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37 U.S.C. § 701 — Members of the Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps, and Space Force; contract surgeons
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**(a)** Under regulations prescribed by the Secretary of the military department concerned, a commissioned officer of the Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps, or Space Force may transfer or assign the officer’s pay account, when due and payable.
**(b)** A contract surgeon, or contract dental surgeon, of the Army, Navy, or Air Force, on duty in Alaska, Hawaii, the Philippine Islands, or Puerto Rico, may transfer or assign the person’s pay account, when due and payable, under the regulations prescribed under subsection (a).
**(c)** An enlisted member of the Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps, or Space Force may not assign the member’s pay, and if the member does so, the assignment is void.
**(d)** Under regulations prescribed by the Secretary of Defense, a member of the Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps, or Space Force and a contract surgeon of the Army, Navy, or Air Force may make allotments from the pay of the member or surgeon for the purpose of supporting relatives or for any other purpose that the Secretary considers proper. Such allotments may include a maximum of six allotments considered to be discretionary under such regulations. For a member or former member entitled to retired or retainer pay, a maximum of six discretionary allotments authorized during active military service may be continued into retired status, and new discretionary allotments may be authorized so long as the total number of discretionary allotments does not exceed six.
**(e)** If an allotment made under subsection (d) is paid to the allottee before the disbursing officer receives a notice of discontinuance from the officer required by regulation to furnish the notice, the amount of the allotment shall be credited to the disbursing officer. If an allotment is erroneously paid because t
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**(a)** Under regulations prescribed by the Secretary of the military department concerned, a commissioned officer of the Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps, or Space Force may transfer or assign the officer’s pay account, when due and payable.
**(b)** A contract surgeon, or contract dental surgeon, of the Army, Navy, or Air Force, on duty in Alaska, Hawaii, the Philippine Islands, or Puerto Rico, may transfer or assign the person’s pay account, when due and payable, under the regulations prescribed under subsection (a).
**(c)** An enlisted member of the Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps, or Space Force may not assign the member’s pay, and if the member does so, the assignment is void.
**(d)** Under regulations prescribed by the Secretary of Defense, a member of the Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps, or Space Force and a contract surgeon of the Army, Navy, or Air Force may make allotments from the pay of the member or surgeon for the purpose of supporting relatives or for any other purpose that the Secretary considers proper. Such allotments may include a maximum of six allotments considered to be discretionary under such regulations. For a member or former member entitled to retired or retainer pay, a maximum of six discretionary allotments authorized during active military service may be continued into retired status, and new discretionary allotments may be authorized so long as the total number of discretionary allotments does not exceed six.
**(e)** If an allotment made under subsection (d) is paid to the allottee before the disbursing officer receives a notice of discontinuance from the officer required by regulation to furnish the notice, the amount of the allotment shall be credited to the disbursing officer. If an allotment is erroneously paid because the officer required by regulation to so report failed to report the death of the allotter or any other fact that makes the allotment not payable, the amount of the payment not recovered from the allottee shall, if practicable, be collected by the Secretary concerned from the officer who failed to make the report.
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**(a) Treatment as Quarters of the United States.—** Except as provided in subsection (b), housing units acquired or constructed under this subchapter shall be considered as quarters of the United States or a housing facility under the jurisdiction of a uniformed service for purposes of [section 403 of title 37](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title37-section403&num=0&edition=prelim).
**(b) Availability of Basic Allowance for Housing.—** A member of the armed forces who is assigned to a housing unit acquired or constructed under this subchapter that is not owned or leased by the United States shall be entitled to a basic allowance for housing under [section 403 of title 37](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title37-section403&num=0&edition=prelim).
**(c) Lease Payments Through Pay Allotments.—** The Secretary concerned may require members of the armed forces who lease housing in housing units acquired or constructed under this subchapter to make lease payments for such housing pursuant to allotments of the pay of such members under [section 701 of title 37](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title37-section701&num=0&edition=prelim).
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The Secretary of Defense may use leasing in the acquisition of commercial vehicles and equipment whenever the Secretary determines that such leasing is practicable and efficient.
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**(a) Authorization.—** Low-enriched uranium activities may only be carried out using funds authorized to be appropriated or otherwise made available for the Department of Energy for atomic energy defense activities for defense nuclear nonproliferation.
**(b) Prohibition Regarding Certain Accounts.—**
(1) None of the funds described in paragraph (2) may be obligated or expended to carry out low-enriched uranium activities.
(2) The funds described in this paragraph are funds authorized to be appropriated or otherwise made available for any fiscal year for any of the following accounts:
(A) Shipbuilding and conversion, Navy, or any other account of the Department of Defense.
(B) Any account within the atomic energy defense activities of the Department of Energy other than defense nuclear nonproliferation, as specified in subsection (a).
(3) The prohibition in paragraph (1) may not be superseded except by a provision of law that specifically supersedes, repeals, or modifies this section. A provision of law, including a table incorporated into an Act, that appropriates funds described in paragraph (2) for low-enriched uranium activities may not be treated as specifically superseding this section unless such provision specifically cites to this section.
**(c) Low-enriched Uranium Activities Defined.—** In this section, the term “low-enriched uranium activities” means the following:
(1) Planning or carrying out research and development of an advanced naval nuclear fuel system based on low-enriched uranium.
(2) Procuring ships that use low-enriched uranium in naval nuclear propulsion reactors.
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### Statutory Notes
Section, Pub. L. 87–649, Sept. 7, 1962, 76 Stat. 484, authorized allotments by officers of Navy and Marine Corps for support of family or relatives, for personal savings, and for other purposes. See [section 701 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title37-section701&num=0&edition=prelim).
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### Statutory Notes
Section, Pub. L. 87–649, Sept. 7, 1962, 76 Stat. 485, related to assignments of pay due enlisted members of naval service. See [section 701 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title37-section701&num=0&edition=prelim).
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### Statutory Notes
Section, Pub. L. 87–649, Sept. 7, 1962, 76 Stat. 486, required commanding officer to discourage the sale of pay by members of naval service. See [section 701 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title37-section701&num=0&edition=prelim).
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TITLE 37—PAY AND ALLOWANCES OF THE UNIFORMED
SERVICES
§ 701
HISTORICAL AND REVISION NOTES
Revised
section
Source (U.S. Code)
Source (Statutes at Large)
603 ..........
37:353 (1st 28 words).
June 21, 1950, ch. 342, § 3
(1st 28 words), 64 Stat.
249; Aug. 7, 1959, Pub.
L. 86–145, § 2, 73 Stat.
297.
The words ‘‘effectively’’ and ‘‘provisions of’’ are omit-
ted as surplusage.
Editorial Notes
AMENDMENTS
1989—Pub. L. 101–189 substituted ‘‘Secretary of Vet-
erans Affairs’’ for ‘‘Administrator of Veterans’ Af-
fairs’’.
§ 604. Determination of Secretary final
The determination as to the person authorized
to receive a payment under section 602 of this
title is final and is not subject to review by an
official of the United States or a court.
(Pub. L. 87–649, Sept. 7, 1962, 76 Stat. 484; Pub. L.
89–718, § 66, Nov. 2, 1966, 80 Stat. 1123.)
HISTORICAL AND REVISION NOTES
Revised
section
Source (U.S. Code)
Source (Statutes at Large)
604 ..........
37:354.
June 21, 1950, ch. 342, § 4,
64 Stat. 250.
The words ‘‘or persons’’ are omitted for the reasons
stated in the revision note for section 602(a) of this re-
vised title. The words ‘‘made by the respective secre-
taries, or by their duly designated subordinates’’ and
the words ‘‘and conclusive’’ are omitted as surplusage.
Editorial Notes
AMENDMENTS
1966—Pub. L. 89–718 struck out ‘‘the’’ before ‘‘Sec-
retary’’ in section catchline.
CHAPTER 13—ALLOTMENTS AND
ASSIGNMENTS OF PAY
Sec.
701.
Members of the Army, Navy, Air Force, Ma-
rine Corps, and Space Force; contract sur-
geons.
[702.
Repealed.]
703.
Allotments: members of Coast Guard.
704.
Allotments: officers of Public Health Service.
[705.
Repealed.]
706.
Allotments: commissioned officers of the Na-
tional Oceanic and Atmospheric Adm
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