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

§305b Special pay: service as member of Weapons of Mass Destruction Civil Support Team

Title 37 › Chapter CHAPTER 5— - SPECIAL AND INCENTIVE PAYS › Subchapter SUBCHAPTER I— - EXISTING SPECIAL PAY, INCENTIVE PAY, AND BONUS AUTHORITIES › § 305b

Last updated Apr 6, 2026|Official source

Summary

The head of a military department can pay extra money to members who get basic pay under section 204 and who are ordered to serve on a Weapons of Mass Destruction Civil Support Team if the head decides the extra pay is needed to help with recruiting or keeping people. The extra pay cannot be more than $150 per month. Reserve members who get pay under section 206 can also get this special pay if money is available. For them, the pay is 1/30 of the monthly rate for each day they serve under orders. These payments must follow rules made by the Secretary of Defense. A Weapons of Mass Destruction Civil Support Team is a reserve-based team set up under 10 U.S.C. 12310(c) to help prepare for or respond to emergencies involving a weapon of mass destruction.

Full Legal Text

Title 37, §305b

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(a)The Secretary of a military department may pay special pay under this subsection to members of an armed force under the jurisdiction of the Secretary who are entitled to basic pay under section 204 and are assigned by orders to duty as members of a Weapons of Mass Destruction Civil Support Team if the Secretary determines that the payment of such special pay is needed to address recruitment or retention concerns in that armed force.

(b)The monthly rate of special pay under subsection (a) may not exceed $150.

(c)(1)To the extent funds are made available to carry out this subsection, the Secretary of a military department may pay the special pay under subsection (a) to members of a reserve component of the armed forces who are entitled to compensation under section 206 of this title and who perform duty under orders as members of a Weapons of Mass Destruction Civil Support Team.

(2)The amount of the special pay for a member referred to in paragraph (1) shall be equal to 1⁄30 of the monthly special pay rate in effect under subsection (b) for each day on which the member performs duty under orders as members of a Weapons of Mass Destruction Civil Support Team.

(d)Special pay under this section shall be provided in accordance with regulations prescribed by the Secretary of Defense.

(e)In this section, the term “Weapons of Mass Destruction Civil Support Team” means a team of members of the reserve components of the armed forces that is established under section 12310(c) of title 10 in support of emergency preparedness programs to prepare for or to respond to any emergency involving the use of a weapon of mass destruction.

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37 U.S.C. § 305b

Title 37 — Pay and Allowances of the Uniformed Services

Last Updated

Apr 6, 2026

Release point: 119-73