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37 U.S.C. § 203 — Rates
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**(a)**
(1) The rates of monthly basic pay for members of the uniformed services within each pay grade are those prescribed in accordance with [section 1009 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title37-section1009&num=0&edition=prelim) or as otherwise prescribed by law.
(2) Notwithstanding the rates of basic pay in effect at any time as provided by law, the rates of basic pay payable for commissioned officers in pay grades O–7 through O–10 may not exceed the monthly equivalent of the rate of pay for level II of the Executive Schedule, and the rates of basic pay payable for all other officers and for enlisted members may not exceed the monthly equivalent of the rate of pay for level V of the Executive Schedule.
**(b)** While serving as a permanent professor at the United States Military Academy, the United States Naval Academy, or the United States Air Force Academy or as a member of the permanent commissioned teaching staff at the United States Coast Guard Academy, an officer who has over 36 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) is, in addition to the pay and allowances to which he is otherwise entitled under this title, entitled to additional pay in the amount of $250 a month. This additional pay may not be used in the computation of retired pay.
**(c)** A cadet at the United States Military Academy, the United States Air Force Academy, or the Coast Guard Academy, or a midshipman at the United States Naval Academy, is entitled to monthly cadet pay, or midshipman pay, at the monthly rate equal to 35 percent of the basic pay of a commissioned officer in the pay grade O–1 with less than two years of service.
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**(a)**
(1) The rates of monthly basic pay for members of the uniformed services within each pay grade are those prescribed in accordance with [section 1009 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title37-section1009&num=0&edition=prelim) or as otherwise prescribed by law.
(2) Notwithstanding the rates of basic pay in effect at any time as provided by law, the rates of basic pay payable for commissioned officers in pay grades O–7 through O–10 may not exceed the monthly equivalent of the rate of pay for level II of the Executive Schedule, and the rates of basic pay payable for all other officers and for enlisted members may not exceed the monthly equivalent of the rate of pay for level V of the Executive Schedule.
**(b)** While serving as a permanent professor at the United States Military Academy, the United States Naval Academy, or the United States Air Force Academy or as a member of the permanent commissioned teaching staff at the United States Coast Guard Academy, an officer who has over 36 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) is, in addition to the pay and allowances to which he is otherwise entitled under this title, entitled to additional pay in the amount of $250 a month. This additional pay may not be used in the computation of retired pay.
**(c)** A cadet at the United States Military Academy, the United States Air Force Academy, or the Coast Guard Academy, or a midshipman at the United States Naval Academy, is entitled to monthly cadet pay, or midshipman pay, at the monthly rate equal to 35 percent of the basic pay of a commissioned officer in the pay grade O–1 with less than two years of service.
**(d)**
(1) The basic pay of a commissioned officer who is in pay grade O–1, O–2, or O–3 and who is credited with a total of over four years’ service described in paragraph (2) shall be computed in the same manner as the basic pay of a commissioned officer in the same pay grade who has been credited with over four years’ active service as an enlisted member.
(2) Service to be taken into account for purposes of computing basic pay under paragraph (1) is as follows:
(A) Active service as a warrant officer or as a warrant officer and an enlisted member.
(B) Service as a warrant officer, as an enlisted member, or as a warrant officer and an enlisted member, for which at least 1,460 points have been credited to the officer for the purposes of [section 12732(a)(2) of title 10](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title10-section12732/a/2&num=0&edition=prelim).
**(e)**
(1) A student at the United States Military Academy Preparatory School, the United States Naval Academy Preparatory School, or the United States Air Force Academy Preparatory School who was selected to attend the preparatory school from civilian life is entitled to monthly student pay at the same rate as provided for cadets and midshipmen under subsection (c).
(2) A student at a preparatory school referred to in paragraph (1) who, at the time of the student’s selection to attend the preparatory school, was an enlisted member of the uniformed services shall receive monthly basic pay at the rate prescribed for the student’s pay grade and years of service as an enlisted member or at the rate provided for cadets and midshipmen under subsection (c), whichever is greater.
(3) The monthly student pay of a student described in paragraph (1) shall be treated for purposes of the accrual charge for the Department of Defense Military Retirement Fund established under [section 1461 of title 10](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title10-section1461&num=0&edition=prelim) in the same manner as monthly cadet pay or midshipman pay under subsection (c).
**(f)**
(1) An officer candidate enrolled in the basic officer training program of the commissioned officer corps of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration is entitled, while participating in such program, to monthly officer candidate pay at monthly rates equal to the basic pay of an enlisted member in the pay grade E–5 with less than two years of service.
(2) An individual who graduates from such program shall receive credit for the time spent participating in such program as if such time were time served while on active duty as a commissioned officer. If the individual does not graduate from such program, such time shall not be considered creditable for active duty or pay.
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**(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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In addition to the definitions in sections 1–5 of title 1, the following definitions apply in this title:
(1)
(A) The term “United States”, in a geographic sense, means the States and the District of Columbia.
(B) The term “continental United States” means the 48 contiguous States and the District of Columbia.
(2) The term “possessions” includes Guam, American Samoa, and the guano islands.
(3) The term “uniformed services” means the Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps, Space Force, Coast Guard, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, and Public Health Service.
(4) The term “armed forces” means the Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps, Space Force,and Coast Guard.
(5) The term “Secretary concerned” means—
(A) the Secretary of the Army, with respect to matters concerning the Army;
(B) the Secretary of the Navy, with respect to matters concerning the Navy, the Marine Corps, and the Coast Guard when it is operating as a service in the Navy;
(C) the Secretary of the Air Force, with respect to matters concerning the Air Force and the Space Force;
(D) the Secretary of Homeland Security, with respect to matters concerning the Coast Guard when it is not operating as a service in the Navy;
(E) the Secretary of Commerce, with respect to matters concerning the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration; and
(F) the Secretary of Health and Human Services, with respect to matters concerning the Public Health Service.
(6) The term “National Guard” means the Army National Guard and the Air National Guard.
(7) The term “Army National Guard” means that part of the organized militia of the several States, Puerto Rico, Guam, the Canal Zone, the Virgin Islands, and the District of Columbia, active and inactive, that—
(A) is a land force;
(B)
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(1) **Sense of Congress** — It is the sense of Congress that the Federal air marshal program is critical to aviation security.
(2) **Limitation on statutory construction** — Nothing in this chapter, including any amendment made by this chapter, shall be construed as preventing the Under Secretary of Transportation for Security from implementing and training Federal air marshals.
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**(a) Disability, Non-Regular Service, Warrant Officer, and DOPMA Retirement.—** The monthly retired pay of a person entitled thereto under this subtitle is computed according to the following table. For each case covered by a section of this title named in the column headed “For sections”, retired pay is computed by taking, in order, the steps prescribed opposite it in columns 1, 2, and 3, as modified by the applicable footnotes. Formula No.For sectionsColumn 1 TakeColumn 2 Multiply byColumn 3 Add 1 Before applying percentage factor, credit each full month of service that is in addition to the number of full years of service creditable to the member as one-twelfth of a year and disregard any remaining fractional part of a month. 112011204Retired pay base as computed under section 1406(b) or 1407.As member elects— (1) the retired pay multiplier determined for the member under [section 1409 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title10-section1409&num=0&edition=prelim); 1 or (2) the percentage of disability, not to exceed 75%, on date when retired. 212021205Retired pay base as computed under section 1406(b) or 1407.As member elects— (1) the retired pay multiplier determined for the member under [section 1409 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title10-section1409&num=0&edition=prelim); 1 or (2) the percentage of disability, not to exceed 75%, on date when his name was placed on temporary disability retired list.Amount necessary to increase product of columns 1 and 2 to 50% of retired pay base upon which computation is based. 4580126312931305Retired pay base as computed under section 1406(b) or 1407.The retired pay multiplier prescribed in section 1409 for the years of service credited to him un
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**(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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**(a)** The President shall direct an annual review of the adequacy of the pays and allowances authorized by this title for members of the uniformed services.
**(b)** Whenever the President considers it appropriate, but in no event later than January 1, 1967, and not less than once each four years thereafter, he shall direct a complete review of the principles and concepts of the compensation system for members of the uniformed services. Upon completion of such review he shall submit a detailed report to Congress summarizing the results of such review together with any recommendations he may have proposing changes in the statutory salary system and other elements of the compensation structure provided members of the uniformed services.
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**(a)** There is established on the books of the Treasury a fund to be known as the Department of Defense Military Retirement Fund (hereinafter in this chapter referred to as the “Fund”), which shall be administered by the Secretary of the Treasury. The Fund shall be used for the accumulation of funds in order to finance on an actuarially sound basis liabilities of the Department of Defense and the Coast Guard under military retirement and survivor benefit programs.
**(b)** In this chapter, the term “military retirement and survivor benefit programs” means—
(1) the provisions of this title creating entitlement to, or determining the amount of, retired or retainer pay;
(2) the programs under the jurisdiction of the Department of Defense providing annuities for survivors of members and former members of the armed forces, including chapter 73 of this title, section 4 of Public Law 92–425, and section 5 of Public Law 96–402; and
(3) the authority provided in [section 1408(h) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title10-section1408/h&num=0&edition=prelim).
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**(a) General Entitlement.—**
(1) Except as otherwise provided by law, a member of a uniformed service who is entitled to basic pay is entitled to a basic allowance for housing at the monthly rates prescribed under this section or another provision of law with regard to the applicable component of the basic allowance for housing. The amount of the basic allowance for housing for a member will vary according to the pay grade in which the member is assigned or distributed for basic pay purposes, the dependency status of the member, and the geographic location of the member. The basic allowance for housing may be paid in advance.
(2) A member of a uniformed service with dependents is not entitled to a basic allowance for housing as a member with dependents unless the member makes a certification to the Secretary concerned indicating the status of each dependent of the member. The certification shall be made in accordance with regulations prescribed by the Secretary of Defense.
**(b) Basic Allowance for Housing Inside the United States.—**
(1) The Secretary of Defense shall prescribe the rates of the basic allowance for housing that are applicable for the various military housing areas in the United States. The rates for an area shall be based on the costs of adequate housing determined for the area under paragraph (2).
(2) The Secretary of Defense shall determine the costs of adequate housing in a military housing area in the United States for all members of the uniformed services entitled to a basic allowance for housing in that area. The Secretary shall base the determination upon the costs of adequate housing for civilians with comparable income levels in the same area. After June 30, 2001, the Secretary may not differentiate between members with dependents in pay
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**(a) Requirement for Annual Adjustment.—** Effective on January 1 of each year, the rates of basic pay for members of the uniformed services under [section 203(a) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title37-section203/a&num=0&edition=prelim) shall be increased under this section.
**(b) Effectiveness of Adjustment.—** An adjustment under this section shall have the force and effect of law.
**(c) Equal Percentage Increase for All Members.—**
(1) An adjustment made under this section in a year shall provide all eligible members with an increase in the monthly basic pay that is the percentage (rounded to the nearest one-tenth of one percent) by which the ECI for the base quarter of the year before the preceding year exceeds the ECI for the base quarter of the second year before the preceding calendar year (if at all).
(2) Notwithstanding paragraph (1), but subject to subsection (d), the percentage of the adjustment taking effect under this section during each of fiscal years 2004, 2005, and 2006, shall be one-half of one percentage point higher than the percentage that would otherwise be applicable under such paragraph.
(3) In this subsection:
(A) The term “ECI” means the Employment Cost Index (wages and salaries, private industry workers) published quarterly by the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
(B) The term “base quarter” for any year is the three-month period ending on September 30 of such year.
**(d) Protection of Member’s Total Compensation While Performing Certain Duty.—**
(1) The total daily equivalent amount of the elements of compensation described in paragraph (3), together with other pay and allowances under this title, to be paid to a member of the uniformed services who is temporarily assigned to duty away from
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**(a)**
(1) Except as provided in subsection (b), if a dependent accompanying a member of the uniformed services who is stationed outside the United States or in Alaska or Hawaii and who is on active duty for a period of more than 30 days requires medical attention which is not available in the locality, transportation of the dependents at the expense of the United States is authorized to the nearest appropriate medical facility in which adequate medical care is available. On his recovery or when it is administratively determined that the patient should be removed from the medical facility involved, the dependent may be transported at the expense of the United States to the duty station of the member or to such other place determined to be appropriate under the circumstances. If a dependent is unable to travel unattended, travel and transportation allowances may be furnished to necessary attendants. The dependents and any attendants shall be furnished such travel and transportation allowances as specified in regulations prescribed under [section 464 of title 37](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title37-section464&num=0&edition=prelim). Travel expenses authorized by this section may include reimbursement for necessary local travel in the vicinity of the medical facility involved. The transportation and travel expenses authorized by this section may be paid in advance.
(2)
(A) Except as provided by subparagraph (E), for purposes of paragraph (1), required medical attention of a dependent includes, in the case of a dependent authorized to accompany a member at a location described in that paragraph, obstetrical anesthesia services for childbirth equivalent to the obstetrical anesthesia services for childbirth available in a military treatme
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