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

Summary

The Secretary can give an enlisted member a bonus of up to $20,000 for finishing training in a skill marked as critical, if the member still has at least four years of active duty left when the training ends. The bonus can be paid all at once or in smaller payments. If a member leaves early on their own or is discharged for misconduct, the Secretary can make them pay back a proportional part of the bonus. Interest can be added. The interest rate is set every quarter and equals 150% of the average yield on 91-day Treasury bills from the prior calendar quarter.

Title 14, §2319

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(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.

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

§2319 Critical Skill Training Bonus

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Title 14, §2319

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