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Title 10, Armed ForcesRelease 119-102

§1622 Uniform Allowance: Civilian Employees

Title 10 › Subtitle A — General Military Law › PART II — PERSONNEL › CHAPTER 83 — CIVILIAN DEFENSE INTELLIGENCE EMPLOYEES › SUBCHAPTER II — DEFENSE INTELLIGENCE AGENCY PERSONNEL › § 1622

Last updated Aug 21, 2026|Official source

Summary

The Secretary of Defense can pay a uniform allowance to civilian employees of the Defense Intelligence Agency who work at a Defense Attaché Office abroad and who must wear an official uniform. The allowance must be the higher of (a) the amount paid to Department of State employees overseas who must wear a uniform, or (b) the maximum allowance under 10 U.S.C. 1593(b). The allowance is handled the same way as an allowance paid under subsection (c) of 5 U.S.C. 5901.

Full Legal Text

Title 10, §1622

Armed Forces, Source: USLM XML via OLRC

(a)The Secretary of Defense may pay an allowance under this section to any civilian employee of the Defense Intelligence Agency who—
(1)is assigned to a Defense Attaché Office outside the United States; and
(2)is required by regulation to wear a prescribed uniform in performance of official duties.
(b)Notwithstanding section 5901(a) of title 5, the amount of any such allowance shall be the greater of the following:
(1)The amount provided for employees of the Department of State assigned to positions outside the United States and required by regulation to wear a prescribed uniform in performance of official duties.
(2)The maximum allowance provided under section 1593(b) of this title.
(c)An allowance paid under this section shall be treated in the same manner as is provided in subsection (c) of section 5901 of title 5 for an allowance paid under that section.

Legislative History

Notes & Related Subsidiaries

Editorial Notes

Prior Provisions

A prior section 1622, added Pub. L. 99–145, title IX, § 924(a)(1), Nov. 8, 1985, 99 Stat. 698; amended Pub. L. 99–500, § 101(c) [title X, § 933], Oct. 18, 1986, 100 Stat. 1783–82, 1783–161; Pub. L. 99–591, § 101(c) [title X, § 933], Oct. 30, 1986, 100 Stat. 3341–82, 3341–161; Pub. L. 99–661, div. A, title IX, formerly title IV, § 933, Nov. 14, 1986, 100 Stat. 3940, renumbered title IX, Pub. L. 100–26, § 3(5), Apr. 21, 1987, 101 Stat. 273; Pub. L. 101–189, div. A, title VIII, § 853(c)(2), Nov. 29, 1989, 103 Stat. 1518, related to education, training, and experience requirements for persons assigned as program managers of major defense acquisition programs, prior to repeal by Pub. L. 101–510, div. A, title XII, § 1207(c)(1), Nov. 5, 1990, 104 Stat. 1665, effective Oct. 1, 1991.

Amendments

1996—Pub. L. 104–201 renumbered section 1606 of this title as this section. 1989—Subsec. (b)(2). Pub. L. 101–189 substituted “The maximum allowance provided under section 1593(b) of this title” for “$360 per year”.

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Effective Date

of 1989 AmendmentAmendment by Pub. L. 101–189 effective Jan. 1, 1990, see section 336(c) of Pub. L. 101–189, set out as an

Effective Date

note under section 1593 of this title.

Reference

Citations & Metadata

Citation

10 U.S.C. § 1622

Title 10, Armed Forces

Last Updated

Aug 21, 2026

Release point: 119-102