§2319 — Title 14 Coast Guard | U.S. Code

Summary

The Secretary can give an enlisted member a bonus up to $20,000 for finishing training in a skill called critical if the member still has at least four years of active duty left on their enlistment. The bonus can be paid all at once or in regular payments. If the member leaves early by choice or because of misconduct, the Secretary can make them pay back the bonus in proportion to the time not served. The Secretary can also charge interest. The interest rate is set every quarter and equals 150 percent of the average yields on 91-day Treasury bills auctioned in the calendar quarter before the repayment amount is decided.

Title 14, §2319

Coast Guard — Source: USLM XML via OLRC

(a)The Secretary may provide a bonus, not to exceed $20,000, to an enlisted member who completes training in a skill designated as critical, if at least four years of obligated active service remain on the member’s enlistment at the time the training is completed. A bonus under this section may be paid in a single lump sum or in periodic installments.

(b)If an enlisted member voluntarily or because of misconduct does not complete the member’s term of obligated active service, the Secretary may require the member to repay the United States, on a pro rata basis, all sums paid under this section. The Secretary may charge interest on the amount repaid at a rate, to be determined quarterly, equal to 150 percent of the average of the yields on the 91-day Treasury bills auctioned during the calendar quarter preceding the date on which the amount to be repaid is determined.

Editorial Notes

Amendments

2018—Pub. L. 115–282 renumbered section 374 of this title as this section.

§2319 Critical skill training bonus

Summary

Title 14, §2319

Notes & Related Subsidiaries

Editorial Notes

Amendments

Citations & Metadata