§ 414. — Personal money allowance.
[Laws in effect as of January 7, 2003]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 7, 2003 and December 19, 2003]
[CITE: 37USC414]
TITLE 37--PAY AND ALLOWANCES OF THE UNIFORMED SERVICES
CHAPTER 7--ALLOWANCES
Sec. 414. Personal money allowance
(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, or Commandant of the
Coast Guard.
(b) Allowance for Certain Naval Officers.--In addition to other pay
or allowances authorized by law, an officer who is serving in one of the
following positions is entitled to the amount set forth for that
position, to be paid annually out of naval appropriations for pay, and
to be spent in his discretion for the contingencies of his position--
(1) Superintendent of the Naval Postgraduate School--$400;
(2) Commandant of Midshipmen at the Naval Academy--$800;
(3) President of the Naval War College--$1,000;
(4) Superintendent of the Naval Academy--$5,200; and
(5) Director of Naval Intelligence--$5,200.
(c) 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, or the Master Chief Petty Officer of the Coast Guard.
(Pub. L. 87-649, Sept. 7, 1962, 76 Stat. 476; Pub. L. 89-718,
Sec. 49(a)(2), Nov. 2, 1966, 80 Stat. 1121; Pub. L. 102-25, title VII,
Sec. 702(b)(2), Apr. 6, 1991, 105 Stat. 117; Pub. L. 106-398, Sec. 1
[[div. A], title VI, Sec. 609(a), (b)], Oct. 30, 2000, 114 Stat. 1654,
1654A-149.)
Historical and Revision Notes
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Revised section Source (U.S. Code) Source (Statutes at Large)
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414(a)................................ 37:254. Oct. 12, 1949, ch. 681, Sec. 304,
63 Stat. 816; Aug. 10, 1956, ch.
1041, Sec. 20(c), 70A Stat. 627;
May 20, 1958, Pub. L. 85-422, Sec.
1(11), 72 Stat. 127; Sept. 14,
1961, Pub. L. 87-233, Sec. 3, 75
Stat. 507.
414(b)................................ 37:257. Aug. 2, 1946, ch. 756, Sec. 3, 60
Stat. 853.
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In subsection (b), the words ``pay or'' are inserted to conform to
subsection (a). The word ``position'' is substituted for the words
``capacities'' and ``officers'', respectively. In clause (1), the words
``Superintendent of the Naval Postgraduate School'' are substituted for
the words ``Head of the Postgraduate school at the Naval Academy'' to
reflect present terminology.
Amendments
2000--Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 106-398, Sec. 1 [[div. A], title VI,
Sec. 609(b)(1)], inserted heading.
Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 106-398, Sec. 1 [[div. A], title VI,
Sec. 609(b)(2)], inserted heading.
Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 106-398, Sec. 1 [[div. A], title VI,
Sec. 609(a)], added subsec. (c).
1991--Subsec. (a)(3). Pub. L. 102-25 struck out ``of this
subsection'' after ``clause (1)''.
1966--Subsec. (a)(2). Pub. L. 89-718 struck out reference to service
as the Director of the Coast and Geodetic Survey.
Effective Date of 2000 Amendment
Pub. L. 106-398, Sec. 1 [[div. A], title VI, Sec. 609(c)], Oct. 30,
2000, 114 Stat. 1654, 1654A-149, provided that: ``The amendments made by
this section [amending this section] shall take effect on October 1,
2000.''
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.
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.
Section Referred to in Other Sections
This section is referred to in section 1003 of this title.
