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The Secretary concerned must consider a member eligible for Foreign Language Proficiency Bonus if each of the following is true:
- The member is in a Regular Component.
- The member is currently certified by the Secretary concerned as proficient in a foreign language on the Strategic Language List, a foreign language considered dominant in force, or a foreign language for which the Military Departments require a capability.
- At least one of the following is true:
- The member has a minimum proficiency rating of "2" in at least two of the three modalities (listening, reading, or speaking) in a foreign language.
- The member has a proficiency in a language, and the Secretary concerned has authorized payment of Foreign Language Proficiency Bonus for the member's duties, at a level below "2."
- At least one of the following is true:
- The member is qualified in a military career specialty requiring proficiency in a foreign language.
- The member has received training, under regulations prescribed by the Secretary concerned, designed to develop proficiency in a foreign language.
- The member is assigned to military duties requiring proficiency in a foreign language.
- The member is proficient in a foreign language for which the Secretary concerned has identified a critical need.
- The member is not in any of the following statuses:
- Absent from duty for more than twenty-four consecutive hours as a result of a disease caused by and immediately following intemperate use of alcoholic liquors or habit forming drugs
- Absent Without Leave in excess of twenty-four hours, unless the absence is excused as unavoidable
- Civil Confinement - In Hands of Civil Authority
- Desertion
- Educational Leave of Absence
- Excess Leave
- Military Confinement - Constructively Absent
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