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Title 37 — Pay and Allowances of the Uniformed Services

Chapter 15 — Prohibitions and Penalties

§ 803. Commissioned officers of the Army, Air Force, or Space Force: forfeiture of pay when dropped from rolls

Statutory text

A commissioned officer of the Army, the Air Force, or the Space Force who is dropped from the rolls under section 1161(b) of title 10 for absence without authority for three months forfeits all pay due or to become due.

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. § 803

    Pub. L. 87–649, Sept. 7, 1962, 76 Stat. 486

    Source evidence

    Code source credit
    Pub. L. 87–649, Sept. 7, 1962, 76 Stat. 486

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

    Pub. L. 116–283 div. A title IX § 925(i)(2)(A) · 134 Stat. 3388

    1. Substituted · 37 U.S.C. § 803

      Pub. L. 116–283 substituted “Commissioned officers of the Army, Air Force, or Space Force: forfeiture of pay when dropped from rolls” for “Commissioned officers of Army or Air Force: forfeiture of pay when dropped from rolls” in text

    2. Substituted · 37 U.S.C. § 803

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

    Source evidence

    Code amendment note
    Pub. L. 116–283 substituted “Commissioned officers of the Army, Air Force, or Space Force: forfeiture of pay when dropped from rolls” for “Commissioned officers of Army or Air Force: forfeiture of pay when dropped from rolls” in section catchline and “, the Air Force, or the Space Force” for “or the Air Force” in text.

    Enacted provision · exact public law section
    (A) In general.— Section 803 of such title is amended by striking “or the Air Force” and inserting “, the Air Force, or the Space Force”.

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

Notes

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Historical and Revision Notes
Revised sectionSource (U.S. Code)Source (Statutes at Large)
80310:3633.10:8633.[None.][None.]

Editorial Notes

Amendments

2021—Pub. L. 116–283 substituted “Commissioned officers of the Army, Air Force, or Space Force: forfeiture of pay when dropped from rolls” for “Commissioned officers of Army or Air Force: forfeiture of pay when dropped from rolls” in section catchline and “, the Air Force, or the Space Force” for “or the Air Force” in text.

Credits

1962–2021 · 2 acts
  1. 1962Pub. L. 87–649, , 76 Stat. 486
  2. 2021Pub. L. 116–283, div. A, title IX, § 925(i)(2)(A), (B), , 134 Stat. 3828.
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(Pub. L. 87–649, , 76 Stat. 486; Pub. L. 116–283, div. A, title IX, § 925(i)(2)(A), (B), , 134 Stat. 3828.)

Parsed from the official OLRC USLM XML in data/usc_all/usc37.xml · release point 119-108 · OLRC build 2026-03-26

USLM identifier /us/usc/t37/s803