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37 U.S.C. § 704 — Allotments: officers of Public Health Service
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Commissioned officers of the Public Health Service who are on active duty may, under regulations prescribed by the President, make allotments from their pay.
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Commissioned officers of the Public Health Service who are on active duty may, under regulations prescribed by the President, make allotments from their pay.
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When used in this chapter—
**(a)** The term “Service” means the Public Health Service;
**(b)** The term “Surgeon General” means the Surgeon General of the Public Health Service;
**(c)** Unless the context otherwise requires, the term “Secretary” means the Secretary of Health and Human Services.
**(d)** The term “regulations”, except when otherwise specified, means rules and regulations made by the Surgeon General with the approval of the Secretary;
**(e)** The term “executive department” means any executive department, agency, or independent establishment of the United States or any corporation wholly owned by the United States;
**(f)** Except as provided in sections 246(g)(4)(B),11 See References in Text note below. 247c(c)(1),1 254d(h)(3),1 263c(5),1 264(d), 292a(9),1 300a(c), 300f(13), and 300n(1) 1 of this title, the term “State” includes, in addition to the several States, only the District of Columbia, Guam, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the Northern Mariana Islands, the Virgin Islands, American Samoa, the Federated States of Micronesia, the Republic of the Marshall Islands, and the Republic of Palau.
**(g)** The term “possession” includes, among other possessions, Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands;
**(h)** Repealed. Pub. L. 97–35, title IX, § 986(a), Aug. 13, 1981, 95 Stat. 603.
**(i)** The term “vessel” includes every description of watercraft or other artificial contrivance used, or capable of being used, as a means of transportation on water, exclusive of aircraft and amphibious contrivances;
**(j)** The term “habit-forming narcotic drug” or “narcotic” means opium and coca leaves and the several alkaloids derived therefrom, the best known of these alkaloids being morphia, heroin, and codeine, obtained from opium, and cocaine derived from the coca
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The Public Health Service in the Department of Health and Human Services shall be administered by the Assistant Secretary for Health under the supervision and direction of the Secretary.
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**(a) Commissioned officers of Regular Corps and Ready Reserve Corps; special pay for active duty; incentive special pay for Public Health Service nurses**
(1) Commissioned officers of the Regular Corps and Ready Reserve Corps shall be entitled to receive such pay and allowances as are now or may hereafter be authorized by law.
(2) For provisions relating to the receipt of special pay by commissioned officers of the Regular Corps and Ready Reserve Corps while on active duty, see section 303a(b) or 373 of title 37.
**(b) Purchase of supplies** Commissioned officers on active duty and retired officers entitled to retired pay pursuant to section 211(g)(3), 212, or 213a(a) of this title, shall be permitted to purchase supplies from the Army, Navy, Air Force, and Marine Corps at the same price as is charged officers thereof.
**(c) Members of national advisory or review councils or committees** Members of the National Advisory Health Council and members of other national advisory or review councils or committees established under this chapter, including members of the Technical Electronic Product Radiation Safety Standards Committee and the Board of Regents of the National Library of Medicine, but excluding ex officio members, while attending conferences or meetings of their respective councils or committees or while otherwise serving at the request of the Secretary, shall be entitled to receive compensation at rates to be fixed by the Secretary, but at rates not exceeding the daily equivalent of the rate specified at the time of such service for grade GS–18 of the General Schedule, including traveltime; and while away from their homes or regular places of business they may be allowed travel expenses, including per diem in lieu of subsistence, as authorized by [section 57
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### Statutory Notes
Section 28, acts July 1, 1902, ch. 1370, § 3, 32 Stat. 712; Aug. 14, 1912, ch. 288, § 1, 37 Stat. 309; July 9, 1918, ch. 143, ch. XV, § 3, 40 Stat. 886, provided divisions under Assistant Surgeons General and the rank, pay, and allowances of said Assistants. See sections 206, 207, and 210 of this title.
Section 28a, act Apr. 9, 1930, ch. 125, § 10(c), 46 Stat. 152, provided for a chief of the narcotics division. See [section 206 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title42-section206&num=0&edition=prelim).
Section 29, acts July 1, 1902, ch. 1370, § 7, 32 Stat. 713; Aug. 14, 1912, ch. 288, § 1, 37 Stat. 309, provided for conferences with State and Territorial boards of health. See [section 242n of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title42-section242n&num=0&edition=prelim).
Section 30, acts July 1, 1902, ch. 1370, § 8, 32 Stat. 714; Aug. 14, 1912, ch. 288, § 1, 37 Stat. 309, provided for compilation of mortality, morbidity, and vital statistics. See [section 242k(g) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title42-section242k/g&num=0&edition=prelim).
Section 31, act June 5, 1920, ch. 235, § 1, 41 Stat. 883, provided that officers of Service could make allotments of their pay. See [section 704 of Title 37](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title37-section704&num=0&edition=prelim), Pay and Allowances of the Uniformed Services.
Section 32, act Mar. 6, 1920, ch. 94, § 1, 41 Stat. 507, provided for purchase of quartermaster supplies by officers of Service. See [section 210 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title42-section210&num=0&edition=prelim).
Section 33, act Mar. 4,
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TITLE 37—PAY AND ALLOWANCES OF THE UNIFORMED
SERVICES
[§ 702
title VI, § 651(a), Sept. 23, 1996, 110 Stat. 2582;
Pub. L. 116–283, div. A, title IX, § 925(h)(1)–(3),
Jan. 1, 2021, 134 Stat. 3828.)
HISTORICAL AND REVISION NOTES
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701(a) ......
10:3689(a).
[None.]
10:8689(a).
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701(b) ......
10:3689(b)
[None.]
10:8689(b).
[None.]
701(c) ......
10:3689(c).
[None.]
10:8689(c).
[None.]
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10:3689(d).
[None.]
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Editorial Notes
AMENDMENTS
2021—Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 116–283, § 925(h)(1), (2)(A),
substituted ‘‘Marine Corps, or Space Force’’ for ‘‘or Ma-
rine Corps’’ and ‘‘the officer’s’’ for ‘‘his’’.
Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 116–283, § 925(h)(2)(B), substituted
‘‘the person’s’’ for ‘‘his’’.
Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 116–283, § 925(h)(1), (2)(C), sub-
stituted ‘‘Marine Corps, or Space Force’’ for ‘‘or Marine
Corps’’ and ‘‘the member’s pay, and if the member does
so’’ for ‘‘his pay, and if he does so’’.
Subsec. (d). Pub. L. 116–283, § 925(h)(1), substituted
‘‘Marine Corps, or Space Force’’ for ‘‘or Marine Corps’’.
1996—Subsecs. (d), (e). Pub. L. 104–201 added subsecs.
(d) and (e) and struck out former subsec. (d) which read
as follows: ‘‘The Secretary of the military department
concerned, may allow a—
‘‘(1) member of the Army, Navy, Air Force, or Ma-
rine Corps; or
‘‘(2) contract surgeon of the Army, Navy, or Air
Force;
to make allotments from his pay for the support of his
relatives, or for any other purpose that the Secretary
concerned considers proper. If an allotment made under
this subsection is paid to the allottee before the dis-
bursing officer receives a notice of discontinuance from
the officer required by regulation to furnish the not
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