14 USC § 2319 - Critical skill training bonus

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identifier: "/us/usc/t14/s2319"
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title: "14 USC § 2319 - Critical skill training bonus"
title_number: 14
title_name: "COAST GUARD"
section_number: "2319"
section_name: "Critical skill training bonus"
chapter_number: 23
chapter_name: "PERSONNEL; ENLISTED"
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currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-03-26"
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generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(Added Pub. L. 108–293, title II, § 204(a), Aug. 9, 2004, 118 Stat. 1032, § 374; renumbered § 2319, Pub. L. 115–282, title I, § 113(b), Dec. 4, 2018, 132 Stat. 4221.)"
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# § 2319. Critical skill training bonus

**(a)** The Secretary may provide a bonus, not to exceed $20,000, to an enlisted member who completes training in a skill designated as critical, if at least four years of obligated active service remain on the member’s enlistment at the time the training is completed. A bonus under this section may be paid in a single lump sum or in periodic installments.

**(b)** If an enlisted member voluntarily or because of misconduct does not complete the member’s term of obligated active service, the Secretary may require the member to repay the United States, on a pro rata basis, all sums paid under this section. The Secretary may charge interest on the amount repaid at a rate, to be determined quarterly, equal to 150 percent of the average of the yields on the 91-day Treasury bills auctioned during the calendar quarter preceding the date on which the amount to be repaid is determined.

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**Source Credit**: (Added Pub. L. 108–293, title II, § 204(a), Aug. 9, 2004, 118 Stat. 1032, § 374; renumbered § 2319, Pub. L. 115–282, title I, § 113(b), Dec. 4, 2018, 132 Stat. 4221.)

## Editorial Notes

### Amendments

2018— renumbered  as this section.