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§2128 Accession Bonus for Members of the Program

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 › § 2128

Last updated Sep 22, 2026|Official source

Summary

The Secretary of Defense can offer a person who signs the required accession agreement a joining bonus of up to $100,000. The bonus is paid on top of any other pay or benefits the person gets from the program. If the person breaks the agreement or fails to start or finish the required active-duty service, they must pay the bonus back under the military pay repayment rules.

Title 10, §2128

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(a)Availability of Bonus.—

The Secretary of Defense may offer a person who enters into an agreement under section 2122(a)(2) of this title an accession bonus of not more than $100,000 as part of the agreement.

(b)Relation to Other Payments.—

An accession bonus paid a person under this section is in addition to any other amounts payable to the person under this subchapter.

(c)Repayment.—

A person who receives an accession bonus under this section, but fails to comply with the agreement under section 2122(a)(2) of this title or to commence or complete the active duty obligation imposed by section 2123 of this title, shall be subject to the repayment provisions of section 303a(e) or 373 of title 37.

Notes & Related Subsidiaries

Editorial Notes

Prior Provisions

Prior sections 2128 to 2130 were renumbered sections 16201 to 16203 of this title, respectively.

Amendments

2024—Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 118–159 substituted “$100,000” for “$20,000”. 2017—Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 115–91 inserted “or 373” before “of title 37”.

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Effective Date

Pub. L. 110–181, div. A, title VI, § 623(c), Jan. 28, 2008, 122 Stat. 152, provided that: “The amendment made by subsection (a) [enacting this section] shall apply with respect to agreements entered into under section 2122(a)(2) of title 10, United States Code, on or after the date of the enactment of this Act [Jan. 28, 2008].”