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37 U.S.C. 201: Pay grades: assignment to; general rules
Created in 1962 by Public Law 87-649. Changed by 15 later laws. No bill we track in this Congress changes it.
6 other sections of the Code cite this one, including 2 U.S.C. 1602, 5 U.S.C. 13103, 5 U.S.C. 13104, 5 U.S.C. 13105, 10 U.S.C. 571.
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This Congress
No bill we track in the 119th Congress changes this section.
How it got here
2021
- Pub. L. 116–283 designated existing provisions as par. (1), substituted "Subject to paragraph (2), for the purpose" for "For the purpose", and added par. (2). (William M. (Mac) Thornberry National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2021) Law text · (a)
2006
- Pub. L. 109–163 substituted "Navy Reserve" for "Naval Reserve". (National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2006) Law text · (d)
1991
- Pub. L. 102–190, §1111(b), amended table generally, adding provisions relating to Chief Warrant Officer at grade W–5. · (b)
- Pub. L. 102–190, §605, amended subsec. (c) generally. Prior to amendment, subsec. (c) read as follows: "An aviation cadet of the Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps, or Coast Guard is entitled to monthly basic pay at the rate of 50 percent of the basic pay of a commissioned officer in pay gr… · (c)
- Pub. L. 102–25 struck out "of this section" after "subsections (c) and (d)". · (e)
1990
- Pub. L. 101–502 inserted "Assistant Secretary for Health" in fourth column of table in pay grade O–10. · (a)
1985
- Pub. L. 99–145 substituted "Rear admiral (lower half)" for "Commodore" in third column of table in pay grade O–7. · (a)
1984
- Pub. L. 98–557 substituted "Rear admiral" for "Rear admiral (Navy) and Rear admiral (upper half)(Coast Guard and National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration)" in third column of table in pay grade O–8, and in pay grade O–7 substituted "Commodore" for "Commodore (Navy) and Rear admi… · (a)
1983
- Pub. L. 98–94 struck out subsec. (b) which related to basic pay for contract surgeons, redesignated subsecs. (c) to (f) as (b) to (e), respectively, and in subsec. (e), as so redesignated, substituted "subsections (c) and (d)" for "subsections (d) and (e)". · (b), (c), (d), (e), (f)
1981
- Pub. L. 97–86 substituted "Commodore" for "Commodore admiral" in third column of table in pay grade O–7. · (a)
1980
- Pub. L. 96–513, §506(3), substituted in heading of third column of table "National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration" for "Environmental Science Services Administration" and in third column "Rear admiral (Navy) and Rear admiral (upper half) (Coast Guard and National Oceanic and At… · (a)
- Pub. L. 96–513, §516(2), substituted "subsection (d)" for "subsection (f)". · (f)
1979
- Pub. L. 96–76 transferred the Surgeon General from pay grade O–8 to pay grade O–9 in fourth column of table. · (a)
1977
- Pub. L. 95–79 struck out subsec. (c) which related to the monthly rate of pay of cadets and midshipmen at the service academies, and redesignated subsecs. (d) to (g) as (c) to (f), respectively. · (c), (d), (e), (f), (g)
1970
- Pub. L. 91–278 entitled aviation cadets of Coast Guard to basic pay rate. · (e)
1966
- Pub. L. 89–718 substituted "Environmental Science Services Administration" for "Coast and Geodetic Survey" in heading of third column of table. · (a)
1963
- Pub. L. 88–132 substituted "O–3 with over four, but not more than six," for "O–2 with two or less". · (b)
Text, outline and history from the official U.S. Code (2024 edition) on GovInfo, published by the Office of the Law Revision Counsel. Changes made after that edition appear under This Congress.