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Title 37 — Pay and Allowances of the Uniformed Services

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Chapter 1DEFINITIONS
§ 101Definitions
Chapter 3BASIC PAY
§ 201Pay grades: assignment to; general rules
§ 202Pay grades: retired Coast Guard rear admirals (lower half)
§ 203Rates
§ 204Entitlement
§ 205Computation: service creditable
§ 206Reserves; members of National Guard; members of the Space Force: inactive-duty training
§ 206aPay of members of reserve components for inactive-duty training to obtain or maintain an aeronautical rating or designation
§ 207Band leaders
§ 209Members of precommissioning programs
§ 210Pay of senior enlisted members during terminal leave and while hospitalized
§ 211Participation in Thrift Savings Plan
§ 212Advancement of basic pay: members deployed in combat zone for more than one year
Chapter SUBCHAPTER I—EXISTING SPECIAL PAY, INCENTIVE PAY, AND BONUS AUTHORITIES
§ 301Incentive pay: hazardous duty
§ 301aIncentive pay: aviation career
§ 301bSpecial pay: aviation career officers extending period of active duty
§ 301cIncentive pay: submarine duty
§ 301dMultiyear retention bonus: medical officers of the armed forces
§ 301eMultiyear retention bonus: dental officers of the armed forces
§ 302Special pay: medical officers of the armed forces
§ 302aSpecial pay: optometrists
§ 302bSpecial pay: dental officers of the armed forces
§ 302cSpecial pay: psychologists and nonphysician health care providers
§ 302dSpecial pay: accession bonus for registered nurses
§ 302eSpecial pay: nurse anesthetists
§ 302fSpecial pay: reserve, recalled, or retained health care officers
§ 302gSpecial pay: Selected Reserve health care professionals in critically short wartime specialties
§ 302hSpecial pay: accession bonus for dental officers
§ 302iSpecial pay: pharmacy officers
§ 302jSpecial pay: accession bonus for pharmacy officers
§ 302kSpecial pay: accession bonus for medical officers in critically short wartime specialties
§ 302lSpecial pay: accession bonus for dental specialist officers in critically short wartime specialties
§ 303Special pay: veterinarians
§ 303aSpecial pay: general provisions
§ 303bWaiver of board certification requirements
§ 304Special pay: diving duty
§ 305Special pay: hardship duty pay
§ 305aSpecial pay: career sea pay
§ 305bSpecial pay: service as member of Weapons of Mass Destruction Civil Support Team
§ 306Special pay: officers holding positions of unusual responsibility and of critical nature
§ 306aSpecial pay: members assigned to international military headquarters
§ 307Special pay: special duty assignment pay for enlisted members
§ 307aSpecial pay: assignment incentive pay
§ 308Special pay: reenlistment bonus
§ 308bSpecial pay: reenlistment bonus for members of the Selected Reserve
§ 308cSpecial pay: bonus for affiliation or enlistment in the Selected Reserve
§ 308dSpecial pay: members of the Selected Reserve assigned to certain high priority units
§ 308gSpecial pay: bonus for enlistment in elements of the Ready Reserve other than the Selected Reserve
§ 308hSpecial pay: bonus for reenlistment, enlistment, or voluntary extension of enlistment in elements of the Ready Reserve other than the Selected Reserve
§ 308iSpecial pay: prior service enlistment bonus
§ 308jSpecial pay: affiliation bonus for officers in the Selected Reserve
§ 309Special pay: enlistment bonus
§ 310Special pay: duty subject to hostile fire or imminent danger
§ 312Special pay: nuclear-qualified officers extending period of active service
§ 312bSpecial pay: nuclear career accession bonus
§ 312cSpecial pay: nuclear career annual incentive bonus
§ 314Special pay or bonus: qualified members extending duty at designated locations overseas
§ 315Special pay: engineering and scientific career continuation pay
§ 316Special pay: bonus for members with foreign language proficiency
§ 316aSpecial pay: incentive pay for members of precommissioning programs pursuing foreign language proficiency
§ 317Special pay: officers in critical acquisition positions extending period of active duty
§ 318Special pay: special warfare officers extending period of active duty
§ 319Special pay: surface warfare officer continuation pay
§ 320Incentive pay: career enlisted flyers
§ 321Special pay: judge advocate continuation pay
§ 324Special pay: accession bonus for new officers in critical skills
§ 325Incentive bonus: savings plan for education expenses and other contingencies
§ 326Incentive bonus: conversion to military occupational specialty to ease personnel shortage
§ 327Incentive bonus: transfer between armed forces
§ 329Incentive bonus: retired members and reserve component members volunteering for high-demand, low-density assignments
§ 330Special pay: accession bonus for officer candidates
§ 302c–1Special pay: accession and retention bonuses for psychologists
Chapter SUBCHAPTER II—CONSOLIDATION OF SPECIAL PAY, INCENTIVE PAY, AND BONUS AUTHORITIES
§ 331General bonus authority for enlisted members
§ 332General bonus authority for officers
§ 333Special bonus and incentive pay authorities for nuclear officers
§ 334Special aviation incentive pay and bonus authorities for officers
§ 334aSpecial aviation incentive pay and bonus authorities: enlisted members who operate remotely piloted aircraft
§ 335Special bonus and incentive pay authorities for officers in health professions
§ 336Contracting bonus for cadets and midshipmen enrolled in the Senior Reserve Officers' Training Corps
§ 351Hazardous duty pay
§ 352Assignment pay or special duty pay
§ 353Skill incentive pay or proficiency bonus
§ 354Special pay: 15-year career status bonus for members entering service on or after August 1, 1986
§ 355Special pay: retention incentives for members qualified in critical military skills or assigned to high priority units
§ 356Continuation pay: full TSP members with 7 to 12 years of service
§ 357Special and incentive pay authorities for members of the reserve components of the armed forces
Chapter SUBCHAPTER III—GENERAL PROVISIONS
§ 371Relationship to other incentives and pays
§ 372Continuation 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
§ 373Repayment of unearned portion of bonus, incentive pay, or similar benefit, and termination of remaining payments, when conditions of payment not met
§ 374Regulations
Chapter 7ALLOWANCES OTHER THAN TRAVEL AND TRANSPORTATION ALLOWANCES
§ 401Definitions
§ 402Basic allowance for subsistence
§ 402aSupplemental subsistence allowance for low-income members with dependents
§ 402bBasic needs allowance for members on active service in the Armed Forces
§ 403Basic allowance for housing
§ 403aHousing treatment for certain members of the armed forces, and their spouses and other dependents, undergoing a permanent change of station within the United States
§ 403bCost-of-living allowance in the continental United States
§ 405Travel and transportation allowances: per diem while on duty outside the continental United States
§ 413Chairman and Vice Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff
§ 414Personal money allowance
§ 415Uniform allowance: officers; initial allowance
§ 416Uniform allowance: officers; additional allowances
§ 417Uniform allowance: officers; general provisions
§ 418Clothing allowance: enlisted members
§ 419Civilian clothing allowance
§ 420Allowances while participating in international sports
§ 421Allowances: no increase while dependent is entitled to basic pay
§ 422Cadets and midshipmen
§ 423Validity of allowance payments based on purported marriages
§ 424Band leaders
§ 425United States Navy Band; United States Marine Corps Band: allowances while on concert tour
§ 427Family separation allowance
§ 431Benefits for certain members assigned to the Defense Intelligence Agency
§ 433Allowance for muster duty
§ 433aAllowance for participation in Ready Reserve screening
§ 435Funeral honors duty: allowance
§ 436High-deployment allowance: lengthy or numerous deployments; frequent mobilizations
§ 437Allowance to cover monthly premiums for Servicemembers' Group Life Insurance: members serving in a designated duty assignment
§ 438Preventive health services allowance
§ 439Special compensation: members of the uniformed services with catastrophic injuries or illnesses requiring assistance in everyday living
Chapter SUBCHAPTER I—TRAVEL AND TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITIES—NEW LAW
§ 451Definitions
§ 452Allowable travel and transportation: general authorities
§ 453Allowable travel and transportation: specific authorities
§ 454Travel and transportation: pilot programs
§ 455Appropriations for travel: may not be used for attendance at certain meetings
§ 456Managed travel program refunds
Chapter SUBCHAPTER II—ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS
§ 461Relationship to other travel and transportation authorities
§ 462Travel and transportation allowances paid to members that are unauthorized or in excess of authorized amounts: requirement for repayment
§ 463Programs of compliance; electronic processing of travel claims
§ 464Regulations
Chapter 9LEAVE
§ 501Payments for unused accrued leave
§ 502Absences due to sickness, wounds, and certain other causes
§ 503Absence without leave or over leave
§ 504Cadets and midshipmen: chapter does not apply to
Chapter 10PAYMENTS TO MISSING PERSONS
§ 551Definitions
§ 552Pay and allowances; continuance while in a missing status; limitations
§ 553Allotments; continuance, suspension, initiation, resumption, or increase while in a missing status; limitations
§ 555Secretarial review
§ 556Secretarial determinations
§ 557Settlement of accounts
§ 558Income tax deferment
§ 559Benefits for members held as captives
Chapter 11PAYMENTS TO MENTALLY INCOMPETENT PERSONS
§ 601Applicability
§ 602Payments: designation of person to receive amounts due
§ 603Regulations
§ 604Determination of Secretary final
Chapter 13ALLOTMENTS AND ASSIGNMENTS OF PAY
§ 701Members of the Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps, and Space Force; contract surgeons
§ 703Allotments: members of Coast Guard
§ 704Allotments: officers of Public Health Service
§ 706Allotments: commissioned officers of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
§ 707Allotments: members of the National Guard
Chapter 15PROHIBITIONS AND PENALTIES
§ 802Forfeiture of pay during absence from duty due to disease from intemperate use of alcohol or drugs
§ 803Commissioned officers of the Army, Air Force, or Space Force: forfeiture of pay when dropped from rolls
Chapter 17MISCELLANEOUS RIGHTS AND BENEFITS
§ 901Wartime pay of officer of armed force exercising command higher than his grade
§ 902Pay of crews of wrecked or lost naval vessels
§ 903Retired members recalled to active duty; former members
§ 905Reserve officers of the Navy or Marine Corps not on the active-duty list: effective date of pay and allowances
§ 906Extension of enlistment: effect on pay and allowances
§ 907Enlisted members and warrant officers appointed as officers: pay and allowances stabilized
§ 908Reserves and retired members: acceptance of employment, payments, and awards from foreign governments
§ 909Special and incentive pay: payment at unreduced rates during suspension of personnel laws
§ 910Replacement of lost income: involuntarily mobilized reserve component members and members of the Space Force subject to extended and frequent active duty service
Chapter 19ADMINISTRATION
§ 1001Regulations relating to pay and allowances
§ 1002Additional training or duty without pay: Reserves; members of the National Guard; members of the Space Force
§ 1003Assimilation of pay and allowances
§ 1004Computation of pay and allowances for month or part of month
§ 1005Army, Air Force, and Space Force: prompt payments required
§ 1006Advance payments
§ 1007Deductions from pay
§ 1008Presidential recommendations concerning adjustments and changes in pay and allowances
§ 1009Adjustments of monthly basic pay
§ 1010Commissioned officers: promotions; effective date for pay and allowances
§ 1011Mess operation: reimbursement of expenses
§ 1012Disbursement and accounting: pay of enlisted members of the National Guard
§ 1013Payment of compensation for victims of terrorism
§ 1014Payment date for pay and allowances
§ 1015Recordation of installment payment obligations for incentive pays and similar benefits
§ 1016Pay statements: descriptions of types of pay