Title 37, Pay and Allowances of the Uniformed ServicesRelease 119-110

§305b Special Pay: Service as Member of Weapons of Mass Destruction Civil Support Team

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

Last updated Sep 22, 2026|Official source

Summary

Allows a military department Secretary to pay extra money to service members who get basic pay under section 204 and are ordered to serve on a Weapons of Mass Destruction Civil Support Team when the Secretary decides the pay is needed to help recruit or keep people. The extra pay cannot be more than $150 per month. If funds are available, reserve members who do inactive‑duty training under orders on those teams can get a pro‑rated amount equal to 1/30 of the monthly rate for each day served. Payments must follow rules the Secretary of Defense makes. Weapons of Mass Destruction Civil Support Team: a reserve‑component team created under 10 U.S.C. 12310(c) to help prepare for or respond to WMD emergencies.

Full Legal Text

Title 37, §305b

Pay and Allowances of the Uniformed Services, Source: USLM XML via OLRC

(a)Special Pay Authorized.—

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)Monthly Rate.—

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

(c)Inclusion of Reserve Component Members Performing Inactive Duty Training.—

(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)Regulations.—

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

(e)Definition.—

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

Sep 22, 2026

Release point: 119-110