Title 37, Pay and Allowances of the Uniformed ServicesRelease 119-102
§704 Allotments: Officers of Public Health Service
Title 37 › CHAPTER 13 — ALLOTMENTS AND ASSIGNMENTS OF PAY › § 704
Summary
Active-duty Public Health Service officers can have part of their pay sent elsewhere, but only under rules set by the President.
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Title 37, §704
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Commissioned officers of the Public Health Service who are on active duty may, under regulations prescribed by the President, make allotments from their pay.
Legislative History
Notes & Related Subsidiaries
Historical and Revision Notes
Revised sectionSource (U.S. Code)Source (Statutes at Large) 70442:210(b) (1st sentence).
July 1, 1944, ch. 373, § 209(c) (1st sentence), 58 Stat. 686; redesignated as section 208, Feb. 28, 1948, ch. 83, § 5(a), 62 Stat. 40; redesignated as subsection (b), Oct. 12, 1949, ch. 681, § 521(b) (as applicable to section 208(b) (1st sentence) of the Act of
July 1, 1944), 63 Stat. 834; restated Aug. 9, 1950, ch. 654, § 1, 64 Stat. 426; Apr. 8, 1960, Pub. L. 86–415, § 5(b) (1st sentence), 74 Stat. 34.
Executive Documents
Delegation of Functions Functions of President under this section delegated to Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare, see section 3 of Ex. Ord. No. 11140, Jan. 30, 1964 29 F.R. 1637, set out as a note under section 202 of Title 42, The Public Health and Welfare. Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare redesignated Secretary of Health and Human Services by section 3508(b) of Title 20, Education.
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Citation
37 U.S.C. § 704
Title 37, Pay and Allowances of the Uniformed Services
Last Updated
Aug 21, 2026
Release point: 119-102