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Browse / Title 37TITLE 37-PAY AND ALLOWANCES OF THE UNIFORMED SERVICES Front Matter
§ 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 § 302c–1 — Special pay: accession and retention bonuses for psychologists § 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for enlisted members § 307a — Special pay: assignment incentive pay § 308 — Special pay: reenlistment bonus § 308a — Repealed.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Selected Reserve § 308d — Special pay: members of the Selected Reserve assigned to certain high priority units § 308e — Repealed.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 § 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 § 471 — Repealed. Pub. L. 117–81, div. A, title VI, § 604(a) , Dec. 27, 2021 , 135 Stat. 1767 ] § 475 — Renumbered § 405] § 475a — Repealed. Pub. L. 117–81, div. A, title VI, § 604(a) , Dec. 27, 2021 , 135 Stat. 1767 ] § 491 — Renumbered § 431] § 492 — Repealed. Pub. L. 117–81, div. A, title VI, § 604(a) , Dec. 27, 2021 , 135 Stat. 1767 ] § 495 — Renumbered § 435] § 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 § 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 ] ← Back to Browse