37 U.S.C. § 1001 Regulations Relating to Pay and Allowances

• Library: United States Statutes
• Edition: 2023
• Currency: Current through P.L. 118-21 (published on www.congress.gov on 11/13/2023)

(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 Homeland Security, 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.

Cite as 37 U.S.C. § 1001

Source: Pub. L. 87-649, Sept. 7, 1962, 76 Stat. 489; Pub. L. 89-718, §§49(a)(1), 69, Nov. 2, 1966, 80 Stat. 1121, 1123; Pub. L. 90-623, §3(1), Oct. 22, 1968, 82 Stat. 1314; Pub. L. 96-513, title V, §516(22), Dec. 12, 1980, 94 Stat. 2939; Pub. L. 102-25, title VII, §702(b)(1), (c), Apr. 6, 1991, 105 Stat. 117; Pub. L. 107-296, title XVII, §1704(c), Nov. 25, 2002, 116 Stat. 2314.

Notes from the Office of Law Revision Counsel

current through 5/24/2023

<TABLE> <TR><TD colspan="3">HISTORICAL AND REVISION NOTES</TD> </TR> <TR> <TD>Revised section</TD> <TD>Source (U.S. Code)</TD> <TD>Source (Statutes at Large)</TD> </TR> <TR> <TD>1001(a) <para>1001(b)</para> <para>1001(c)</para> </TD> <TD>37:324 (1st sentence). <para>37:324 (2d sentence).</para> <para>37:324 (less 1st and 2d sentences).</para> </TD> <TD>Oct. 12, 1949, ch. 681, §534; added Sept. 2, 1957, Pub. L. 85-272, §4, 71 Stat. 597.</TD> </TR> </TABLE>

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.