10 U.S.C. § 2200a
EDITORIAL NOTES
AMENDMENTS2019-Subsec. (a)(1). Pub. L. 116-92 substituted "advanced degree, or certificate" for "or advanced degree, or a certification,".2017-Subsec. (a)(1). Pub. L. 115-91, §1649(d)(1)(C)(i), substituted "a cyber discipline" for "an information assurance discipline".Subsec. (e). Pub. L. 115-91, §618(a)(1)(J), inserted "or 373" before "of title 37" in pars. (1) and (2).Subsec. (f). Pub. L. 115-91, §1649(b), designated existing provisions as par. (1) and added par. (2). Subsec. (f)(1). Pub. L. 115-91, §1649(d)(1)(C) (ii), substituted "cyber disciplines" for "information assurance".Subsec. (g)(1). Pub. L. 115-91, §1649(d)(1)(C) (iii), substituted "a cyber position" for "an information technology position". 2009-Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 111-84, §1103(b), substituted "subsection (f)," for "subsection (g)," in introductory provisions.Subsec. (e)(1). Pub. L. 111-84, §1073(a) (20), substituted "subsection (b)" for "section (b)". Subsec. (g). Pub. L. 111-84, §1103(a), added subsec. (g).2006-Subsec. (e). Pub. L. 109-163, §687(c)(8)(A), added subsec. (e) and struck out heading and text of former subsec. (e). Text read as follows:"(1) A person who voluntarily terminates service before the end of the period of obligated service required under an agreement entered into under subsection (b) shall refund to the United States an amount determined by the Secretary of Defense as being appropriate to obtain adequate service in exchange for financial assistance and otherwise to achieve the goals set forth in section 2200(a) of this title."(2) An obligation to reimburse the United States imposed under paragraph (1) is for all purposes a debt owed to the United States."(3) The Secretary of Defense may waive, in whole or in part, a refund required under paragraph (1) if the Secretary determines that recovery would be against equity and good conscience or would be contrary to the best interests of the United States."Subsecs. (f), (g). Pub. L. 109-163, §687(c)(8)(B), (C), redesignated subsec. (g) as (f) and struck out heading and text of former subsec. (f). Text read as follows: "A discharge in bankruptcy under title 11 that is entered less than five years after the termination of an agreement under this section does not discharge the person signing such agreement from a debt arising under such agreement or under subsection (e)."
STATUTORY NOTES AND RELATED SUBSIDIARIES
SAVINGS PROVISIONFor savings provision relating to payment or repayment of any bonus, incentive pay, special pay, or similar pay obligated to be paid before Apr. 1, 2006, under a provision of this section amended by section 687(c) of Pub. L. 109-163, see section 687(f) of Pub. L. 109-163, set out as a note under section 510 of this title.
- active duty
- The term "active duty" means full-time duty in the active military service of the United States, including sustained duty in the Space Force. Such term includes full-time training duty, annual training duty, and attendance, while in the active military service, at a school designated as a service school by law or by the Secretary of the military department concerned. Such term does not include full-time National Guard duty.
- armed forces
- The term "armed forces" means the Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps, Space Force, and Coast Guard.
- cyber
- The term "cyber" includes the following:(A) Offensive cyber operations.(B) Defensive cyber operations.(C) Department of Defense information network operations and defense.(D) Any other information technology that the Secretary of Defense considers to be related to the cyber activities of the Department of Defense.
- pay
- The term "pay" includes basic pay, special pay, retainer pay, incentive pay, retired pay, and equivalent pay, but does not include allowances.