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37 U.S.C. § 437 — Allowance to cover monthly premiums for Servicemembers’ Group Life Insurance: members serving in a designated duty assignment
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**(a) Required Reimbursement for Premium Deduction.—**
(1) In the case of a member of the armed forces who has insurance coverage for the member under the Servicemembers’ Group Life Insurance program under subchapter III of chapter 19 of title 38 and who serves in a designated duty assignment at any time during a month, the Secretary concerned shall pay the member an allowance under this section for that month in an amount equal to the amount of the deduction made under subsection (a)(1) of section 1969 of such title for the amount of Servicemembers’ Group Life Insurance coverage held by the member under section 1967 of such title.
(2) In this subsection, the term “designated duty assignment” means a permanent or temporary duty assignment outside the United States or its possessions in support of a contingency operation in an area that—
(A) has been designated a combat zone; or
(B) is in direct support of an area that has been designated a combat zone.
**(b) Notice of Availability of Allowance.—** To the maximum extent practicable, in advance of the deployment of a member to a designated duty assignment referred to in subsection (a), the Secretary concerned shall give the member information regarding the following:
(1) The availability of the allowance under this section for members insured under the Servicemembers’ Group Life Insurance program.
(2) The ability of members who elected not to be insured under Servicemembers’ Group Life Insurance, or elected less than the maximum coverage amount available for such insurance, to obtain insurance, or to obtain additional coverage, as the case may be, under the authority provided in [section 1967(c) of title 38](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title38-section1967/c&num=0&edition=prelim)
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**(a) Required Reimbursement for Premium Deduction.—**
(1) In the case of a member of the armed forces who has insurance coverage for the member under the Servicemembers’ Group Life Insurance program under subchapter III of chapter 19 of title 38 and who serves in a designated duty assignment at any time during a month, the Secretary concerned shall pay the member an allowance under this section for that month in an amount equal to the amount of the deduction made under subsection (a)(1) of section 1969 of such title for the amount of Servicemembers’ Group Life Insurance coverage held by the member under section 1967 of such title.
(2) In this subsection, the term “designated duty assignment” means a permanent or temporary duty assignment outside the United States or its possessions in support of a contingency operation in an area that—
(A) has been designated a combat zone; or
(B) is in direct support of an area that has been designated a combat zone.
**(b) Notice of Availability of Allowance.—** To the maximum extent practicable, in advance of the deployment of a member to a designated duty assignment referred to in subsection (a), the Secretary concerned shall give the member information regarding the following:
(1) The availability of the allowance under this section for members insured under the Servicemembers’ Group Life Insurance program.
(2) The ability of members who elected not to be insured under Servicemembers’ Group Life Insurance, or elected less than the maximum coverage amount available for such insurance, to obtain insurance, or to obtain additional coverage, as the case may be, under the authority provided in [section 1967(c) of title 38](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title38-section1967/c&num=0&edition=prelim).
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**(a)**
(1) During any period in which a member, on active duty or active duty for training under a call or order to such duty that does not specify a period of less than thirty-one days, is insured under Servicemembers’ Group Life Insurance, there shall be deducted each month from the member’s basic or other pay until separation or release from such duty an amount determined by the Secretary (which shall be the same for all such members) as the share of the cost attributable to insuring such member under such policy, less any costs traceable to the extra hazard of such duty in the uniformed service.
(2)
(A) During any month in which a member is assigned to the Ready Reserve of a uniformed service under conditions which meet the qualifications of (subparagraph (B) or (C) of [section 1965(5) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title38-section1965/5&num=0&edition=prelim), and is insured under a policy of insurance purchased by the Secretary, under [section 1966 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title38-section1966&num=0&edition=prelim), there shall be contributed from the appropriation made for active duty pay of the uniformed service concerned an amount determined by the Secretary (which shall be the same for all such members) as the share of the cost attributable to insuring such member under this policy, less any costs traceable to the extra hazards of such duty in the uniformed services. Any amounts so contributed on behalf of any individual shall be collected by the Secretary concerned from such individual (by deduction from pay or otherwise) and shall be credited to the appropriation from which such contribution was made.
(B) If an individual who is required pursuant to subpara
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TITLE 37—PAY AND ALLOWANCES OF THE UNIFORMED
SERVICES
§ 437
Subsec. (e). Pub. L. 108–136, § 541(b)(4)(B), substituted
‘‘allowance’’ for ‘‘per diem’’ after ‘‘high-deployment’’.
Subsec. (f). Pub. L. 108–136, § 541(b)(4)(C), substituted
‘‘allowance’’ for ‘‘per diem’’ and ‘‘month during which’’
for ‘‘day on which’’.
Subsecs. (g), (h). Pub. L. 108–136, § 541(b)(3), added sub-
secs. (g) and (h).
2001—Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 107–107 inserted at end ‘‘The
Secretary shall pay the allowance from appropriations
available for operation and maintenance for the armed
force in which the member serves.’’
2000—Pub. L. 106–398, § 1 [[div. A], title X, § 1087(b)(4)],
renumbered section 435 of this title as this section.
Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 106–398, § 1 [[div. A], title V,
§ 574(c)(1)], substituted ‘‘401 or more days out of the pre-
ceding 730 days’’ for ‘‘251 days or more out of the pre-
ceding 365 days’’.
Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 106–398, § 1 [[div. A], title V,
§ 574(c)(2)], substituted ‘‘prescribed under paragraph
(4)’’ for ‘‘prescribed under paragraph (3)’’.
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
EFFECTIVE DATE OF 2011 AMENDMENT
Pub. L. 112–81, div. A, title V, § 530(b), Dec. 31, 2011, 125
Stat. 1403, provided that: ‘‘The amendment made by
subsection (a) [amending this section] shall take effect
on the first day of the first month beginning on or after
the date of the enactment of this Act [Dec. 31, 2011].’’
EFFECTIVE DATE
Pub. L. 106–65, div. A, title V, § 586(d)(2), Oct. 5, 1999,
113 Stat. 639, provided that: ‘‘Section 435 [now 436] of
title 37, United States Code (as added by subsection (b))
[this section], shall take effect on October 1, 2001.’’
§ 437. Allowance to cover monthly premiums for
Servicemembers’
Group
Life
Insurance:
members serving
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