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Title 37 — Pay and Allowances of the Uniformed Services

Chapter 19 — Administration

§ 1014. Payment date for pay and allowances

Statutory text

(a)

Amounts of basic pay, basic allowance for housing, basic allowance for subsistence, and other payments of military compensation (other than travel and transportation allowances and separation allowances) shall be paid on the first day of the month beginning after the month during which the right to such compensation accrues.

(b)

Subsection (a) does not preclude one payment in midmonth for any element of compensation and does not affect any authority to make advance payments of pay and allowances.

(c)

With respect to a member of the uniformed services who has elected to participate in the Thrift Savings Plan under section 211 of this title, subsection (a) does not preclude the payment of an amount equal to one-half of the monthly deposit to the Thrift Savings Fund otherwise to be made by the member in participating in the Plan, which amount may be deposited in the Thrift Savings Fund at midmonth.

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. 99–500 § 101(c)(tIX)(s9103)(1) · 100 Stat. 1783-82

    Enacted · 37 U.S.C. § 1014

    Added Pub. L. 99–500, § 101(c) [title IX, § 9103(1)], Oct. 18, 1986, 100 Stat. 1783–82, 1783–118, and Pub. L. 99–591, § 101(c) [title IX, § 9103(1)], Oct. 30, 1986, 100 Stat. 3341–82, 3341–118, § 1013

    Unresolved: Pub. L. 99–500 was not found in the local Statutes at Large index.

    Source evidence

    Code source credit
    Added Pub. L. 99–500, § 101(c) [title IX, § 9103(1)], Oct. 18, 1986, 100 Stat. 1783–82, 1783–118, and Pub. L. 99–591, § 101(c) [title IX, § 9103(1)], Oct. 30, 1986, 100 Stat. 3341–82, 3341–118, § 1013

  2. National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1998

    Pub. L. 105–85 div. A title VI § 603(d)(1)(E) · 111 Stat. 1629

    Substituted · 37 U.S.C. § 1014(a)

    Pub. L. 105–85 substituted “housing” for “quarters”

    Source evidence

    Code amendment note
    Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 105–85 substituted “housing” for “quarters”.

    Enacted provision · exact public law section
    (E) in section 1014(a), by striking out “basic allowance for quarters” and inserting in lieu thereof “basic allowance for housing”.

    Effective date note
    Amendment by Pub. L. 105–85 effective Jan. 1, 1998, see section 603(e) of Pub. L. 105–85, set out as a note under section 5561 of Title 5, Government Organization and Employees.

  3. National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2008

    Pub. L. 110–181 div. A title VI § 605(a) · 122 Stat. 3

    Added · 37 U.S.C. § 1014(c)

    Pub. L. 110–181 added subsec. (c)

    Source evidence

    Code amendment note
    Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 110–181 added subsec. (c).

    Enacted provision · exact public law section
    (a) Semi-Monthly Deposit of Member’s Contributions.— Section 1014 of title 37, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following new subsection: “(c) With respect to a member of the uniformed services who has elected to participate in the Thrift Savings Plan under section 211 of this title, subsection (a) does not preclude the payment of an amount equal to one-half of the monthly deposit to the Thrift Savings Fund otherwise to be made by the member in participating in the Plan, which amount may be deposited in the Thrift Savings Fund at midmonth.” .

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

Editorial Notes

Codification

Pub. L. 99–591 is a corrected version of Pub. L. 99–500.

Amendments1997–2008 · 2 rounds

2008

Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 110–181 added subsec. (c).

1997

Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 105–85 substituted “housing” for “quarters”.

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Effective Date of 1997 Amendment

Amendment by Pub. L. 105–85 effective , see section 603(e) of Pub. L. 105–85, set out as a note under section 5561 of Title 5, Government Organization and Employees.

Effective Date

Pub. L. 99–500, § 101(c) [title IX, § 9103(4)], , 100 Stat. 1783–82, 1783–118, and Pub. L. 99–591, § 101(c) [title IX, § 9103(4)], , 100 Stat. 3341–82, 3341–118, as amended by Pub. L. 100–26, § 4(a)(2), , 101 Stat. 274, provided that: “Section 1014 of title 37, United States Code, as added by paragraph (1) and redesignated by section 8(b)(2) of the Defense Technical Corrections Act of 1987 [Pub. L. 100–26], and the amendments made by paragraph (3) [amending section 1466 of Title 10, Armed Forces], shall take effect on .”

Credits

1986–2008 · 4 acts
  1. 1986Added Pub. L. 99–500, § 101(c) [title IX, § 9103(1)], , 100 Stat. 1783–82, 1783–118, and Pub. L. 99–591, § 101(c) [title IX, § 9103(1)], , 100 Stat. 3341–82, 3341–118, § 1013
  2. 1987renumbered § 1014, Pub. L. 100–26, § 8(b)(2), , 101 Stat. 285
  3. 1997amended Pub. L. 105–85, div. A, title VI, § 603(d)(1)(E), , 111 Stat. 1782
  4. 2008Pub. L. 110–181, div. A, title VI, § 605(a), , 122 Stat. 146.
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(Added Pub. L. 99–500, § 101(c) [title IX, § 9103(1)], , 100 Stat. 1783–82, 1783–118, and Pub. L. 99–591, § 101(c) [title IX, § 9103(1)], , 100 Stat. 3341–82, 3341–118, § 1013; renumbered § 1014, Pub. L. 100–26, § 8(b)(2), , 101 Stat. 285; amended Pub. L. 105–85, div. A, title VI, § 603(d)(1)(E), , 111 Stat. 1782; Pub. L. 110–181, div. A, title VI, § 605(a), , 122 Stat. 146.)

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