US Code

Public Law 119-73 (01/23/2026)

37 U.S.C. § 1014

Payment date for pay and allowances

(a)
Amounts of basic pay, basic allowance for housing, basic allowance for subsistence, and other payments of military compensation (other than travel and transportation allowances and separation allowances) shall be paid on the first day of the month beginning after the month during which the right to such compensation accrues.
(b)
Subsection (a) does not preclude one payment in midmonth for any element of compensation and does not affect any authority to make advance payments of pay and allowances.
(c)
section 211 of this title With respect to a member of the uniformed services who has elected to participate in the Thrift Savings Plan under , subsection (a) does not preclude the payment of an amount equal to one-half of the monthly deposit to the Thrift Savings Fund otherwise to be made by the member in participating in the Plan, which amount may be deposited in the Thrift Savings Fund at midmonth.

Pub. L. 99–500, § 101(c) [title IX, § 9103(1)]100 Stat. 1783–82Pub. L. 99–591, § 101(c) [title IX, § 9103(1)]100 Stat. 3341–82Pub. L. 100–26, § 8(b)(2)101 Stat. 285Pub. L. 105–85, div. A, title VI, § 603(d)(1)(E)111 Stat. 1782Pub. L. 110–181, div. A, title VI, § 605(a)122 Stat. 146(Added , , , 1783–118, and , , , 3341–118, § 1013; renumbered § 1014, , , ; amended , , ; , , .)

Editorial Notes

Codification

Pub. L. 99–591Pub. L. 99–500 is a corrected version of .

Amendments

Pub. L. 110–1812008—Subsec. (c). added subsec. (c).

Pub. L. 105–851997—Subsec. (a). substituted “housing” for “quarters”.

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Effective Date of 1997 Amendment

Pub. L. 105–85section 603(e) of Pub. L. 105–85section 5561 of Title 5Amendment by effective , see , set out as a note under , Government Organization and Employees.

Effective Date

Pub. L. 99–500, § 101(c) [title IX, § 9103(4)]100 Stat. 1783–82Pub. L. 99–591, § 101(c) [title IX, § 9103(4)]100 Stat. 3341–82Pub. L. 100–26, § 4(a)(2)101 Stat. 274

Section 1014 of title 37Pub. L. 100–26section 1466 of Title 10“, United States Code, as added by paragraph (1) and redesignated by section 8(b)(2) of the Defense Technical Corrections Act of 1987 [], and the amendments made by paragraph (3) [amending , Armed Forces], shall take effect on .”
, , , 1783–118, and , , , 3341–118, as amended by , , , provided that: