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37 U.S.C. § 307 — Special pay: special duty assignment pay for enlisted members

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37 U.S.C. § 307 — Special pay: special duty assignment pay for enlisted members

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**(a)** An enlisted member who is entitled to basic pay and is performing duties which have been designated under subsection (b) as extremely difficult or as involving an unusual degree of responsibility in a military skill may, in addition to other pay or allowances to which he is entitled, be paid special duty assignment pay at a monthly rate not to exceed $600. **(b)** The Secretary concerned shall determine which enlisted members under his jurisdiction are to be paid special duty assignment pay under subsection (a). He shall also designate those skills within each armed force under his jurisdiction for which special duty assignment pay is authorized and shall prescribe the criteria under which members of that armed force are eligible for special duty assignment pay in each skill. He may increase, decrease, or abolish such pay for any skill. **(c)** This section shall be administered under regulations prescribed by the Secretary of Defense for the armed forces under his jurisdiction and by the Secretary of Homeland Security for the Coast Guard when the Coast Guard is not operating as a service in the Navy. **(d)** (1) Under regulations prescribed by the Secretary concerned and to the extent provided for by appropriations, when an enlisted member of the National Guard or a reserve component of a uniformed service who is entitled to compensation under [section 206 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title37-section206&num=0&edition=prelim) performs duty for which a member described in subsection (a) is entitled to special pay under such subsection, the member of the National Guard or reserve component is entitled to an increase in compensation equal to 1⁄30 of the monthly special duty assignment pay prescribed by the Secretary concerned for the performance of that same duty by members described in subsection (a). (2) A member of the National Guard or a reserve component entitled to an increase in compensation under paragraph (1) is entitled to the increase— (A) for each regular period of instruction, or period of appropriate duty, at which the member is engaged for at least two hours, including that performed on a Sunday or holiday; or (B) for the performance of such other equivalent training, instruction, duty, or appropriate duties, as the Secretary may prescribe under [section 206(a) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title37-section206/a&num=0&edition=prelim). (3) This subsection does not apply to a member of the National Guard or a reserve component who is entitled to basic pay under [section 204 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title37-section204&num=0&edition=prelim).

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37 U.S.C. § 305a — Special pay: career sea pay

**(a) Availability of Special Pay.—** A member of a uniformed service who is entitled to basic pay is also entitled, while on sea duty, to special pay at the applicable rate under subsection (b). **(b) Rates; Maximum.—** The Secretary concerned shall prescribe the monthly rates for special pay applicable to members of each armed force under the Secretary’s jurisdiction. No monthly rate may exceed $750. **(c) Premium.—** A member of a uniformed service entitled to career sea pay under this section who has served 36 consecutive months of sea duty is also entitled to a career sea pay premium for the thirty-seventh consecutive month and each subsequent consecutive month of sea duty served by such member. The monthly amount of the premium shall be prescribed by the Secretary concerned, but may not exceed $350. **(d) Regulations.—** The Secretary concerned shall prescribe regulations for the administration of this section for the armed force or armed forces under the jurisdiction of the Secretary. The entitlements under this section shall be subject to the regulations. **(e) Definition of Sea Duty.—** (1) In this section, the term “sea duty” means duty performed by a member— (A) while permanently or temporarily assigned to a ship and— (i) while serving on a ship the primary mission of which is accomplished while under way; (ii) while serving as a member of the off-crew of a two-crewed submarine; (iii) while serving as a member of a tender-class ship (with the hull classification of submarine or destroyer); or (iv) while serving as an off-cycle crewmember of a multi-crewed ship; or (B) while permanently or temporarily assigned to a ship and while serving on a ship the primary mission of which is normally accomplished while in port, but only durin

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37 U.S.C. § 204 — Entitlement

**(a)** The following persons are entitled to the basic pay of the pay grade to which assigned or distributed, in accordance with their years of service computed under [section 205 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title37-section205&num=0&edition=prelim)— (1) a member of a uniformed service who is on active duty; and (2) a member of a uniformed service, or a member of the National Guard who is not a Reserve of the Army or the Air Force, who is participating in full-time training, training duty with pay, or other full-time duty, provided by law, including participation in exercises or the performance of duty under section 10302, 10305, 10502, or 12402 of title 10, or section 503, 504, 505, or 506 of title 32. **(b)** For the purposes of subsection (a), under regulations prescribed by the President, the time necessary for a member of a uniformed service who is called or ordered to active duty for a period of more than 30 days to travel from his home to his first duty station and from his last duty station to his home, by the mode of transportation authorized in his call or orders, is considered active duty. **(c)** (1) A member of the National Guard who is called into Federal service for a period of 30 days or less is entitled to basic pay from the date on which the member, in person or by authorized telephonic or electronic means, contacts the member’s unit. (2) Paragraph (1) does not authorize any expenditure to be paid for a period before the date on which the unit receives the member’s contact provided under such paragraph. (3) The Secretary of the Army, with respect to the Army National Guard, and the Secretary of the Air Force, with respect to the Air National Guard, shall prescribe such regulations as may be necessa

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37 U.S.C. § 206 — Reserves; members of National Guard; members of the Space Force: inactive-duty training

**(a)** Under regulations prescribed by the Secretary concerned, and to the extent provided for by appropriations, a member of the National Guard, a member of a reserve component of a uniformed service, or a member of the Space Force who is not entitled to basic pay under [section 204 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title37-section204&num=0&edition=prelim), is entitled to compensation, at the rate of 1⁄30 of the basic pay authorized for a member of a uniformed service of a corresponding grade entitled to basic pay— (1) for each regular period of instruction, or period of appropriate duty, at which the member is engaged for at least two hours, including that performed on a Sunday or holiday; (2) for the performance of such other equivalent training, instruction, duty, or appropriate duties, as the Secretary may prescribe; (3) for a regular period of instruction that the member is scheduled to perform but is unable to perform because of physical disability resulting from an injury, illness, or disease incurred or aggravated— (A) in line of duty while performing— (i) active duty; or (ii) inactive-duty training; (B) while traveling directly to or from that duty or training (unless such injury, illness, disease, or aggravation of an injury, illness, or disease is the result of the gross negligence or misconduct of the member); or (C) in line of duty while remaining overnight immediately before the commencement of inactive-duty training, or while remaining overnight, between successive periods of inactive-duty training, at or in the vicinity of the site of the inactive-duty training; or (4) for a regular period of instruction, period of appropriate duty, or such other equivalent training that a member would be

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5 U.S.C. § 5334 — Rate on change of position or type of appointment; regulations

**(a)** The rate of basic pay to which an employee is entitled is governed by regulations prescribed by the Office of Personnel Management in conformity with this subchapter and chapter 51 of this title when— (1) he is transferred from a position in the legislative, judicial, or executive branch to which this subchapter does not apply; (2) he is transferred from a position in the legislative, judicial, or executive branch to which this subchapter applies to another such position; (3) he is demoted to a position in a lower grade; (4) he is reinstated, reappointed, or reemployed in a position to which this subchapter applies following service in any position in the legislative, judicial, or executive branch; (5) his type of appointment is changed; (6) his employment status is otherwise changed; or (7) his position is changed from one grade to another grade. For the purpose of this subsection, an individual employed by the Appalachian Regional Commission under [section 14306(a)(2) of title 40](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title40-section14306/a/2&num=0&edition=prelim), who was a Federal employee immediately prior to such employment by a commission and within 6 months after separation from such employment is employed in a position to which this subchapter applies, shall be treated as if transferred from a position in the executive branch to which this subchapter does not apply. **(b)** An employee who is promoted or transferred to a position in a higher grade is entitled to basic pay at the lowest rate of the higher grade which exceeds his existing rate of basic pay by not less than two step-increases of the grade from which he is promoted or transferred. If, in the case of an employee so promoted or transferred who is receiving basic

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37 U.S.C. § 205 — Computation: service creditable

**(a)** Subject to subsections (b) and (c), for the purpose of computing the basic pay of a member of a uniformed service, his years of service are computed by adding— (1) all periods of active service as an officer, Army field clerk, flight officer, aviation midshipman, or enlisted member of a uniformed service; (2) all periods during which he was enlisted or held an appointment as an officer, Army field clerk, or flight officer of— (A) a regular component of a uniformed service; (B) a reserve component of a uniformed service; (C) the Space Force; (D) the Regular Army Reserve; (E) the National Guard; (F) the National Guard Reserve; (G) the Naval Militia; (H) the National Naval Volunteers; (I) the Navy Reserve Force; (J) the Army without specification of component; (K) the Air Force without specification of component; (L) the Marine Corps Reserve Force; (M) the Philippine Scouts; or (N) the Philippine Constabulary; (3) for a commissioned officer in service on June 30, 1922, all service that was then counted in computing longevity pay and all service as a contract surgeon serving full time; (4) all periods during which he held an appointment as a nurse, reserve nurse, or commissioned officer in the Army Nurse Corps as it existed at any time before April 16, 1947, the Navy Nurse Corps as it existed at any time before April 16, 1947, or the Public Health Service, or a reserve component of any of them; (5) all periods during which he was a deck officer or junior engineer in the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration; (6) all periods that, under law in effect on January 10, 1962, were authorized to be credited in computing basic pay; and (7) all periods while— (A) on a temporary disability retired list, honorary re

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10 U.S.C. § 101 — Definitions

**(a) In General.—** The following definitions apply in this title: (1) The term “United States”, in a geographic sense, means the States and the District of Columbia. (2) Repealed. Pub. L. 109–163, div. A, title X, § 1057(a)(1), Jan. 6, 2006, 119 Stat. 3440.] (3) The term “possessions” includes the Virgin Islands, Guam, American Samoa, and the Guano Islands, so long as they remain possessions, but does not include any Commonwealth. (4) The term “armed forces” means the Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps, Space Force, and Coast Guard. (5) The term “uniformed services” means— (A) the armed forces; (B) the commissioned corps of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration; and (C) the commissioned corps of the Public Health Service. (6) The term “department”, when used with respect to a military department, means the executive part of the department and all field headquarters, forces, reserve components, installations, activities, and functions under the control or supervision of the Secretary of the department. When used with respect to the Department of Defense, such term means the executive part of the department, including the executive parts of the military departments, and all field headquarters, forces, reserve components, installations, activities, and functions under the control or supervision of the Secretary of Defense, including those of the military departments. (7) The term “executive part of the department” means the executive part of the Department of Defense, Department of the Army, Department of the Navy, or Department of the Air Force, as the case may be, at the seat of government. (8) The term “military departments” means the Department of the Army, the Department of the Navy, and the Department of the Air Force. (9) The term

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10 U.S.C. § 517 — Authorized enlisted end strength: members in pay grades E–8 and E–9

**(a)** The authorized end strength for enlisted members on active duty (other than for training) in an armed force in pay grades E–8 and E–9 as of the last day of a fiscal year may not be more than 3.0 percent and 1.25 percent, respectively, of the number of enlisted members of that armed force who are on active duty (other than for training). In computing the limitations prescribed in the preceding sentence, there shall be excluded enlisted members of an armed force on active duty as authorized under section 115(a)(1)(B) or 115(b) of this title, or excluded from counting for active duty end strengths under [section 115(i) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title10-section115/i&num=0&edition=prelim). **(b)** Repealed. Pub. L. 116–283, div. A, title IV, § 403(a)(3), Jan. 1, 2021, 134 Stat. 3556.] **(c)** Whenever under [section 527 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title10-section527&num=0&edition=prelim) the President may suspend the operation of any provision of section 523, 525, or 526 of this title, the Secretary of Defense may suspend the operation of any provision of this section. Any such suspension shall, if not sooner ended, end in the manner specified in section 527 for a suspension under that section.

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37 U.S.C. § 201 — Pay grades: assignment to; general rules

**(a)** For the purpose of computing their basic pay, commissioned officers of the uniformed services (other than commissioned warrant officers) are assigned by the grade or rank in which serving to the following pay grades: Pay gradeArmy, Air Force, Marine Corps, and Space ForceNavy, Coast Guard, andNational Oceanic and Atmospheric AdministrationPublic Health Service O–10GeneralAdmiralAssistant Secretary for Health. O–9Lieutenant generalVice admiralSurgeon General. O–8Major generalRear admiralDeputy Surgeon General.Assistant Surgeon General having rank of major general. O–7Brigadier generalRear admiral (lower half)Assistant Surgeon General having rank of brigadier general. O–6ColonelCaptainDirector grade. O–5Lieutenant colonelCommanderSenior grade. O–4MajorLieutenant commanderFull grade. O–3CaptainLieutenantSenior assistant grade. O–21st lieutenantLieutenant (junior grade)Assistant grade. O–12d lieutenantEnsignJunior assistant grade. **(b)** For the purpose of computing their basic pay, warrant officers of the armed forces are assigned, by the warrant officer grade in which serving, to the following pay grades: Pay Grade:Warrant Officer Grade: W–5 Chief Warrant Officer, W–5. W–4 Chief Warrant Officer, W–4. W–3 Chief Warrant Officer, W–3. W–2 Chief Warrant Officer, W–2. W–1 Warrant Officer, W–1. **(c)** Unless entitled to the basic pay of a higher pay grade, an aviation cadet of the Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps, or Coast Guard is entitled to monthly basic pay at the lowest rate prescribed for pay grade E–4. **(d)** Unless he is entitled to the basic pay of a higher pay grade, an aviation pilot of the Navy Reserve, Marine Corps Reserve, or Coast Guard Reserve is entitled to monthly basic pay at the rate prescribed for pay grade E–5. **(e)** Except as provided by s

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37 U.S.C. § 907 — Enlisted members and warrant officers appointed as officers: pay and allowances stabilized

**(a)** An enlisted member who accepts an appointment as an officer shall, for service as an officer, be paid the greater of— (1) the pay and allowances to which the officer is entitled as an officer; or (2) the pay and allowances to which the officer would be entitled if the officer were in the last enlisted grade the officer held before the appointment as an officer. **(b)** A warrant officer who accepts an appointment as a commissioned officer in a pay grade above W–4 shall, for service as such a commissioned officer, be paid the greater of— (1) the pay and allowances to which the officer is entitled as such a commissioned officer; (2) the pay and allowances to which the officer would be entitled if the officer were in the last warrant officer grade the officer held before the appointment as such a commissioned officer; or (3) in the case of an officer who was formerly an enlisted member, the pay and allowances to which the officer would be entitled if the officer were in the last enlisted grade the officer held before the appointment as an officer. **(c)** For the purposes of this section— (1) the pay and allowances of a grade formerly held by an officer include— (A) subject to subsection (d), special and incentive pays under chapter 5 of this title; and (B) subject to subsection (e), allowances under chapter 7 of this title; and (2) the rates of pay and allowances of a grade which an officer formerly held are those to which the officer would have been entitled had the officer remained in that grade and continued to receive the increases in pay and allowances authorized for that grade, as otherwise provided in this title. **(d)** (1) In determining the amount of the pay and allowances of a grade formerly held by an officer, the following special and

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37 U.S.C. § 307 — Special pay: special duty assignment pay

Page 81 TITLE 37—PAY AND ALLOWANCES OF THE UNIFORMED SERVICES § 307 Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 108–136, § 616(a)(2), redesignated subsec. (b) as (c). Former subsec. (c) redesignated (d). Subsec. (d). Pub. L. 108–136, § 616(b), designated exist- ing provisions as par. (1), inserted ‘‘or mobilization in support of a contingency operation’’ after ‘‘training’’, and added par. (2). Pub. L. 108–136, § 616(a)(2), redesignated subsec. (c) as (d). Former subsec. (d) redesignated (e). Subsecs. (e), (f). Pub. L. 108–136, § 616(a)(2), redesig- nated subsecs. (d) and (e) as (e) and (f), respectively. 2002—Subsec. (d). Pub. L. 107–296 substituted ‘‘of Homeland Security’’ for ‘‘of Transportation’’. 1992—Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 102–587, § 5205(a), substituted ‘‘of pay grade O–6 or below’’ for ‘‘of pay grade O–3, O–4, O–5, or O–6’’ in text and amended table by substituting ‘‘O–4 and below’’ for ‘‘O–4’’ and striking out line pro- viding monthly rate of $50 for pay grade O–3. Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 102–587, § 5205(b), substituted ‘‘in each of the pay grades O–3 and below,’’ for ‘‘in pay grade O–3,’’. 1990—Subsec. (f). Pub. L. 101–510 struck out subsec. (f) which read as follows: ‘‘The Secretary of Defense shall report to Congress by March 1 of each year following a calendar year in which special pay is disbursed under this section. Negative reports need not be submitted.’’ 1982—Subsec. (f). Pub. L. 97–322 struck out last sen- tence providing that the Secretary of Transportation shall make a similar report for the Coast Guard when the Coast Guard is not operating as a service in the Navy. 1980—Subsec. (e). Pub. L. 96–284 made section inappli- cable to a person entitled to special pay under section 302a or 302b of this title. Subsec. (f). Pub. L. 96–470 substituted provisio

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