INELIGIBILITY OF FLAG OFFICERS FOR MULTIYEAR RETENTION BONUS FOR MEDICAL OFFICERS.

SEC. 615. INELIGIBILITY OF FLAG OFFICERS FOR MULTIYEAR RETENTION BONUS FOR MEDICAL OFFICERS. (a) Reiterating Ineligibility.—The restriction contained in subsection (b)(2) of section 301d of title 37, United States Code, on the eligibility of flag and general officers serving as full-time physicians to receive a multiyear retention bonus under that section shall not be construed as being limited, modified, or superseded by any provision of law, whether enacted before, on, or after the date of the enactment of this Act, unless that provision of law— (1) specifically refers to that section and this subsection; and (2) identifies the flag and general officers affected by that provision. (b) Savings Provision.—(1) A medical officer of the Armed Forces who is a flag or general officer and has received any payment of a bonus under section 301d of title 37, United States Code, before the date of the enactment of this Act may not be required to reimburse the United States for such payment by reason of the enactment of subsection (a). (2) A written agreement referred to in section 301d of title 37, United States Code, that was entered into on or after April 10, 1991, and before the date of the enactment of this Act by a medical officer of the Armed Forces referred to in paragraph (1) in exchange for a payment (or a promise of payment) of a bonus under that section shall be terminated as of the later of— (A) the end of the month following the month in which this Act is enacted; or (B) the end of the period covered by the bonus payment or payments received by that officer as described in that paragraph.