Title 37 — Pay and Allowances of the Uniformed Services
Chapter 19 — Administration
§ 1008. Presidential recommendations concerning adjustments and changes in pay and allowances
Statutory text
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.
Whenever the President considers it appropriate, but in no event later than , 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.
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.
Pub. L. 89–132 § 2(a) · 79 Stat. 545
Enacted · 37 U.S.C. § 1008
Added Pub. L. 89–132, § 2(a), Aug. 21, 1965, 79 Stat. 546
Source evidence
Code source credit
Added Pub. L. 89–132, § 2(a), Aug. 21, 1965, 79 Stat. 546Enacted provision · exact public law section
(a) Chapter 19, title 37, United States Code, is amended by adding the following new section at the end thereof: “§ 1008. Presidential recommendations concerning adjustments and changes in pay and allowances “(a) The President shall direct an annual review of the adequacy of the pays and allowances authorized by this title for members of Report to Congress. the uniformed services. Upon completion of this review, but not later than March 31 of each year, the President shall submit to Congress a detailed report summarizing the results of such annual review together with any recommendations for adjustments in (he rates of pay and allowances authorized by this title. “(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 Report to Congress. 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.”National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1996
Pub. L. 104–106 div. A title VI § 642(b) · 110 Stat. 186
Struck · 37 U.S.C. § 1008(a)
Pub. L. 104–106 struck out at end “Upon completion of this review, but not later than March 31 of each year, the President shall submit to Congress a detailed report summarizing the results of such annual review together with any recommendations for adjustments in the rates of pay and allowances authorized by this title.”
Source evidence
Code amendment note
Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 104–106 struck out at end “Upon completion of this review, but not later than March 31 of each year, the President shall submit to Congress a detailed report summarizing the results of such annual review together with any recommendations for adjustments in the rates of pay and allowances authorized by this title.”Enacted provision · exact public law section
(b) Annual Review of Pay and Allowances.— Section 1008(a) of title 37, United States Code, is amended by striking out the second sentence.
2 of 2 references resolved to an enrolled provision
Editorial Notes
Amendments
1996—Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 104–106 struck out at end “Upon completion of this review, but not later than March 31 of each year, the President shall submit to Congress a detailed report summarizing the results of such annual review together with any recommendations for adjustments in the rates of pay and allowances authorized by this title.”
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
Effective Date
Section effective , see section 10 of Pub. L. 89–132, set out as an Effective Date of 1965 Amendment note under section 203 of this title.
Review
Pub. L. 118–31, div. A, title VI, § 626(b), , 137 Stat. 294, provided that:
“In each quadrennial review of military compensation conducted after the date of the enactment of this Act [] and under section 1008(b) of such title [this title], the President shall include—
“(1) a review of the family separation allowance under section 427 of such title (or successor allowance); and
“(2) the recommendation of the President regarding whether to increase the amount of such allowance to better compensate a member of the uniformed services for separation from family during service described in such paragraph.”
Executive Documents
Delegation of Reporting Function
Memorandum of the President of the United States, , 54 F.R. 25561, provided:
Memorandum for the Secretary of Defense
By virtue of the authority vested in me by the Constitution and laws of the United States, including Section 301 of Title 3 of the United States Code, I authorize you to submit to the Congress the report summarizing the results of the review of the principles and concepts of the compensation system for members of the uniformed services, as required by P.L. 89–132, Sec. 2(a), (37 U.S.C. 1008(b)).
You are authorized and directed to publish this memorandum in the Federal Register.
George Bush.
Credits
1965–1996 · 2 acts
- 1965Added Pub. L. 89–132, § 2(a), , 79 Stat. 546
- 1996amended Pub. L. 104–106, div. A, title VI, § 642(b), , 110 Stat. 368.
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(Added Pub. L. 89–132, § 2(a), , 79 Stat. 546; amended Pub. L. 104–106, div. A, title VI, § 642(b), , 110 Stat. 368.)