Title 37Pay and Allowances of the Uniformed ServicesRelease 119-73

§1003 Assimilation of pay and allowances

Title 37 › Chapter CHAPTER 19— - ADMINISTRATION › § 1003

Last updated Apr 6, 2026|Official source

Summary

Chapters 3 and 5 and sections 402 through 403b, 405, 414, 452, and 453 apply equally to people not serving in a uniformed service whose pay or allowances are made equal to those of commissioned officers, warrant officers, or enlisted members of any uniformed service.

Full Legal Text

Title 37, §1003

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Chapters 3 and 5 and sections 402 through 403b, 405, 414, 452, and 453 of this title apply equally to persons who are not serving as members of a uniformed service but whose pay or allowances, or both, are assimilated under law or a regulation prescribed under law, to the pay or allowances, or both, of commissioned officers, warrant officers, or enlisted members of any grade, rank, or rating in any uniformed service.

Legislative History

Notes & Related Subsidiaries

Historical and Revision Notes

Revised sectionSource (U.S. Code)Source (Statutes at Large) 100337:309.Oct. 12, 1949, ch. 681, § 509; restated May 19, 1952, ch. 310, § 3, 66 Stat. 80.

Editorial Notes

Amendments

2022—Pub. L. 117–263 substituted “sections 402 through 403b, 405, 414, 452, and 453” for “section 402–403b, 474–477, 479–481, and 414”. 2013—Pub. L. 112–239, § 1076(a)(9), made technical amendment to directory language of Pub. L. 112–81, § 631(f)(4)(A). See 2011 Amendment note below. 2011—Pub. L. 112–81, § 631(f)(4)(A), as amended by Pub. L. 112–239, § 1076(a)(9), substituted “402–403b, 474–477” for “402–407” and “479–481” for “409–411”.

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Effective Date

of 2013 Amendment Pub. L. 112–239, div. A, title X, § 1076(a), Jan. 2, 2013, 126 Stat. 1947, provided that the amendment made by section 1076(a)(9) is effective Dec. 31, 2011, and as if included in Pub. L. 112–81 as enacted.

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Citation

37 U.S.C. § 1003

Title 37Pay and Allowances of the Uniformed Services

Last Updated

Apr 6, 2026

Release point: 119-73