§ 802. — Forfeiture of pay during absence from duty due to disease from intemperate use of alcohol or drugs.
[Laws in effect as of January 7, 2003]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 7, 2003 and December 19, 2003]
[CITE: 37USC802]
TITLE 37--PAY AND ALLOWANCES OF THE UNIFORMED SERVICES
CHAPTER 15--PROHIBITIONS AND PENALTIES
Sec. 802. Forfeiture of pay during absence from duty due to
disease from intemperate use of alcohol or drugs
A member of the Army, Navy, Air Force, or Marine Corps, on active
duty who is absent from his regular duties for a continuous period of
more than one day because of disease that is directly caused by and
immediately follows his intemperate use of alcoholic liquor or habit-
forming drugs is not entitled to pay for the period of that absence.
However, a member whose pay is forfeited for more than one month is
entitled to $5 for personal expenses for each full month that his pay is
forfeited. Determinations of periods and causes of absence under this
section shall be made as prescribed by the Secretary concerned, and are
final.
(Pub. L. 87-649, Sept. 7, 1962, 76 Stat. 485.)
Historical and Revision Notes
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Revised section Source (U.S. Code) Source (Statutes at Large)
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802................................... 10:3632. [None.]
10:6111. [None.]
10:8632. [None.]
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The words ``Navy . . . or Marine Corps'' are substituted for the
words ``naval service'', in section 6111 of title 10, to conform to the
definition of that term in section 5001(a)(3) of title 10. The words
``and conclusive'' are omitted as surplusage.
