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37 U.S.C. 356: Continuation pay: full TSP members with 7 to 12 years of service

Created in 2015 by the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2016 (Public Law 114-92). Changed by 2 later laws. No bill we track in this Congress changes it.

3 other sections of the Code cite this one, including 10 U.S.C. 992, 14 U.S.C. 2504, 14 U.S.C. 4902.

This Congress

No bill we track in the 119th Congress changes this section.

    How it got here

    2023

    • Pub. L. 118–31, §611(a)(1), substituted "7" for "8" in section catchline. (National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2024) Law text
    • Pub. L. 118–31, §611(a)(2), substituted "7" for "8". (National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2024) Law text · (a)
    • Pub. L. 118–31, §611(a)(2), substituted "7" for "8". (National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2024) Law text · (d)

    2016

    • Pub. L. 114–328, §633(d)(1), substituted "Continuation pay: full TSP members with 8 to 12 years of service" for "Continuation pay: full TSP members with 12 years of service" in section catchline. (National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2017) Law text
    • Pub. L. 114–328, §633(a)(1), added par. (1) and struck out former par. (1) which read as follows: "completes 12 years of service; and". (National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2017) Law text · (a)
    • Pub. L. 114–328, §633(a)(2), substituted "not less than 3 additional years" for "an additional 4 years". (National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2017) Law text · (a)
    • Pub. L. 114–328, §633(b), substituted heading and introductory provisions for former heading and introductory provisions which read as follows: "Amount.—The amount of continuation pay payable to a full TSP member under subsection (a) shall be the amount that is equal to—". (National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2017) Law text · (b)
    • Pub. L. 114–328, §633(c), amended subsec. (d) generally. Prior to amendment, text read as follows: "The Secretary concerned shall pay continuation pay under subsection (a) to a full TSP member when the member completes 12 years of service. If the Secretary concerned also provides conti… (National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2017) Law text · (d)

    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.