§ 503. — Absence without leave or over leave.
[Laws in effect as of January 7, 2003]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 7, 2003 and December 19, 2003]
[CITE: 37USC503]
TITLE 37--PAY AND ALLOWANCES OF THE UNIFORMED SERVICES
CHAPTER 9--LEAVE
Sec. 503. Absence without leave or over leave
(a) A member of the Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps, Coast
Guard, or National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, who is absent
without leave or over leave, forfeits all pay and allowances for the
period of that absence, unless it is excused as unavoidable.
(b) A commissioned officer of the Regular Corps of the Public Health
Service, or an officer of the Reserve Corps of the Public Health Service
on active duty, who is absent without leave, forfeits all pay and
allowances for the period of that absence, unless it is excused as
unavoidable.
(Pub. L. 87-649, Sept. 7, 1962, 76 Stat. 482; Pub. L. 89-718,
Sec. 49(a)(1), Nov. 2, 1966, 80 Stat. 1121; Pub. L. 96-513, title V,
Sec. 516(15), Dec. 12, 1980, 94 Stat. 2939.)
Historical and Revision Notes
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Revised section Source (U.S. Code) Source (Statutes at Large)
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503(a)................................ 37:33(b) (3d sentence). Aug. 9, 1946, ch. 931, Sec. 4(b)
(3d sentence); restated Aug. 4,
1947, ch. 475, Sec. 1 (3d
sentence of 2d par.), 61 Stat.
748.
37:39 (less last proviso). Aug. 17, 1949, ch. 452, Sec. 1
(less last proviso), 63 Stat. 611.
503(b)................................ 42:210-1(b). July 1, 1944, ch. 373, Sec.
219(b); added Aug. 9, 1950, ch.
654, Sec. 2 (2d par.), 64 Stat.
426.
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In subsections (a) and (b), the words ``for the period of that
absence'' are substituted for the words ``during such absence''.
Amendments
1980--Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 96-513 substituted ``National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration'' for ``Environmental Science Services
Administration''.
1966--Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 89-718 substituted ``Environmental
Science Services Administration'' for ``Coast and Geodetic Survey''.
Effective Date of 1980 Amendment
Amendment by Pub. L. 96-513 effective Dec. 12, 1980, see section
701(b)(3) Pub. L. 96-513, set out as a note under section 101 of this
title.
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.
