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Title 37 — Pay and Allowances of the Uniformed Services

Chapter 19 — Administration

§ 1010. Commissioned officers: promotions; effective date for pay and allowances

Statutory text

An officer of a uniformed service who is promoted to a grade above second lieutenant or ensign is entitled to the pay and allowances of the grade to which promoted on the effective date of the promotion.

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. Defense Officer Personnel Management Act

    Pub. L. 96–513 title IV § 403(c) · 94 Stat. 2835

    Enacted · 37 U.S.C. § 1010

    Added Pub. L. 96–513, title IV, § 403(c), Dec. 12, 1980, 94 Stat. 2905

    Source evidence

    Code source credit
    Added Pub. L. 96–513, title IV, § 403(c), Dec. 12, 1980, 94 Stat. 2905

    Enacted provision · exact public law section
    (c) Chapter 19 of title 37, United States Code, relating to administration of pay and allowances, is amended by adding at the end thereof the following new section: “§ 1010. Commissioned officers: promotion; effective date for pay and allowances “An officer of a uniformed service who is promoted to a grade above second lieutenant or ensign is entitled to the pay and allowances of the grade to which promoted on the effective date of the promotion.”.

  2. John Warner National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2007

    Pub. L. 109–364 div. A title X § 1071(c)(8) · 120 Stat. 2083

    Substituted · 37 U.S.C. § 1010

    Pub. L. 109–364 substituted “promotions” for “promotion” in section catchline

    Source evidence

    Code amendment note
    Pub. L. 109–364 substituted “promotions” for “promotion” in section catchline.

    Enacted provision · exact public law section
    (8) The heading of section 1010 is amended to read as follows: “§ 1010. Commissioned officers: promotions; effective date for pay and allowances” .

2 of 2 references resolved to an enrolled provision

Editorial Notes

Amendments

2006—Pub. L. 109–364 substituted “promotions” for “promotion” in section catchline.

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Effective Date

Section effective , but the authority to prescribe regulations under this section effective on , see section 701 of Pub. L. 96–513, set out as an Effective Date of 1980 Amendment note under section 101 of Title 10, Armed Forces.

Credits

1980–2006 · 2 acts
  1. 1980Added Pub. L. 96–513, title IV, § 403(c), , 94 Stat. 2905
  2. 2006amended Pub. L. 109–364, div. A, title X, § 1071(c)(8), , 120 Stat. 2401.
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(Added Pub. L. 96–513, title IV, § 403(c), , 94 Stat. 2905; amended Pub. L. 109–364, div. A, title X, § 1071(c)(8), , 120 Stat. 2401.)

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