§ 422. — Cadets and midshipmen.
[Laws in effect as of January 7, 2003]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 7, 2003 and December 19, 2003]
[CITE: 37USC422]
TITLE 37--PAY AND ALLOWANCES OF THE UNIFORMED SERVICES
CHAPTER 7--ALLOWANCES
Sec. 422. Cadets and midshipmen
(a) A cadet at the United States Military Academy, the United States
Air Force Academy, or the Coast Guard Academy, or a midshipman at the
United States Naval Academy, is entitled to the allowances provided by
law for a midshipman in the Navy, and to travel and transportation
allowances prescribed under section 410 of this title while traveling
under orders as a cadet or midshipman.
(b) Each midshipman of the Navy to whom a Navy ration is not
furnished is entitled to the commuted value of the ration in money for
each day that he is on active duty, including each day that he is on
leave. The Secretary of the Navy may prescribe regulations stating the
conditions under which the commuted value shall be allowed and may
prescribe regulations establishing the rates at which the ration shall
be commuted.
(c) A cadet or midshipman appointed under section 2107 of title 10
is entitled to the same allowances as are provided for cadets and
midshipmen at the United States Military, Naval, and Air Force Academies
for--
(1) initial travel to the educational institution in which
matriculated;
(2) travel while under orders; and
(3) travel on discharge.
However, no allowance for travel on discharge may be paid to a
discharged cadet or midshipman who continues his scholastic instruction
at the same educational institution.
(Pub. L. 87-649, Sept. 7, 1962, 76 Stat. 479; Pub. L. 88-647, title II,
Sec. 202(4), Oct. 13, 1964, 78 Stat. 1070; Pub. L. 89-718, Sec. 63, Nov.
2, 1966, 80 Stat. 1123.)
Historical and Revision Notes
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Revised section Source (U.S. Code) Source (Statutes at Large)
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422(a)................................ 37:308 (less applicability to pay). Oct. 12, 1949, ch. 681, Sec. 508
(less applicability to pay), 63
Stat. 828.
422(b)................................ 10:6081(b) (9th through 17th [None.]
words).
10:6081(c) (16th through 19th [None.]
words).
422(c)................................ 10:6904(c). [None.]
10:6905(c). [None.]
422(d)................................ 10:6906(c) (1st sentence, less [None.]
applicability to pay).
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In subsection (a), the words ``prescribed under section 410 of this
title'' are inserted to reflect that revised section.
Amendments
1966--Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 89-718 struck out ``, United States
Code,'' after ``title 10''.
1964--Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 88-647, Sec. 202(4)(A), (B), among other
changes, substituted provisions relating to a cadet or midshipman
appointed under section 2107 of title 10, for provisions relating to a
midshipman appointed under section 6904 of title 10, or a seaman recruit
enlisted under section 6905 of title 10, and ``educational institution''
for ``college or university'', in text, and ``Cadets and midshipmen''
for ``Cadets, midshipmen, and naval officer candidates'', in section
catchline.
Subsec. (d). Pub. L. 88-647, Sec. 202(4)(C), struck out subsec. (d)
which entitled a midshipman under section 6906 of title 10, while on
flight training or duty, to the allowances of a midshipman at the United
States Naval Academy.
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.
