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Ill STAT. 1792 PUBLIC LAW 105-85—NOV. 18, 1997 (4) in subparagraph (E) (as so redesignated), by inserting "(except under this section)" after "bonus"; and (5) by inserting after subparagraph (C) the following new subparagraph: "(D) is projected to occupy a position as a member of the Selected Reserve in a specialty in which— "(i) the person successftiliy served while a member on active duty; and "(ii) the person attained a level of qualification while a member on active duty commensurate with the grade and years of service of the member; and". (b) BONUS AMOUNTS; PAYMENT.— Subsection (b) of such section is amended to read as follows: "(b) BONUS AMOUNTS; PAYMENT.—(1) The amount of a bonus under this section may not exceed— "(A) $5,000, in the case of a person who enlists for a period of six years; "(B) $2,500, in the case of a person who, having never received a bonus under this section, enlists for a period of three years; and "(C) $2,000, in the case of a person who, having received a bonus under this section for a previous three-year enlistment, reenlists or extends the enlistment for an additional period of three years. "(2) Any bonus payable under this section shall be disbursed in one initial payment of an amount not to exceed one-half of the total amount of the bonus and subsequent periodic partial payments of the balance of the bonus. The Secretary concerned shall prescribe the amount of each partial payment and the schedule for making the partial pa3anents.". (c) SPECIAL ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS; NUMBER OF INDIVIDUAL BONUSES.— Subsection (c) of such section is amended to read as follows: "(c) CONDITION ON ELIGIBILITY; LIMITATION ON NUMBER OF BONUSES.—(1) To be eligible for a second bonus under this section in the amount specified in subsection (b)(1)(C), a person must— "(A) enter into a reenlistment or extension of an enlistment for a period of three years not later than the date on which the enlistment for which the first bonus was paid would expire; and "(B) still satisfy the eligibility requirements under subsection (a). "(2) A person may not be paid more than one six-year bonus or two three-year bonuses under this section.". (d) REORGANIZATION OF SECTION.—Such section is further amended— (1) by redesignating subsections (e), (f), and (g) as paragraphs (2), (3), and (4), respectively, of subsection (d); and (2) by redesignating subsections (h) and (i) as subsections (e) and (f), respectively. (e) CONFORMING AND CLERICAL AMENDMENTS.— Such section is further amended— (1) in subsection (a), by inserting "AUTHORITY AND ELIGI- BILITY REQUIREMENTS. —" after "(a)"; (2) in subsection (d)— (A) by inserting "REPAYMENT OF BONUS.— (1)" after "(d)";