Title 10, Armed ForcesRelease 119-102

§1583 Employment of Certain Persons Without Pay

Title 10 › Subtitle A — General Military Law › PART II — PERSONNEL › CHAPTER 81 — CIVILIAN EMPLOYEES › § 1583

Last updated Aug 21, 2026|Official source

Summary

The Defense Secretary and each military department secretary may hire up to 10 unpaid expert people. They can be given travel pay and up to $15 per day while away for that work.

Full Legal Text

Title 10, §1583

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The Secretary of Defense and the Secretaries of the military departments may each employ, without pay, not more than 10 persons of outstanding experience and ability. However, a person so employed may be allowed transportation, and not more than $15 a day instead of subsistence, while away from his home or regular place of business pursuant to employment under this section.

Legislative History

Notes & Related Subsidiaries

Historical and Revision Notes

Revised sectionSource (U.S. Code)Source (Statutes at Large) 1583(a)5:171v (less words of 1st sentence after semicolon).Jan. 6, 1951, ch. 1213, subch. VII, § 704, 64 Stat. 1235. 1583(b)5:171v (words of 1st sentence after semicolon).

Editorial Notes

Amendments

2011—Pub. L. 112–81, § 1111(2), inserted “each” after “may” in first sentence. Pub. L. 112–81, § 1111(1), which directed amendment of first sentence by inserting “and the Secretaries of the military departments” after “the Secretary of Defense”, was executed by making the insertion after “The Secretary of Defense” to reflect the probable intent of Congress. 1982—Pub. L. 97–295 substituted “pay” for “compensation” in section catchline and text. 1966—Pub. L. 89–718 struck out designation “(a)” at beginning of section and repealed subsec. (b) which authorized the Secretary, by regulation, to exempt persons employed under provisions formerly designated subsec. (a) from former section 281, 283, 284, 434, and 1914 of title 18 and former section 99 of title 5.

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Citation

10 U.S.C. § 1583

Title 10, Armed Forces

Last Updated

Aug 21, 2026

Release point: 119-102