1. (a) Allowance for Officers Serving in Certain Ranks or Positions.— In addition to other pay or allowances authorized by this title, an officer who is entitled to basic pay is entitled to a personal money allowance of—

   1. (1) $500 a year, while serving in the grade of lieutenant general or vice admiral, or in an equivalent grade or rank;
   2. (2) $1,200 a year, in place of any other personal money allowance authorized by this section while serving as Surgeon General of the Public Health Service;
   3. (3) $2,200 a year, in addition to the personal money allowance authorized by clause (1), while serving as a senior member of the Military Staff Committee of the United Nations;
   4. (4) $2,200 a year, while serving in the grade of general or admiral, or in an equivalent grade or rank; or
   5. (5) $4,000 a year, in place of any other personal money allowance authorized by this section, while serving as Chief of Staff of the Army, Chief of Naval Operations, Chief of Staff of the Air Force, Commandant of the Marine Corps, Chief of Space Operations, Commandant of the Coast Guard, or Chief of the National Guard Bureau.
2. (b) Allowance for Senior Enlisted Members.— In addition to other pay or allowances authorized by this title, a noncommissioned officer is entitled to a personal money allowance of $2,000 a year while serving as the Sergeant Major of the Army, the Master Chief Petty Officer of the Navy, the Chief Master Sergeant of the Air Force, the Sergeant Major of the Marine Corps, the Chief Master Sergeant of the Space Force, the Master Chief Petty Officer of the Coast Guard, the Senior Enlisted Advisor to the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, or the Senior Enlisted Advisor to the Chief of the National Guard Bureau.

(Pub. L. 87–649, Sept. 7, 1962, 76 Stat. 476; Pub. L. 89–718, § 49(a)(2), Nov. 2, 1966, 80 Stat. 1121; Pub. L. 102–25, title VII, § 702(b)(2), Apr. 6, 1991, 105 Stat. 117; Pub. L. 106–398, § 1 [[div. A], title VI, § 609(a), (b)], Oct. 30, 2000, 114 Stat. 1654, 1654A–149; Pub. L. 108–375, div. A, title V, § 557(a)(2), Oct. 28, 2004, 118 Stat. 1915; Pub. L. 109–148, div. A, title VIII, § 8124(b), Dec. 30, 2005, 119 Stat. 2727; Pub. L. 109–163, div. A, title VI, § 685(c), Jan. 6, 2006, 119 Stat. 3325; Pub. L. 109–364, div. A, title X, § 1071(c)(7), Oct. 17, 2006, 120 Stat. 2401; Pub. L. 113–291, div. A, title VI, § 603(c), Dec. 19, 2014, 128 Stat. 3398; Pub. L. 115–232, div. A, title VI, § 601(a), Aug. 13, 2018, 132 Stat. 1794; Pub. L. 116–283, div. A, title IX, § 925(e)(1), Jan. 1, 2021, 134 Stat. 3827; Pub. L. 118–159, div. A, title V, § 521(g)(3), Dec. 23, 2024, 138 Stat. 1881.)

In subsection (b), the words “pay or” are inserted to conform to subsection (a). The word “position” is substituted for the words “capacities” and “officers”, respectively. In clause (1), the words “Superintendent of the Naval Postgraduate School” are substituted for the words “Head of the Postgraduate school at the Naval Academy” to reflect present terminology.

Editorial Notes

Amendments

2024—Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 118–159 substituted “the Chief Master Sergeant of the Space Force” for “the senior enlisted advisor of the Space Force”.

2021—Subsec. (a)(5). Pub. L. 116–283, § 925(e)(1)(A), inserted “Chief of Space Operations,” after “Commandant of the Marine Corps,”.

Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 116–283, § 925(e)(1)(B), inserted “the senior enlisted advisor of the Space Force,” after “Sergeant Major of the Marine Corps,”.

2018—Subsecs. (b), (c). Pub. L. 115–232 redesignated subsec. (c) as (b) and struck out former subsec. (b) which related to allowance for certain naval officers.

2014—Subsec. (a)(5). Pub. L. 113–291, § 603(c)(1), substituted “Commandant of the Coast Guard, or Chief of the National Guard Bureau” for “or Commandant of the Coast Guard”.

Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 113–291, § 603(c)(2), substituted “the Senior Enlisted Advisor to the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, or the Senior Enlisted Advisor to the Chief of the National Guard Bureau” for “or the Senior Enlisted Advisor to the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff”.

2006—Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 109–364 struck out before period at end “, or the Senior Enlisted Advisor for the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff”.

Pub. L. 109–163, § 685(c)(2) inserted before period at end “, or the Senior Enlisted Advisor for the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff”.

Pub. L. 109–163, § 685(c)(1), which directed that subsec. (c) be amended by striking “or” after “Sergeant Major of the Marine Corps,” could not be executed because of prior amendment by Pub. L. 109–148. See below.

2005–Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 109–148 substituted “the Master Chief Petty Officer of the Coast Guard, or the Senior Enlisted Advisor to the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff” for “or the Master Chief Petty Officer of the Coast Guard”.

2004—Subsec. (b)(1). Pub. L. 108–375 substituted “President of the Naval Postgraduate School” for “Superintendent of the Naval Postgraduate School”.

2000—Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 106–398, § 1 [[div. A], title VI, § 609(b)(1)], inserted heading.

Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 106–398, § 1 [[div. A], title VI, § 609(b)(2)], inserted heading.

Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 106–398, § 1 [[div. A], title VI, § 609(a)], added subsec. (c).

1991—Subsec. (a)(3). Pub. L. 102–25 struck out “of this subsection” after “clause (1)”.

1966—Subsec. (a)(2). Pub. L. 89–718 struck out reference to service as the Director of the Coast and Geodetic Survey.

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Effective Date of 2018 Amendment

Pub. L. 115–232, div. A, title VI, § 601(b), Aug. 13, 2018, 132 Stat. 1794, provided that:

“The amendments made by subsection (a) [amending this section] shall take effect on

December 31, 2018, and shall apply with respect to personal money allowances payable under

section 414 of title 37, United States Code, for years beginning after that date.”

Effective Date of 2014 Amendment

Amendment by Pub. L. 113–291 effective on Dec. 19, 2014 and applicable with respect to months of service that begin on or after that date, see section 603(e) of Pub. L. 113–291, set out as a note under section 1406 of Title 10, Armed Forces.

Effective Date of 2000 Amendment

Pub. L. 106–398, § 1 [[div. A], title VI, § 609(c)], Oct. 30, 2000, 114 Stat. 1654, 1654A–149, provided that:

“The amendments made by this section [amending this section] shall take effect on

October 1, 2000.”

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.

Executive Documents

Transfer of Functions

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.