EXPANSION OF RESERVE AFFILIATION BONUS TO INCLUDE COAST GUARD RESERVE.

SEC. 623. EXPANSION OF RESERVE AFFILIATION BONUS TO INCLUDE COAST GUARD RESERVE. Section 308e of title 37, United States Code, is amended— (1) in subsection (a), by striking out “Under regulations prescribed by the Secretary of Defense, the Secretary of a military department” and inserting in lieu thereof “The Secretary concerned”; (2) in subsection (b)(3), by striking out “designated by the Secretary of Defense for the purposes of this section” and inserting in lieu thereof “designated for purposes of this section in the regulations prescribed under subsection (f)”; (3) in subsection (c)(3), by striking out “regulations prescribed by the Secretary of Defense” and inserting in lieu thereof “the regulations prescribed under subsection (f)”; and (4) by adding at the end the following new subsections: “(f) This section shall be administered under regulations prescribed by the Secretary of Defense for the armed forces under the jurisdiction of the Secretary of Defense and by the Secretary of Transportation for the Coast Guard when the Coast Guard is not operating as a service in the Navy. “(g) The authority in subsection (a) does not apply to the Secretary of Commerce and the Secretary of Health and Human Services.”.