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FEDERAL · U.S. CODE
Title 37 — Pay and Allowances of the Uniformed Services
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Chapter 1
DEFINITIONS
§ 101
Definitions
Chapter 3
BASIC PAY
§ 201
Pay grades: assignment to; general rules
§ 202
Pay grades: retired Coast Guard rear admirals (lower half)
§ 203
Rates
§ 204
Entitlement
§ 205
Computation: service creditable
§ 206
Reserves; members of National Guard; members of the Space Force: inactive-duty training
§ 206a
Pay of members of reserve components for inactive-duty training to obtain or maintain an aeronautical rating or designation
§ 207
Band leaders
§ 208
Repealed. Pub. L. 91–482, §1(b), Oct. 21, 1970, 84 Stat. 1082
§ 209
Members of precommissioning programs
§ 210
Pay of senior enlisted members during terminal leave and while hospitalized
§ 211
Participation in Thrift Savings Plan
§ 212
Advancement of basic pay: members deployed in combat zone for more than one year
Chapter 5
SPECIAL AND INCENTIVE PAYS
§ 301
Incentive pay: hazardous duty
§ 301a
Incentive pay: aviation career
§ 301b
Special pay: aviation career officers extending period of active duty
§ 301c
Incentive pay: submarine duty
§ 301d
Multiyear retention bonus: medical officers of the armed forces
§ 301e
Multiyear retention bonus: dental officers of the armed forces
§ 302
Special pay: medical officers of the armed forces
§ 302a
Special pay: optometrists
§ 302b
Special pay: dental officers of the armed forces
§ 302c
Special pay: psychologists and nonphysician health care providers
§ 302d
Special pay: accession bonus for registered nurses
§ 302e
Special pay: nurse anesthetists
§ 302f
Special pay: reserve, recalled, or retained health care officers
§ 302g
Special pay: Selected Reserve health care professionals in critically short wartime specialties
§ 302h
Special pay: accession bonus for dental officers
§ 302i
Special pay: pharmacy officers
§ 302j
Special pay: accession bonus for pharmacy officers
§ 302k
Special pay: accession bonus for medical officers in critically short wartime specialties
§ 302l
Special pay: accession bonus for dental specialist officers in critically short wartime specialties
§ 303
Special pay: veterinarians
§ 303a
Special pay: general provisions
§ 303b
Waiver of board certification requirements
§ 304
Special pay: diving duty
§ 305
Special pay: hardship duty pay
§ 305a
Special pay: career sea pay
§ 305b
Special pay: service as member of Weapons of Mass Destruction Civil Support Team
§ 306
Special pay: officers holding positions of unusual responsibility and of critical nature
§ 306a
Special pay: members assigned to international military headquarters
§ 307
Special pay: special duty assignment pay for enlisted members
§ 307a
Special pay: assignment incentive pay
§ 308
Special pay: reenlistment bonus
§ 308a
Repealed. Pub. L. 106–398, §1 [[div. A], title VI, §624(b)(1)], Oct. 30, 2000, 114 Stat. 1654, 1654A–153
§ 308b
Special pay: reenlistment bonus for members of the Selected Reserve
§ 308c
Special pay: bonus for affiliation or enlistment in the Selected Reserve
§ 308d
Special pay: members of the Selected Reserve assigned to certain high priority units
§ 308e
Repealed. Pub. L. 109–163, div. A, title VI, §631(b), Jan. 6, 2006, 119 Stat. 3299
§ 308f
Repealed. Pub. L. 106–398, §1 [[div. A], title VI, §624(b)(1)], Oct. 30, 2000, 114 Stat. 1654, 1654A–153
§ 308g
Special pay: bonus for enlistment in elements of the Ready Reserve other than the Selected Reserve
§ 308h
Special pay: bonus for reenlistment, enlistment, or voluntary extension of enlistment in elements of the Ready Reserve other than the Selected Reserve
§ 308i
Special pay: prior service enlistment bonus
§ 308j
Special pay: affiliation bonus for officers in the Selected Reserve
§ 309
Special pay: enlistment bonus
§ 310
Special pay: duty subject to hostile fire or imminent danger
§ 311
Repealed. Pub. L. 99–145, title VI, §639(b), Nov. 8, 1985, 99 Stat. 651
§ 312
Special pay: nuclear-qualified officers extending period of active service
§ 312a
Repealed. Pub. L. 109–163, div. A, title VI, §629(d)(1), Jan. 6, 2006, 119 Stat. 3297
§ 312b
Special pay: nuclear career accession bonus
§ 312c
Special pay: nuclear career annual incentive bonus
§ 313
Repealed. Pub. L. 96–513, title IV, §414(a), Dec. 12, 1980, 94 Stat. 2906
§ 314
Special pay or bonus: qualified members extending duty at designated locations overseas
§ 315
Special pay: engineering and scientific career continuation pay
§ 316
Special pay: bonus for members with foreign language proficiency
§ 316a
Special pay: incentive pay for members of precommissioning programs pursuing foreign language proficiency
§ 317
Special pay: officers in critical acquisition positions extending period of active duty
§ 318
Special pay: special warfare officers extending period of active duty
§ 319
Special pay: surface warfare officer continuation pay
§ 320
Incentive pay: career enlisted flyers
§ 321
Special pay: judge advocate continuation pay
§ 322
Renumbered §354
§ 323
Renumbered §355
§ 324
Special pay: accession bonus for new officers in critical skills
§ 325
Incentive bonus: savings plan for education expenses and other contingencies
§ 326
Incentive bonus: conversion to military occupational specialty to ease personnel shortage
§ 327
Incentive bonus: transfer between armed forces
§ 328
Repealed. Pub. L. 114–328, div. A, title VI, §647(a), Dec. 23, 2016, 130 Stat. 2168
§ 329
Incentive bonus: retired members and reserve component members volunteering for high-demand, low-density assignments
§ 330
Special pay: accession bonus for officer candidates
§ 331
General bonus authority for enlisted members
§ 332
General bonus authority for officers
§ 333
Special bonus and incentive pay authorities for nuclear officers
§ 334
Special aviation incentive pay and bonus authorities for officers
§ 334a
Special aviation incentive pay and bonus authorities: enlisted members who operate remotely piloted aircraft
§ 335
Special bonus and incentive pay authorities for officers in health professions
§ 336
Contracting bonus for cadets and midshipmen enrolled in the Senior Reserve Officers' Training Corps
§ 351
Hazardous duty pay
§ 352
Assignment pay or special duty pay
§ 353
Skill incentive pay or proficiency bonus
§ 354
Special pay: 15-year career status bonus for members entering service on or after August 1, 1986
§ 355
Special pay: retention incentives for members qualified in critical military skills or assigned to high priority units
§ 356
Continuation pay: full TSP members with 7 to 12 years of service
§ 357
Special and incentive pay authorities for members of the reserve components of the armed forces
§ 371
Relationship to other incentives and pays
§ 372
Continuation of pays during hospitalization and rehabilitation resulting from wounds, injury, or illness incurred while on duty in a hostile fire area or exposed to an event of hostile fire or other hostile action
§ 373
Repayment of unearned portion of bonus, incentive pay, or similar benefit, and termination of remaining payments, when conditions of payment not met
§ 374
Regulations
§ 302c–1
Special pay: accession and retention bonuses for psychologists
Chapter 7
ALLOWANCES OTHER THAN TRAVEL AND TRANSPORTATION ALLOWANCES
§ 401
Definitions
§ 402
Basic allowance for subsistence
§ 402a
Supplemental subsistence allowance for low-income members with dependents
§ 402b
Basic needs allowance for members on active service in the Armed Forces
§ 403
Basic allowance for housing
§ 403a
Housing treatment for certain members of the armed forces, and their spouses and other dependents, undergoing a permanent change of station within the United States
§ 403b
Cost-of-living allowance in the continental United States
§ 404
Renumbered §474
§ 404a
Renumbered §474a
§ 404b
Renumbered §474b
§ 405
Travel and transportation allowances: per diem while on duty outside the continental United States
§ 405a
Renumbered §475a
§ 406
Renumbered §476
§ 406a
Renumbered §476a
§ 406b
Renumbered §476b
§ 406c
Renumbered §476c
§ 407
Renumbered §477
§ 408
Renumbered §478
§ 408a
Renumbered §478a
§ 409
Renumbered §479
§ 410
Renumbered §480
§ 411
Renumbered §481
§ 411a
Renumbered §481a
§ 411b
Renumbered §481b
§ 411c
Renumbered §481c
§ 411d
Renumbered §481d
§ 411e
Renumbered §481e
§ 411f
Renumbered §481f
§ 411g
Repealed. Pub. L. 112–81, div. A, title VI, §631(c), Dec. 31, 2011, 125 Stat. 1460
§ 411h
Renumbered §481h
§ 411i
Renumbered §481i
§ 411j
Renumbered §481j
§ 411k
Renumbered §481k
§ 411l
Renumbered §481l
§ 412
Renumbered §455
§ 413
Chairman and Vice Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff
§ 414
Personal money allowance
§ 415
Uniform allowance: officers; initial allowance
§ 416
Uniform allowance: officers; additional allowances
§ 417
Uniform allowance: officers; general provisions
§ 418
Clothing allowance: enlisted members
§ 419
Civilian clothing allowance
§ 420
Allowances while participating in international sports
§ 421
Allowances: no increase while dependent is entitled to basic pay
§ 422
Cadets and midshipmen
§ 423
Validity of allowance payments based on purported marriages
§ 424
Band leaders
§ 425
United States Navy Band; United States Marine Corps Band: allowances while on concert tour
§ 426
Repealed. Pub. L. 90–377, §10, July 5, 1968, 82 Stat. 288
§ 427
Family separation allowance
§ 428
Renumbered §488
§ 429
Renumbered §489
§ 430
Renumbered §490
§ 431
Benefits for certain members assigned to the Defense Intelligence Agency
§ 432
Renumbered §492
§ 433
Allowance for muster duty
§ 433a
Allowance for participation in Ready Reserve screening
§ 434
Renumbered §494
§ 435
Funeral honors duty: allowance
§ 436
High-deployment allowance: lengthy or numerous deployments; frequent mobilizations
§ 437
Allowance to cover monthly premiums for Servicemembers' Group Life Insurance: members serving in a designated duty assignment
§ 438
Preventive health services allowance
§ 439
Special compensation: members of the uniformed services with catastrophic injuries or illnesses requiring assistance in everyday living
Chapter 8
TRAVEL AND TRANSPORTATION ALLOWANCES
§ 451
Definitions
§ 452
Allowable travel and transportation: general authorities
§ 453
Allowable travel and transportation: specific authorities
§ 454
Travel and transportation: pilot programs
§ 455
Appropriations for travel: may not be used for attendance at certain meetings
§ 456
Managed travel program refunds
§ 461
Relationship to other travel and transportation authorities
§ 462
Travel and transportation allowances paid to members that are unauthorized or in excess of authorized amounts: requirement for repayment
§ 463
Programs of compliance; electronic processing of travel claims
§ 464
Regulations
§ 475
Renumbered §405
§ 491
Renumbered §431
§ 495
Renumbered §435
Chapter 9
LEAVE
§ 501
Payments for unused accrued leave
§ 502
Absences due to sickness, wounds, and certain other causes
§ 503
Absence without leave or over leave
§ 504
Cadets and midshipmen: chapter does not apply to
Chapter 10
PAYMENTS TO MISSING PERSONS
§ 551
Definitions
§ 552
Pay and allowances; continuance while in a missing status; limitations
§ 553
Allotments; continuance, suspension, initiation, resumption, or increase while in a missing status; limitations
§ 554
Renumbered §484
§ 555
Secretarial review
§ 556
Secretarial determinations
§ 557
Settlement of accounts
§ 558
Income tax deferment
§ 559
Benefits for members held as captives
Chapter 11
PAYMENTS TO MENTALLY INCOMPETENT PERSONS
§ 601
Applicability
§ 602
Payments: designation of person to receive amounts due
§ 603
Regulations
§ 604
Determination of Secretary final
Chapter 13
ALLOTMENTS AND ASSIGNMENTS OF PAY
§ 701
Members of the Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps, and Space Force; contract surgeons
§ 702
Repealed. Pub. L. 99–145, title VI, §683(b)(1), Nov. 8, 1985, 99 Stat. 665
§ 703
Allotments: members of Coast Guard
§ 704
Allotments: officers of Public Health Service
§ 705
Repealed. Pub. L. 99–145, title VI, §683(b)(1), Nov. 8, 1985, 99 Stat. 665
§ 706
Allotments: commissioned officers of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
§ 707
Allotments: members of the National Guard
Chapter 15
PROHIBITIONS AND PENALTIES
§ 801
Repealed. Pub. L. 103–355, title VI, §6001(a)(1), Oct. 13, 1994, 108 Stat. 3362
§ 802
Forfeiture of pay during absence from duty due to disease from intemperate use of alcohol or drugs
§ 803
Commissioned officers of the Army, Air Force, or Space Force: forfeiture of pay when dropped from rolls
§ 804
Repealed. Pub. L. 104–106, div. A, title XI, §1122(c)(1), Feb. 10, 1996, 110 Stat. 463
§ 805
Repealed. Pub. L. 99–145, title VI, §683(b)(1), Nov. 8, 1985, 99 Stat. 665
Chapter 17
MISCELLANEOUS RIGHTS AND BENEFITS
§ 901
Wartime pay of officer of armed force exercising command higher than his grade
§ 902
Pay of crews of wrecked or lost naval vessels
§ 903
Retired members recalled to active duty; former members
§ 904
Repealed. Pub. L. 96–513, title IV, §403(a), Dec. 12, 1980, 94 Stat. 2904
§ 905
Reserve officers of the Navy or Marine Corps not on the active-duty list: effective date of pay and allowances
§ 906
Extension of enlistment: effect on pay and allowances
§ 907
Enlisted members and warrant officers appointed as officers: pay and allowances stabilized
§ 908
Reserves and retired members: acceptance of employment, payments, and awards from foreign governments
§ 909
Special and incentive pay: payment at unreduced rates during suspension of personnel laws
§ 910
Replacement of lost income: involuntarily mobilized reserve component members and members of the Space Force subject to extended and frequent active duty service
Chapter 19
ADMINISTRATION
§ 1001
Regulations relating to pay and allowances
§ 1002
Additional training or duty without pay: Reserves; members of the National Guard; members of the Space Force
§ 1003
Assimilation of pay and allowances
§ 1004
Computation of pay and allowances for month or part of month
§ 1005
Army, Air Force, and Space Force: prompt payments required
§ 1006
Advance payments
§ 1007
Deductions from pay
§ 1008
Presidential recommendations concerning adjustments and changes in pay and allowances
§ 1009
Adjustments of monthly basic pay
§ 1010
Commissioned officers: promotions; effective date for pay and allowances
§ 1011
Mess operation: reimbursement of expenses
§ 1012
Disbursement and accounting: pay of enlisted members of the National Guard
§ 1013
Payment of compensation for victims of terrorism
§ 1014
Payment date for pay and allowances
§ 1015
Recordation of installment payment obligations for incentive pays and similar benefits
§ 1016
Pay statements: descriptions of types of pay