37 USC 316 – Special pay: bonus for members with foreign language proficiency
(a)
(1) is qualified in a uniformed services specialty requiring proficiency in a foreign language identified by the Secretary concerned as a foreign language in which it is necessary to have personnel proficient because of national defense or public health considerations;
(2) received training, under regulations prescribed by the Secretary concerned, designed to develop a proficiency in such a foreign language;
(3) is assigned to duties requiring a proficiency in such a foreign language; or
(4) is proficient in a foreign language for which the uniformed service may have a critical need, as determined by the Secretary concerned.
Terms Used In 37 USC 316
- Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
(b)
(c)
(d)
(A) is assigned to duty in connection with a contingency operation;
(B) is unable to schedule or complete the certification required by subsection (c) because of that assignment; and
(C) except for the lack of such certification, satisfies the eligibility requirements under subsection (a).
(2) The Secretary concerned may treat the date on which the member was assigned to duty in connection with the contingency operation as equivalent to a certification date. In the case of a member whose certification will expire during such a duty assignment, the Secretary shall commence the next one-year certification period on the date on which the prior certification period expires.
(3) A member who is paid a bonus under the authority of this subsection shall complete the certification required by subsection (c) for the foreign language for which the bonus was paid not later than the end of the 180-day period beginning on the date on which the member is released from the assignment in connection with the contingency operation. The Secretary concerned may extend that period for a member in accordance with regulations prescribed under subsection (f).
(4) If a member fails to obtain the required certification under subsection (c) before the end of the period provided under paragraph (3), the Secretary concerned may require the member to repay all or a portion of the bonus in the manner provided in section 303a(e) of this title.
(e)
(f)