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Title 10, Armed ForcesRelease 119-102

§2127 Scholarships and Financial Assistance: Payments

Title 10 › Subtitle A — General Military Law › PART III — TRAINING AND EDUCATION › CHAPTER 105 — ARMED FORCES HEALTH PROFESSIONS FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS › SUBCHAPTER I — HEALTH PROFESSIONS SCHOLARSHIP AND FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAM FOR ACTIVE SERVICE › § 2127

Last updated Aug 21, 2026|Official source

Summary

The Secretary of Defense may pay a program member’s school costs, like tuition, fees, books, and lab charges. Payments are limited to what regular students in the same school and health field would normally owe. The Secretary may also contract with accredited civilian schools to pay tuition and similar costs and may make those payments without following parts (a) and (b) of 31 U.S.C. 3324. Those contracts only cover the same kinds of school costs. If a school raises enrollment just to take program members, and Health and Human Services’ rules find that to be true, the Secretary can pay extra to cover the added costs not covered by normal tuition. A person in specialized training may get an extra yearly grant of up to $45,000 on top of the stipend in section 2121(d). The Secretary of Defense will raise that maximum each July 1 each year in the same way stipend increases are done.

Full Legal Text

Title 10, §2127

Armed Forces, Source: USLM XML via OLRC

(a)The Secretary of Defense may provide for the payment of all educational expenses incurred by a member of the program, including tuition, fees, books, and laboratory expenses. Such payments, however, shall be limited to those educational expenses normally incurred by students at the institution and in the health profession concerned who are not members of the program.
(b)The Secretary of Defense may contract with an accredited civilian educational institution for the payment of tuition and other educational expenses of members of the program authorized by this subchapter. Payment to such institutions may be made without regard to subsections (a) and (b) of section 3324 of title 31.
(c)Payments made under subsection (b) shall not cover any expenses other than those covered by subsection (a).
(d)When the Secretary of Defense determines, under regulations prescribed by the Secretary of Health and Human Services, that an accredited civilian educational institution has increased its total enrollment for the sole purpose of accepting members of the program covered by this subchapter, he may provide under a contract with such an institution for additional payments to cover the portion of the increased costs of the additional enrollment which are not covered by the institution’s normal tuition and fees.
(e)A person participating as a member of the program in specialized training shall be paid an annual grant in an amount not to exceed $45,000 in addition to the stipend under section 2121(d) of this title. The maximum amount of the grant shall be increased annually by the Secretary of Defense, effective July 1 of each year, in the same manner as provided for stipends.

Legislative History

Notes & Related Subsidiaries

Editorial Notes

Amendments

2009—Subsec. (e). Pub. L. 111–84 struck out “of” after “an annual grant”. 2006—Subsec. (e). Pub. L. 109–364 substituted “in an amount not to exceed $45,000” for “$15,000” and “The maximum amount” for “The amount”. 1989—Pub. L. 101–189, § 725(d)(2), substituted “Scholarships and financial assistance” for “Contracts for scholarships” in section catchline. Subsec. (e). Pub. L. 101–189, § 725(d)(1), added subsec. (e). 1987—Subsecs. (b), (d). Pub. L. 100–180 substituted “subchapter” for “chapter”. 1984—Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 98–525 substituted “subsections (a) and (b) of section 3324” for “section 3324(a) and (b)”. 1982—Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 97–258 substituted “section 3324(a) and (b) of title 31” for “section 3648 of the Revised Statutes (31 U.S.C. 529)”. 1980—Subsec. (d). Pub. L. 96–513 substituted “Secretary of Health and Human Services” for “Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare”.

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Effective Date

of 2006 AmendmentAmendment by Pub. L. 109–364 effective Oct. 1, 2006, except that adjustments required by the second sentence of subsec. (e) of this section to be made in 2007 shall not be made, see section 538(d) of Pub. L. 109–364, set out as a note under section 2121 of this title.

Effective Date

of 1980 AmendmentAmendment by Pub. L. 96–513 effective Dec. 12, 1980, see section 701(b)(3) of Pub. L. 96–513, set out as a note under section 101 of this title. Reports on Implementation and on Success of Financial Assistance Program Pub. L. 101–189, div. A, title VII, § 725(e), Nov. 29, 1989, 103 Stat. 1479, directed Secretary of Defense, not later than Mar. 1, 1990, to submit to Congress a report describing the manner in which the new authority provided by such section 725 (amending 10 U.S.C. 2120 to 2122, 2124, and 2127) was implemented. Pub. L. 101–189, div. A, title VII, § 725(f), Nov. 29, 1989, 103 Stat. 1479, directed Secretary of Defense, not later than Mar. 1, 1991, to submit to Congress a report evaluating the success of the financial assistance program established by such section 725 and describing the number of participants in the program receiving specialized training payments under 10 U.S.C. 2127(e) and the projected number of officers to be gained, by specialty, as a result of the program for each military department.

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10 U.S.C. § 2127

Title 10, Armed Forces

Last Updated

Aug 21, 2026

Release point: 119-102