Title 37 — Pay and Allowances of the Uniformed ServicesRelease 119-73
§1012 Disbursement and accounting: pay of enlisted members of the National Guard
Title 37 › Chapter CHAPTER 19— - ADMINISTRATION › § 1012
Summary
The Secretary of Defense must pay and keep records of money provided for enlisted members of the Army National Guard and Air National Guard when they attend regular duty and training. Payments must be made in 3-month periods under Defense rules, and on pay rolls prepared and signed as those rules require.
Full Legal Text
Title 37, §1012
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Amounts appropriated for the pay, under subsections (a), (b), and (d) of section 206, section 301(f), section 402(e), and section 1002 of this title, of enlisted members of the Army National Guard of the United States or the Air National Guard of the United States for attending regular periods of duty and instruction shall be disbursed and accounted for by the Secretary of Defense. All such disbursements shall be made for 3-month periods for units of the Army National Guard or Air National Guard under regulations prescribed by the Secretary of Defense, and on pay rolls prepared and authenticated as prescribed in those regulations.
Legislative History
Notes & Related Subsidiaries
Historical and Revision Notes
Revised sectionSource (U.S. Code)Source (Statutes at Large) 101231:698a.Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, § 31, 70A Stat. 632. The words “the Secretary concerned” are substituted for “officers and agents of the Finance Corps of the Army or finance officers of the Air Force, as the case may be” and “the Secretary of the Army or the Secretary of the Air Force, as the case may be” for consistency in the title. The words “various” and “issued” are omitted as surplus.
Editorial Notes
Amendments
2000—Pub. L. 106–398 substituted “section 402(e)” for “section 402(b)(3)”. 1996—Pub. L. 104–106 substituted “section 402(b)(3)” for “the last sentence of section 402(b)” and substituted “Secretary of Defense” for “Secretary concerned” in two places. 1985—Pub. L. 99–145 inserted “: pay of enlisted members of the National Guard” in section catchline, and substituted “for the pay, under subsections (a), (b), and (d) of section 206, section 301(f), the last sentence of section 402(b), and section 1002 of this title,” for “under section 206(a), (b), and (d), 301(f), 309, 402(b) (last sentence), and 1002 of this title for pay”, “All such disbursements” for “Disbursements”, and “as prescribed in those” for “under the”.
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
Effective Date
of 1985 Amendment Pub. L. 99–145, title XIII, § 1303(b)(13)(D), Nov. 8, 1985, 99 Stat. 741, provided that: “The
Amendments
made by this paragraph [amending this section] shall take effect as if included in the enactment of section 2(i) of Public Law 97–258 [enacting this section].”
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Citation
37 U.S.C. § 1012
Title 37 — Pay and Allowances of the Uniformed Services
Last Updated
Apr 6, 2026
Release point: 119-73