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[CITE: 37USC1001]

 
         TITLE 37--PAY AND ALLOWANCES OF THE UNIFORMED SERVICES
 
                       CHAPTER 19--ADMINISTRATION
 
Sec. 1001. Regulations relating to pay and allowances

    (a) A Secretary of a military department may not prescribe a 
regulation under this title or any other law, relating to the pay and 
allowances of members of an armed force under that department, unless it 
has been approved under procedures prescribed by the Secretary of 
Defense.
    (b) Regulations of the Secretary concerned relating to pay and 
allowances matters, similar to those covered by subsection (a), for 
members of the Coast Guard, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric 
Administration, and the Public Health Service, shall, as far as 
practicable, conform to regulations approved under that subsection.
    (c) The Secretary of Defense, the Secretary of Transportation, the 
Secretary of Commerce, or the Secretary of Health and Human Services, 
may obtain from the Comptroller General an advisory opinion with respect 
to a proposed regulation especially affecting a department under that 
Secretary's jurisdiction.

(Pub. L. 87-649, Sept. 7, 1962, 76 Stat. 489; Pub. L. 89-718, 
Secs. 49(a)(1), 69, Nov. 2, 1966, 80 Stat. 1121, 1123; Pub. L. 90-623, 
Sec. 3(1), Oct. 22, 1968, 82 Stat. 1314; Pub. L. 96-513, title V, 
Sec. 516(22), Dec. 12, 1980, 94 Stat. 2939; Pub. L. 102-25, title VII, 
Sec. 702(b)(1), (c), Apr. 6, 1991, 105 Stat. 117.)

                                          Historical and Revision Notes
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            Revised section                      Source (U.S. Code)            
   Source (Statutes at Large)
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1001(a)...............................  37:324 (1st sentence).               Oc
t. 12, 1949, ch. 681, Sec.  534;
1001(b)...............................  37:324 (2d sentence).                 a
dded Sept. 2, 1957, Pub. L. 85-
1001(c)...............................  37:324 (less 1st and 2d sentences).   2
72, Sec.  4, 71 Stat. 597.
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    In subsection (a), the words ``within the Department of Defense'' 
are omitted as surplusage. The words ``members of the armed forces'' are 
substituted for the words ``military personnel''.
    In subsection (b), the words ``conform to'' are substituted for the 
words ``agree with''.
    In subsection (c), the words ``or departments'' are omitted, since, 
under section 1 of title 1, words importing the singular include and 
apply to several persons, parties, or things.


                               Amendments

    1991--Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 102-25 struck out ``of this section'' 
after ``subsection (a)''.
    1980--Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 96-513, Sec. 516(22)(A), substituted 
``National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration'' for ``Environmental 
Science Services Administration''.
    Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 96-513, Sec. 516(22)(B), substituted 
``Secretary of Health and Human Services'' for ``Secretary of Health, 
Education, and Welfare''.
    1968--Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 90-623 substituted ``Secretary of 
Transportation'' for ``Secretary of the Treasury''.
    1966--Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 89-718 substituted ``Environmental 
Science Services Administration'' for ``Coast and Geodetic Survey'', and 
inserted ``and allowances'' between ``pay'' and ``matters''.


                    Effective Date of 1980 Amendment

    Amendment by Pub. L. 96-513 effective Dec. 12, 1980, see section 
701(b)(3) of Pub. L. 96-513, set out as a note under section 101 of 
Title 10, Armed Forces.


                    Effective Date of 1968 Amendment

    Amendment by Pub. L. 90-623 intended to restate without substantive 
change the law in effect on Oct. 22, 1968, see section 6 of Pub. L. 90-
623, set out as a note under section 5334 of Title 5, Government 
Organization and Employees.
