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Title 37 — Pay and Allowances of the Uniformed Services

Chapter 7 — Allowances Other Than Travel and Transportation Allowances

§ 421. Allowances: no increase while dependent is entitled to basic pay

Statutory text

A member of a uniformed service may not be paid an increased allowance under this chapter, on account of a dependent, for any period during which that dependent is entitled to basic pay under section 204 of this title.

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. § 421

    Pub. L. 87–649, Sept. 7, 1962, 76 Stat. 479, § 420

    Source evidence

    Code source credit
    Pub. L. 87–649, Sept. 7, 1962, 76 Stat. 479, § 420

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Notes

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Historical and Revision Notes
Revised sectionSource (U.S. Code)Source (Statutes at Large)
42037:231(g) (last proviso of last sentence).Oct. 12, 1949, ch. 681, § 102(g) (last proviso of last sentence), 63 Stat. 805.

The words “of a uniformed service” are inserted for clarity. The words “claiming a dependent as defined in this subsection” are omitted as surplusage. The words “under section 204 of this title” are substituted for the words “for the performance of duty as defined in section 232(e) of this revised title”.

Editorial Notes

Prior Provisions

A prior section 421, Pub. L. 87–649, , 76 Stat. 479; Pub. L. 88–132, § 3(b), , 77 Stat. 212, provided for pay and allowances of contract surgeons, prior to repeal by Pub. L. 98–94, title IX, § 932(e)(1), , 97 Stat. 650, eff. . See section 1091 of Title 10, Armed Forces.

Credits

1962–1987 · 2 acts
  1. 1962Pub. L. 87–649, , 76 Stat. 479, § 420
  2. 1987renumbered § 421, Pub. L. 100–180, div. A, title VI, § 611(a)(1)(A), , 101 Stat. 1093.
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(Pub. L. 87–649, , 76 Stat. 479, § 420; renumbered § 421, Pub. L. 100–180, div. A, title VI, § 611(a)(1)(A), , 101 Stat. 1093.)

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