(a) Under regulations prescribed by the Secretary of Defense, or the Secretary of Homeland Security with respect to the Coast Guard when it is not operating as a service in the Navy, a member who is assigned to a high priority unit of the Selected Reserve of the Ready Reserve of an armed force, as designated under subsection (b), and who performs inactive duty for training for compensation under section 206 of this title with such unit may be paid compensation, in addition to the compensation to which the member is otherwise entitled, in an amount not to exceed $50 for each regular period of instruction, or period of appropriate duty, at which the member is engaged for at least four hours, including any such instruction or duty performed on a Sunday or holiday.
(b) The Secretary concerned may designate a unit, for the purposes of subsection (a) and under such terms and conditions as the Secretary considers appropriate, as a high priority unit if that unit has experienced, or reasonably might be expected to experience, critical personnel shortages. The Secretary may vacate a designation made under this subsection at any time he considers the designation no longer necessary.
(c) Additional compensation may not be paid under this section for inactive duty performed after December 31, 2018.
Structure US Code
Title 37— PAY AND ALLOWANCES OF THE UNIFORMED SERVICES
CHAPTER 5— SPECIAL AND INCENTIVE PAYS
SUBCHAPTER I— EXISTING SPECIAL PAY, INCENTIVE PAY, AND BONUS AUTHORITIES
§ 301. Incentive pay: hazardous duty
§ 301a. Incentive pay: aviation career
§ 301b. Special pay: aviation career officers extending period of active duty
§ 301c. Incentive pay: submarine duty
§ 301d. Multiyear retention bonus: medical officers of the armed forces
§ 301e. Multiyear retention bonus: dental officers of the armed forces
§ 302. Special pay: medical officers of the armed forces
§ 302a. Special pay: optometrists
§ 302b. Special pay: dental officers of the armed forces
§ 302c. Special pay: psychologists and nonphysician health care providers
§ 302c–1. Special pay: accession and retention bonuses for psychologists
§ 302d. Special pay: accession bonus for registered nurses
§ 302e. Special pay: nurse anesthetists
§ 302f. Special pay: reserve, recalled, or retained health care officers
§ 302h. Special pay: accession bonus for dental officers
§ 302i. Special pay: pharmacy officers
§ 302j. Special pay: accession bonus for pharmacy officers
§ 302k. Special pay: accession bonus for medical officers in critically short wartime specialties
§ 303. Special pay: veterinarians
§ 303a. Special pay: general provisions
§ 303b. Waiver of board certification requirements
§ 304. Special pay: diving duty
§ 305. Special pay: hardship duty pay
§ 305a. Special pay: career sea pay
§ 305b. Special pay: service as member of Weapons of Mass Destruction Civil Support Team
§ 306. Special pay: officers holding positions of unusual responsibility and of critical nature
§ 306a. Special pay: members assigned to international military headquarters
§ 307. Special pay: special duty assignment pay for enlisted members
§ 307a. Special pay: assignment incentive pay
§ 308. Special pay: reenlistment bonus
[§ 308a. Repealed. , title VI, § 624(b)(1)], , , 1654A–153]
§ 308b. Special pay: reenlistment bonus for members of the Selected Reserve
§ 308c. Special pay: bonus for affiliation or enlistment in the Selected Reserve
§ 308d. Special pay: members of the Selected Reserve assigned to certain high priority units
[§ 308f. Repealed. , title VI, § 624(b)(1)], , , 1654A–153]
§ 308i. Special pay: prior service enlistment bonus
§ 308j. Special pay: affiliation bonus for officers in the Selected Reserve
§ 309. Special pay: enlistment bonus
§ 310. Special pay: duty subject to hostile fire or imminent danger
§ 312. Special pay: nuclear-qualified officers extending period of active service
§ 312b. Special pay: nuclear career accession bonus
§ 312c. Special pay: nuclear career annual incentive bonus
§ 314. Special pay or bonus: qualified members extending duty at designated locations overseas
§ 315. Special pay: engineering and scientific career continuation pay
§ 316. Special pay: bonus for members with foreign language proficiency
§ 317. Special pay: officers in critical acquisition positions extending period of active duty
§ 318. Special pay: special warfare officers extending period of active duty
§ 319. Special pay: surface warfare officer continuation pay
§ 320. Incentive pay: career enlisted flyers
§ 321. Special pay: judge advocate continuation pay
§ 324. Special pay: accession bonus for new officers in critical skills
§ 325. Incentive bonus: savings plan for education expenses and other contingencies
§ 326. Incentive bonus: conversion to military occupational specialty to ease personnel shortage