37 U.S.C. § 335
Special bonus and incentive pay authorities for officers in health professions
United States · Title 37 — PAY AND ALLOWANCES OF THE UNIFORMED SERVICES · Status: effective
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- 37 U.S.C. § 335, Special bonus and incentive pay authorities for officers in health professions, United States, version 1 as recorded 2026-07-09, yourstate.us, https://yourstate.us/provision/472387
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The Secretary concerned may pay a health professions bonus under this section to a person, including an officer in the uniformed services, who is a graduate of an accredited school in a health profession and who—
The Secretary concerned may pay incentive pay under this section to an officer in a regular or reserve component of a uniformed service who—
The Secretary concerned may pay board certification incentive pay under this section to an officer in a regular or reserve component of a uniformed service who—
The Secretary concerned shall determine the amounts of a bonus or incentive pay to be paid under this section, except that—
health professions incentive pay under subsection (b) may be paid monthly and may not exceed, in any 12-month period—
To receive a bonus under this section, an officer determined to be eligible for the bonus shall enter into a written agreement with the Secretary concerned that specifies—
In this section, the term “health profession” means the following:
Legislative history
The public laws that enacted or amended this section. Tallies are for the whole bill as it passed each chamber — often an omnibus covering far more than this provision — not a vote on this section alone.
- National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2008
- Duncan Hunter National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2009
- National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2010
- Ike Skelton National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2011House: 341–48Senate: no recorded tally
- National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2012
- National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2013
- National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2014House: no recorded tallySenate: no recorded tally
- Carl Levin and Howard P. "Buck" McKeon National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2015
- National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2016House: 370–58Senate: no recorded tally
- National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2017
- National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2018
- John S. McCain National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2019
- National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2020
- William M. (Mac) Thornberry National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2021
- National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2022House: 363–70Senate: no recorded tally
- James M. Inhofe National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2023
- National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2024
- Servicemember Quality of Life Improvement and National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2025House: 281–140Senate: no recorded tally
- National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2026House: 312–112Senate: no recorded tally