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Title 37 — Pay and Allowances of the Uniformed ServicesRelease 119-73not60

§424 Band Leaders

Title 37 › Chapter 7— ALLOWANCES OTHER THAN TRAVEL AND TRANSPORTATION ALLOWANCES › § 424

Last updated Apr 5, 2026|Official source

Summary

Military band leaders must get specific allowances based on rank. The Army Band leader gets the same allowances as an Army captain. The leader of the U.S. Navy Band gets the same allowances as a Navy lieutenant. A Marine Corps director or assistant director appointed under section 8287 gets the allowances of the grade they hold while serving, but never less than they had when appointed. The Naval Academy Band leader gets the pay grade set by the Secretary of the Navy under section 207(e), and the second leader gets warrant officer W–1 allowances. The Coast Guard Band director gets the allowances of the grade they serve in, but not less than at the time of appointment.

Full Legal Text

Title 37, §424

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(a)The leader of the Army Band is entitled to the allowances of a captain in the Army.
(b)The leader of the United States Navy Band is entitled to the allowances of a lieutenant of the Navy.
(c)A member of the Marine Corps who is appointed as director or assistant director of the United States Marine Corps Band under section 8287 of title 10, is entitled, while serving thereunder, only to the allowances of an officer in the grade in which he is serving. However, his allowances may not be less than those to which he was entitled at the time of his appointment under that section.
(d)The leader of the Naval Academy Band is entitled to the allowances of the pay grade prescribed for him by the Secretary of Navy under section 207(e) of this title. The second leader is entitled to the allowances of a warrant officer, W–1.
(e)The director of the Coast Guard Band is entitled to the allowances of an officer in the grade in which he is serving. However, his allowances may not be less than those to which he was entitled at the time of his appointment as director.

Legislative History

Notes & Related Subsidiaries

Historical and Revision Notes

Revised sectionSource (U.S. Code)Source (Statutes at Large) 424(a)10:3536(b) (less applicability to basic pay).[None.] 424(b)10:4338(a) (as applicable to allowances).[None.] 424(c)10:6221(b) (less applicability to basic pay).[None.] 424(d)10:6222(e) (less applicability to basic pay).[None.] 424(e)10:6969(b) (less last sentence, and less applicability to basic pay).[None.]

Editorial Notes

Amendments

2018—Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 115–232 substituted “section 8287 of title 10” for “section 6222 of title 10”. 1978—Subsecs. (b) to (f). Pub. L. 95–551 redesignated subsecs. (c) to (f) as (b) to (e), respectively. Former subsec. (b), which provided that the director of music at the United States Military Academy be entitled to allowances of a commissioned officer of the rank prescribed for the director by the Secretary of the Army, was struck out. 1965—Subsec. (f). Pub. L. 89–189 added subsec. (f).

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Effective Date

of 2018 AmendmentAmendment by Pub. L. 115–232 effective Feb. 1, 2019, with provision for the coordination of

Amendments

and special rule for certain redesignations, see section 800 of Pub. L. 115–232, set out as a note preceding section 3001 of Title 10, Armed Forces.

Transfer of Functions

For transfer of authorities, functions, personnel, and assets of the Coast Guard, including the authorities and functions of the Secretary of Transportation relating thereto, to the Department of Homeland Security, and for treatment of related references, see section 468(b), 551(d), 552(d), and 557 of Title 6, Domestic Security, and the Department of Homeland Security Reorganization Plan of November 25, 2002, as modified, set out as a note under section 542 of Title 6.

Reference

Citations & Metadata

Citation

37 U.S.C. § 424

Title 37 — Pay and Allowances of the Uniformed Services

Last Updated

Apr 5, 2026

Release point: 119-73not60