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Title 14 — Coast Guard

Chapter 23 — Personnel; Enlisted

§ 2319. Critical skill training bonus

Statutory text

(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.

Legislative history

Reconstructed from this section’s Code source credit and amendment notes, resolved against the local Statutes at Large. Editorial notes are evidence, not the law that made the change.

  1. Pub. L. 108–293 title II § 204(a) · 118 Stat. 1028

    Enacted · 14 U.S.C. § 2319

    Added Pub. L. 108–293, title II, § 204(a), Aug. 9, 2004, 118 Stat. 1032, § 374

    Source evidence

    Code source credit
    Added Pub. L. 108–293, title II, § 204(a), Aug. 9, 2004, 118 Stat. 1032, § 374

    Enacted provision · exact public law section
    (a) In General.— Chapter 11 of title 14, United States Code, is amended by inserting after section 373 the following: “§ 374. Critical skill training bonus “(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.” .

  2. Frank LoBiondo Coast Guard Authorization Act of 2018

    Pub. L. 115–282 title I § 113(b) · 132 Stat. 4192

    Changed · 14 U.S.C. § 2319

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

    Source evidence

    Code amendment note
    Pub. L. 115–282 renumbered section 374 of this title as this section.

    Enacted provision · exact public law section
    (b) Redesignations and Transfers.— (1) Requirement.— The sections of title 14, United States Code, identified in the table provided in paragraph (2) are amended— (A) by redesignating the sections as described in the table; and (B) by transferring the sections, as necessary, so that the sections appear after the table of sections for chapter 23 of such title (as added by subsection (a)), in the order in which the sections are presented in the table. (2) Table.— The table referred to in paragraph (1) is the following: Title 14 section number before redesignationSection heading (provided for identification purposes only-not amended)Title 14 section number after redesignation 350Recruiting campaigns2301 351Enlistments; term, grade2302 352Promotion2303 353Compulsory retirement at age of sixty-two2304 354Voluntary retirement after thirty years’ service2305 355Voluntary retirement after twenty years’ service2306 357Retirement of enlisted members: increase in retired pay2307 359Recall to active duty during war or national emergency2308 360Recall to active duty with consent of member2309 361Relief of retired enlisted member promoted while on active duty2310 362Retirement in cases where higher grade or rating has been held2311 365Extension of enlistments2312 366Retention beyond term of enlistment in case of disability2313 367Detention beyond term of enlistment2314 369Inclusion of certain conditions in enlistment contract2315 370Discharge within three months before expiration of enlistment2316 371Aviation cadets; procurement; transfer2317 372Aviation cadets; benefits2318 374Critical skill training bonus2319

2 of 2 references resolved to an enrolled provision

Editorial Notes

Amendments

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

Credits

2004–2018 · 2 acts
  1. 2004Added Pub. L. 108–293, title II, § 204(a), , 118 Stat. 1032, § 374
  2. 2018renumbered § 2319, Pub. L. 115–282, title I, § 113(b), , 132 Stat. 4221.
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(Added Pub. L. 108–293, title II, § 204(a), , 118 Stat. 1032, § 374; renumbered § 2319, Pub. L. 115–282, title I, § 113(b), , 132 Stat. 4221.)

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