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97 STAT. 664 PUBLIC LAW 98-94—SEPT. 24, 1983 Refund. 11 USC 101 et seq. Ante, p. 614. Regulations. Repeal. 37 USC 308d. Effective date. 37 USC 308g note. for a period of not less than three years beyond any other period the person is obligated to serve may be paid a bonus as provided in subsection (b) of this section. "(2) A bonus may not be paid under this section to a person who has failed to complete satisfactorily any original term of enlistment in the armed forces. "(b) Eligibility for and the amount and method of payment of a bonus under this section shall be determined under regulations to be prescribed under subsection (f) of this section, except that the amount of such a bonus may not exceed $900. "(c) A person who receives a bonus payment under this section and who fails during the period for which the bonus was paid to serve satisfactorily in the Ready Reserve shall refund to the United States an amount which bears the same ratio to the amount of the bonus paid to such person as the period which such person failed to serve satisfactorily bears to the total period for which the bonus was paid. "(d) An obligation to reimburse the United States imposed under subsection (c) of this section is, for all purposes, a debt owed to the United States. "(e) A discharge in bankruptcy under title 11 that is entered less than five years after the termination of a reenlistment, enlistment, or extension for which a bonus was paid under this section does not discharge the person receiving such bonus payment from the debt arising under subsection (c) of this section. This subsection applies to any case commenced under title 11 after the date of the enactment of the Department of Defense Authorization Act, 1984. "(f) This section shall be administered under regulations to be prescribed by the Secretary of Defense for the armed forces under his jurisdiction and by the Secretary of Transportation for the Coast Guard when it is not operating as a service in the Navy. "(g) A bonus may not be paid under this section to any person for a reenlistment, enlistment, or voluntary extension of an enlistment after September 30, 1985.". (b)(1) Section 308d of such title is repealed. (2) The table of sections at the beginning of such chapter is amended— (A) by striking out the item relating to item 308d; and (B) by inserting after the item relating to section 308f the following new items: "308g. Special pay: bonus for enlistment in elements of the Ready Reserve other than the Selected Reserve. "308h. Special pay: bonus for reenlistment, enlistment, or voluntary extension of en- listment in elements of the Ready Reserve other than the Selected Reserve.". (c) The amendments made by subsections (a) and (b) shall take effect on October 1, 1983. (d) During fiscal year 1984, not more than $12,000,000 may be expended to carry out sections 308g and 308h of title 37, United States Code (as added by subsection (a)). EXTENSION OF MEDICAL AND DENTAL CARE FOR RESERVISTS SEC. 1012. (a)(1) Chapter 55 of title 10, United States Code, is amended by inserting after section 1074 the following new section: