for, an appointment as a chaplain in a reserve component of an armed force; and

(3)signs a written agreement with the Secretary concerned to serve not less than three years in the Selected Reserve.

(b)A person accessioned into the Chaplain Candidate Program is not eligible for the repayment of a loan under subsection (a).

(c)(1)Subject to paragraph (2), the repayment of a loan under subsection (a) may consist of the payment of the principal, interest, and related expenses of the loan.

(2)The amount of any repayment of a loan made under subsection (a) on behalf of a person may not exceed $20,000 for each three year period of obligated service that the person agrees to serve in an agreement described in subsection (a)(3). Of such amount, not more than an amount equal to 50 percent of such amount may be paid before the completion by the person of the first year of obligated service pursuant to the agreement. The balance of such amount shall be payable at such time or times as are prescribed in regulations.

(d)A person on whose behalf a loan is repaid under subsection (a) who fails to commence or complete the period of obligated service specified in the agreement described in subsection (a)(3) shall be subject to the repayment provisions of section 303a(e) or 373 of title 37.

(e)The Secretary of Defense shall prescribe regulations to carry out this section.

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Amendments

2017—Subsec. (d). Pub. L. 115–91 inserted “or 373” before “of title 37”. 2006—Subsec. (d). Pub. L. 109–163, § 687(c)(14), added subsec. (d) and struck out heading and text of former subsec. (d). Text read as follows: “If a person on whose behalf a loan is repaid under subsection (a) fails to commence or complete the period of obligated service specified in the agreement described in subsection (a)(3), the Secretary concerned may require the person to pay the United States an amount equal to the amount of the loan repayments made on behalf of the person in connection with the agreement.”

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Savings Provision

relating to payment or repayment of any bonus, incentive pay, special pay, or similar pay obligated to be paid before Apr. 1, 2006, under a provision of this section amended by section 687(c) of Pub. L. 109–163, see section 687(f) of Pub. L. 109–163, set out as a note under section 510 of this title.

§16303 Loan repayment program: chaplains serving in the Selected Reserve

Summary

Title 10, §16303

Notes & Related Subsidiaries

Editorial Notes

Amendments

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Savings Provision

Savings Provision

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