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Title 37 — Pay and Allowances of the Uniformed Services

Chapter 19 — Administration

§ 1005. Army, Air Force, and Space Force: prompt payments required

Statutory text

Members of the Army, the Air Force, and the Space Force shall be paid at such times that arrears will at no time be more than two months, unless circumstances make further arrears unavoidable.

Legislative history

Reconstructed from this section’s Code source credit and amendment notes, resolved against the local Statutes at Large. Editorial notes are evidence, not the law that made the change.

  1. Pub. L. 87–649 · 76 Stat. 451

    Enacted · 37 U.S.C. § 1005

    Pub. L. 87–649, Sept. 7, 1962, 76 Stat. 490

    Source evidence

    Code source credit
    Pub. L. 87–649, Sept. 7, 1962, 76 Stat. 490

  2. William M. (Mac) Thornberry National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2021

    Pub. L. 116–283 div. A title IX § 925(k)(1)(A) · 134 Stat. 3388

    1. Substituted · 37 U.S.C. § 1005

      Pub. L. 116–283 substituted “Army, Air Force, and Space Force: prompt payments required” for “Army and Air Force: prompt payments required” in text

    2. Substituted · 37 U.S.C. § 1005

      Pub. L. 116–283 substituted “, the Air Force, and the Space Force” for “and of the Air Force” in text

    Source evidence

    Code amendment note
    Pub. L. 116–283 substituted “Army, Air Force, and Space Force: prompt payments required” for “Army and Air Force: prompt payments required” in section catchline and “, the Air Force, and the Space Force” for “and of the Air Force” in text.

    Enacted provision · exact public law section
    (A) In general.— Section 1005 of title 37, United States Code, is amended by striking “and of the Air Force” and inserting “, the Air Force, and the Space Force”.

2 of 3 references resolved to an enrolled provision · 1 partial

Notes

historicalAndRevision
Historical and Revision Notes
Revised sectionSource (U.S. Code)Source (Statutes at Large)
100537:310b.R.S. 1189.

The applicability of this section to members of the Air Force is based on Department of Defense Transfer Order No. 25, dated .

Editorial Notes

Amendments

2021—Pub. L. 116–283 substituted “Army, Air Force, and Space Force: prompt payments required” for “Army and Air Force: prompt payments required” in section catchline and “, the Air Force, and the Space Force” for “and of the Air Force” in text.

Credits

1962–2021 · 2 acts
  1. 1962Pub. L. 87–649, , 76 Stat. 490
  2. 2021Pub. L. 116–283, div. A, title IX, § 925(k)(1)(A), (B), , 134 Stat. 3829.
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(Pub. L. 87–649, , 76 Stat. 490; Pub. L. 116–283, div. A, title IX, § 925(k)(1)(A), (B), , 134 Stat. 3829.)

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