§ 210. — Pay of senior enlisted members during terminal leave and while hospitalized.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 37USC210]
TITLE 37--PAY AND ALLOWANCES OF THE UNIFORMED SERVICES
CHAPTER 3--BASIC PAY
Sec. 210. Pay of senior enlisted members during terminal leave
and while hospitalized
(a) A noncommissioned officer of an armed force who, immediately
following the completion of service as the senior enlisted member of
that armed force, is placed on terminal leave pending retirement shall
be entitled, for not more than 60 days while in such status, to the rate
of basic pay authorized for the senior enlisted member of that armed
force.
(b) A noncommissioned officer of an armed force who is hospitalized
and who, during or immediately before such hospitalization, completed
service as the senior enlisted member of that armed force, shall
continue to be entitled, for not more than 180 days while so
hospitalized, to the rate of basic pay authorized for the senior
enlisted member of that armed force.
(c) In this section, the term ``senior enlisted member'' means the
following:
(1) The Sergeant Major of the Army.
(2) The Master Chief Petty Officer of the Navy.
(3) The Chief Master Sergeant of the Air Force.
(4) The Sergeant Major of the Marine Corps.
(5) The Master Chief Petty Officer of the Coast Guard.
(Added Pub. L. 102-190, div. A, title VI, Sec. 606(a), Dec. 5, 1991, 105
Stat. 1374; amended Pub. L. 104-201, div. A, title VI, Sec. 603(a),
(b)(1), Sept. 23, 1996, 110 Stat. 2540.)
Amendments
1996--Pub. L. 104-201, Sec. 603(b)(1), substituted ``Pay of senior
enlisted members during terminal leave and while hospitalized'' for
``Pay of the senior noncommissioned officer of an armed force during
terminal leave'' in section catchline.
Subsecs. (b), (c). Pub. L. 104-201, Sec. 603(a), added subsec. (b)
and redesignated former subsec. (b) as (c).
Transfer of Functions
For transfer of authorities, functions, personnel, and assets of the
Coast Guard, including the authorities and functions of the Secretary of
Transportation relating thereto, to the Department of Homeland Security,
and for treatment of related references, see sections 468(b), 551(d),
552(d), and 557 of Title 6, Domestic Security, and the Department of
Homeland Security Reorganization Plan of November 25, 2002, as modified,
set out as a note under section 542 of Title 6.
