Title 37 — Pay and Allowances of the Uniformed Services
260 sections across 12 chapters.
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Ch. 1— Definitions1 section
Ch. 3— Pay grades: assignment to1 inactive11 sections
- § 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: inactive-duty training
- § 207Band leaders
- § 208Repealed. Pub. L. 91–482, § 1(b) , Oct. 21, 1970 , 84 Stat. 1082 ]Repealed
- § 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
Ch. 5— Special pay: accession and retention bonuses for psychologis9 inactive76 sections
- § 1Special pay: accession and retention bonuses for psychologists
- § 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
- § 308aRepealed. Pub. L. 106–398, § 1 [[div. A] , title VI, § 624(b)(1)], Oct. 30, 2000 , 114 Stat. 1654 , 1654A–153]Repealed
- § 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
- § 308eRepealed. Pub. L. 109–163, div. A, title VI, § 631(b) , Jan. 6, 2006 , 119 Stat. 3299 ]Repealed
- § 308fRepealed. Pub. L. 106–398, § 1 [[div. A] , title VI, § 624(b)(1)], Oct. 30, 2000 , 114 Stat. 1654 , 1654A–153]Repealed
- § 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
- § 311Repealed. Pub. L. 99–145, title VI, § 639(b) , Nov. 8, 1985 , 99 Stat. 651 ]Repealed
- § 312Special pay: nuclear-qualified officers extending period of active service
- § 312aRepealed. Pub. L. 109–163, div. A, title VI, § 629(d)(1) , Jan. 6, 2006 , 119 Stat. 3297 ]Repealed
- § 312bSpecial pay: nuclear career accession bonus
- § 312cSpecial pay: nuclear career annual incentive bonus
- § 313Repealed. Pub. L. 96–513, title IV, § 414(a) , Dec. 12, 1980 , 94 Stat. 2906 ]Repealed
- § 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
- § 322Renumbered § 354]Renumbered
- § 323Renumbered § 355]Renumbered
- § 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
- § 328Repealed. Pub. L. 114–328, div. A, title VI, § 647(a) , Dec. 23, 2016 , 130 Stat. 2168 ]Repealed
- § 329Incentive bonus: retired members and reserve component members volunteering for high-demand, low-density assignments
- § 330Special pay: accession bonus for officer candidates
- § 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 8 to 12 years of service
- § 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
Ch. 7— Basic allowance for subsistence36 inactive26 sections
- § 401Definitions
- § 402Basic allowance for subsistence
- § 402aSupplemental subsistence allowance for low-income members with dependents
- § 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
- § 404Renumbered § 474]Renumbered
- § 404aRenumbered § 474a]Renumbered
- § 404bRenumbered § 474b]Renumbered
- § 405Renumbered § 475]Renumbered
- § 405aRenumbered § 475a]Renumbered
- § 406Renumbered § 476]Renumbered
- § 406aRenumbered § 476a]Renumbered
- § 406bRenumbered § 476b]Renumbered
- § 406cRenumbered § 476c]Renumbered
- § 407Renumbered § 477]Renumbered
- § 408Renumbered § 478]Renumbered
- § 408aRenumbered § 478a]Renumbered
- § 409Renumbered § 479]Renumbered
- § 410Renumbered § 480]Renumbered
- § 411Renumbered § 481]Renumbered
- § 411aRenumbered § 481a]Renumbered
- § 411bRenumbered § 481b]Renumbered
- § 411cRenumbered § 481c]Renumbered
- § 411dRenumbered § 481d]Renumbered
- § 411eRenumbered § 481e]Renumbered
- § 411fRenumbered § 481f]Renumbered
- § 411gRepealed. Pub. L. 112–81, div. A, title VI, § 631(c) , Dec. 31, 2011 , 125 Stat. 1460 ]Repealed
- § 411hRenumbered § 481h]Renumbered
- § 411iRenumbered § 481i]Renumbered
- § 411jRenumbered § 481j]Renumbered
- § 411kRenumbered § 481k]Renumbered
- § 411lRenumbered § 481l]Renumbered
- § 412Renumbered § 455]Renumbered
- § 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
- § 426Repealed. Pub. L. 90–377, § 10 , July 5, 1968 , 82 Stat. 288 ]Repealed
- § 427Family separation allowance
- § 428Renumbered § 488]Renumbered
- § 429Renumbered § 489]Renumbered
- § 430Renumbered § 490]Renumbered
- § 431Transferred]Transferred
- § 432Renumbered § 492]Renumbered
- § 433Allowance for muster duty
- § 433aAllowance for participation in Ready Reserve screening
- § 434Renumbered § 494]Renumbered
- § 435Renumbered § 495]Renumbered
- § 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
Ch. 8— Allowable travel and transportation: general authorities46 sections
- § 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
- § 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
- § 471Travel authorities transition expiration date
- § 472Definitions and other incorporated provisions of chapter 7
- § 474Travel and transportation allowances: general
- § 474aTravel and transportation allowances: temporary lodging expenses
- § 474bTravel and transportation allowances: payment of lodging expenses at temporary duty location during authorized absence of member
- § 475Travel and transportation allowances: per diem while on duty outside the continental United States
- § 475aTravel and transportation allowances: departure allowances
- § 476Travel and transportation allowances: dependents; baggage and household effects
- § 476aTravel and transportation allowances: authorized for travel performed under orders that are canceled, revoked, or modified
- § 476bTravel and transportation allowances: members of the uniformed services attached to a ship overhauling or inactivating
- § 476cTravel and transportation allowances: members assigned to a vessel under construction
- § 477Travel and transportation allowances: dislocation allowance
- § 478Travel and transportation allowances: travel within limits of duty station
- § 478aTravel and transportation allowances: inactive duty training outside of normal commuting distances
- § 479Travel and transportation allowances: house trailers and mobile homes
- § 480Travel and transportation allowances: miscellaneous categories
- § 481Travel and transportation allowances: administrative provisions
- § 481aTravel and transportation allowances: travel performed in connection with convalescent leave
- § 481bTravel and transportation allowances: travel performed in connection with leave between consecutive overseas tours
- § 481cTravel and transportation allowances: travel performed in connection with rest and recuperative leave from certain stations in foreign countries
- § 481dTravel and transportation allowances: transportation incident to personal emergencies for certain members and dependents
- § 481eTravel and transportation allowances: transportation incident to certain emergencies for members performing temporary duty
- § 481fTravel and transportation allowances: transportation for survivors of deceased member to attend member’s burial ceremonies; transportation for survivors of member dying overseas to attend transfer ceremonies
- § 481hTravel and transportation allowances: transportation of designated individuals incident to hospitalization of members for treatment of wounds, illness, or injury
- § 481iTravel and transportation allowances: parking expenses
- § 481jTravel and transportation allowances: transportation of family members incident to the repatriation of members held captive
- § 481kTravel and transportation allowances: non-medical attendants for members who are determined to be very seriously or seriously wounded, ill, or injured
- § 481lTravel and transportation allowances: attendance of members and other persons at Yellow Ribbon Reintegration Program events
- § 484Travel and transportation; dependents; household and personal effects; trailers; additional movements; motor vehicles; sale of bulky items; claims for proceeds; appropriation chargeable
- § 488Allowance for recruiting expenses
- § 489Travel and transportation allowances: minor dependent schooling
- § 490Travel and transportation: dependent children of members stationed overseas
- § 491Benefits for certain members assigned to the Defense Intelligence Agency
- § 492Travel and transportation: members escorting certain dependents
- § 494Subsistence reimbursement relating to escorts of foreign arms control inspection teams
- § 495Funeral honors duty: allowance
Ch. 9— Payments for unused accrued leave4 sections
Ch. 10— Pay and allowances1 inactive8 sections
- § 551Definitions
- § 552Pay and allowances; continuance while in a missing status; limitations
- § 553Allotments; continuance, suspension, initiation, resumption, or increase while in a missing status; limitations
- § 554Renumbered § 484]Renumbered
- § 555Secretarial review
- § 556Secretarial determinations
- § 557Settlement of accounts
- § 558Income tax deferment
- § 559Benefits for members held as captives
Ch. 11— Applicability4 sections
Ch. 13— Members of the Army2 inactive5 sections
- § 701Members of the Army, Navy, Air Force, and Marine Corps; contract surgeons
- § 702Repealed. Pub. L. 99–145, title VI, § 683(b)(1) , Nov. 8, 1985 , 99 Stat. 665 ]Repealed
- § 703Allotments: members of Coast Guard
- § 704Allotments: officers of Public Health Service
- § 705Repealed. Pub. L. 99–145, title VI, § 683(b)(1) , Nov. 8, 1985 , 99 Stat. 665 ]Repealed
- § 706Allotments: commissioned officers of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
- § 707Allotments: members of the National Guard
Ch. 15— Forfeiture of pay during absence from duty due to disease fr3 inactive2 sections
- § 801Repealed. Pub. L. 103–355, title VI, § 6001(a)(1) , Oct. 13, 1994 , 108 Stat. 3362 ]Repealed
- § 802Forfeiture of pay during absence from duty due to disease from intemperate use of alcohol or drugs
- § 803Commissioned officers of Army or Air Force: forfeiture of pay when dropped from rolls
- § 804Repealed. Pub. L. 104–106, div. A, title XI, § 1122(c)(1) , Feb. 10, 1996 , 110 Stat. 463 ]Repealed
- § 805Repealed. Pub. L. 99–145, title VI, § 683(b)(1) , Nov. 8, 1985 , 99 Stat. 665 ]Repealed
Ch. 17— Wartime pay of officer of armed force exercising command hig1 inactive9 sections
- § 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
- § 904Repealed. Pub. L. 96–513, title IV, § 403(a) , Dec. 12, 1980 , 94 Stat. 2904 ]Repealed
- § 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
- § 908Employment of reserves and retired members by foreign governments
- § 909Special and incentive pay: payment at unreduced rates during suspension of personnel laws
- § 910Replacement of lost income: involuntarily mobilized reserve component members subject to extended and frequent active duty service
Ch. 19— Regulations relating to pay and allowances15 sections
- § 1001Regulations relating to pay and allowances
- § 1002Additional training or duty without pay: Reserves and members of National Guard
- § 1003Assimilation of pay and allowances
- § 1004Computation of pay and allowances for month or part of month
- § 1005Army and Air 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