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[CITE: 37USC503]

 
         TITLE 37--PAY AND ALLOWANCES OF THE UNIFORMED SERVICES
 
                            CHAPTER 9--LEAVE
 
Sec. 503. Absence without leave or over leave

    (a) A member of the Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps, Coast 
Guard, or National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, who is absent 
without leave or over leave, forfeits all pay and allowances for the 
period of that absence, unless it is excused as unavoidable.
    (b) A commissioned officer of the Regular Corps of the Public Health 
Service, or an officer of the Reserve Corps of the Public Health Service 
on active duty, who is absent without leave, forfeits all pay and 
allowances for the period of that absence, unless it is excused as 
unavoidable.

(Pub. L. 87-649, Sept. 7, 1962, 76 Stat. 482; Pub. L. 89-718, 
Sec. 49(a)(1), Nov. 2, 1966, 80 Stat. 1121; Pub. L. 96-513, title V, 
Sec. 516(15), Dec. 12, 1980, 94 Stat. 2939.)

                                          Historical and Revision Notes
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            Revised section                      Source (U.S. Code)            
   Source (Statutes at Large)
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503(a)................................  37:33(b) (3d sentence).              Au
g. 9, 1946, ch. 931, Sec.  4(b)
                                                                              (
3d sentence); restated Aug. 4,
                                                                              1
947, ch. 475, Sec.  1 (3d
                                                                              s
entence of 2d par.), 61 Stat.
                                                                              7
48.
                                        37:39 (less last proviso).           Au
g. 17, 1949, ch. 452, Sec.  1
                                                                              (
less last proviso), 63 Stat. 611.
503(b)................................  42:210-1(b).                         Ju
ly 1, 1944, ch. 373, Sec.
                                                                              2
19(b); added Aug. 9, 1950, ch.
                                                                              6
54, Sec.  2 (2d par.), 64 Stat.
                                                                              4
26.
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    In subsections (a) and (b), the words ``for the period of that 
absence'' are substituted for the words ``during such absence''.


                               Amendments

    1980--Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 96-513 substituted ``National Oceanic and 
Atmospheric Administration'' for ``Environmental Science Services 
Administration''.
    1966--Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 89-718 substituted ``Environmental 
Science Services Administration'' for ``Coast and Geodetic Survey''.


                    Effective Date of 1980 Amendment

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

                          Transfer of Functions

    Functions of Public Health Service, Surgeon General of Public Health 
Service, and all other officers and employees of Public Health Service, 
and functions of all agencies of or in Public Health Service, 
transferred to Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare by Reorg. 
Plan No. 3 of 1966, eff. June 25, 1966, 31 F.R. 8855, 80 Stat. 1610, set 
out in the Appendix to Title 5, Government Organization and Employees. 
Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare redesignated Secretary of 
Health and Human Services by section 3508(b) of Title 20, Education.
