37 U.S.C. § 414 — Personal money allowance

submitted 64 years ago by Pub. L. 87-649 to r/title-37-PAY-AND-ALLOWANCES-OF-THE-UNIFORMED-SERVICES · 301 words · no verdicts yet

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This law gives extra yearly pay to certain top military officers and senior enlisted leaders. Officers in specific high ranks or positions get amounts from $500 to $4,000 a year. Senior enlisted leaders, like the Sergeant Major of the Army, get $2,000 a year.

(a) Allowance for Officers Serving in Certain Ranks or Positions This subsection gives some military officers extra money each year, on top of their normal pay. (1) An officer gets $500 a year while serving as a lieutenant general or vice admiral, or an equal rank. (2) An officer gets $1,200 a year while serving as Surgeon General of the Public Health Service. This amount replaces any other personal money allowance this section would otherwise give that officer. (3) An officer gets $2,200 a year while serving as a senior member of the Military Staff Committee of the United Nations. This is on top of — not instead of — the $500 allowance in (1). (4) An officer gets $2,200 a year while serving as a general or admiral, or an equal rank. (5) An officer gets $4,000 a year while serving in one of these top jobs: Chief of Staff of the Army, Chief of Naval Operations, Chief of Staff of the Air Force, Commandant of the Marine Corps, Chief of Space Operations, Commandant of the Coast Guard, or Chief of the National Guard Bureau. This $4,000 replaces any other personal money allowance this section would otherwise give that officer. (b) Allowance for Senior Enlisted Members A noncommissioned officer gets $2,000 a year, on top of other pay, while serving as one of these top enlisted leaders: the Sergeant Major of the Army, the Master Chief Petty Officer of the Navy, the Chief Master Sergeant of the Air Force, the Sergeant Major of the Marine Corps, the Chief Master Sergeant of the Space Force, the Master Chief Petty Officer of the Coast Guard, the Senior Enlisted Advisor to the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, or the Senior Enlisted Advisor to the Chief of the National Guard Bureau.

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(a)Allowance for Officers Serving in Certain Ranks or Positions.—

In addition to other pay or allowances authorized by this title, an officer who is entitled to basic pay is entitled to a personal money allowance of—

(1)

$500 a year, while serving in the grade of lieutenant general or vice admiral, or in an equivalent grade or rank;

(2)

$1,200 a year, in place of any other personal money allowance authorized by this section while serving as Surgeon General of the Public Health Service;

(3)

$2,200 a year, in addition to the personal money allowance authorized by clause (1), while serving as a senior member of the Military Staff Committee of the United Nations;

(4)

$2,200 a year, while serving in the grade of general or admiral, or in an equivalent grade or rank; or

(5)

$4,000 a year, in place of any other personal money allowance authorized by this section, while serving as Chief of Staff of the Army, Chief of Naval Operations, Chief of Staff of the Air Force, Commandant of the Marine Corps, Chief of Space Operations, Commandant of the Coast Guard, or Chief of the National Guard Bureau.

(b)Allowance for Senior Enlisted Members.—

In addition to other pay or allowances authorized by this title, a noncommissioned officer is entitled to a personal money allowance of $2,000 a year while serving as the Sergeant Major of the Army, the Master Chief Petty Officer of the Navy, the Chief Master Sergeant of the Air Force, the Sergeant Major of the Marine Corps, the Chief Master Sergeant of the Space Force, the Master Chief Petty Officer of the Coast Guard, the Senior Enlisted Advisor to the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, or the Senior Enlisted Advisor to the Chief of the National Guard Bureau.

Source credit: (Pub. L. 87–649, Sept. 7, 1962, 76 Stat. 476; Pub. L. 89–718, § 49(a)(2), Nov. 2, 1966, 80 Stat. 1121; Pub. L. 102–25, title VII, § 702(b)(2), Apr. 6, 1991, 105 Stat. 117; Pub. L. 106–398, § 1 [[div. A], title VI, § 609(a), (b)], Oct. 30, 2000, 114 Stat. 1654, 1654A–149; Pub. L. 108–375, div. A, title V, § 557(a)(2), Oct. 28, 2004, 118 Stat. 1915; Pub. L. 109–148, div. A, title VIII, § 8124(b), Dec. 30, 2005, 119 Stat. 2727; Pub. L. 109–163, div. A, title VI, § 685(c), Jan. 6, 2006, 119 Stat. 3325; Pub. L. 109–364, div. A, title X, § 1071(c)(7), Oct. 17, 2006, 120 Stat. 2401; Pub. L. 113–291, div. A, title VI, § 603(c), Dec. 19, 2014, 128 Stat. 3398; Pub. L. 115–232, div. A, title VI, § 601(a), Aug. 13, 2018, 132 Stat. 1794; Pub. L. 116–283, div. A, title IX, § 925(e)(1), Jan. 1, 2021, 134 Stat. 3827; Pub. L. 118–159, div. A, title V, § 521(g)(3), Dec. 23, 2024, 138 Stat. 1881.)

history & why it existsrecord from the source credit

1962Enacted · Pub. L. 87-649 · 76 Stat. 476
1966Amended · Pub. L. 89-718 · 80 Stat. 1121
1991Amended · Pub. L. 102-25 · 105 Stat. 117
2000Amended · Pub. L. 106-398 · 114 Stat. 1654, 1654
2004Amended · Pub. L. 108-375 · 118 Stat. 1915
2005Amended · Pub. L. 109-148 · 119 Stat. 2727
2006Amended · Pub. L. 109-163 · 119 Stat. 3325
2006Amended · Pub. L. 109-364 · 120 Stat. 2401
2014Amended · Pub. L. 113-291 · 128 Stat. 3398
2018Amended · Pub. L. 115-232 · 132 Stat. 1794
2021Amended · Pub. L. 116-283 · 134 Stat. 3827
2024Amended · Pub. L. 118-159 · 138 Stat. 1881

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