37 U.S.C. § 205
Computation: service creditable
United States · Title 37 — PAY AND ALLOWANCES OF THE UNIFORMED SERVICES · Status: effective
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- 37 U.S.C. § 205, Computation: service creditable, United States, version 1 as recorded 2026-07-09, yourstate.us, https://yourstate.us/provision/472302
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Subject to subsections (b) and (c), for the purpose of computing the basic pay of a member of a uniformed service, his years of service are computed by adding—
all periods during which he was enlisted or held an appointment as an officer, Army field clerk, or flight officer of—
all periods while—
Paragraph (1) applies to the following service:
Legislative history
The public laws that enacted or amended this section. Tallies are for the whole bill as it passed each chamber — often an omnibus covering far more than this provision — not a vote on this section alone. The law that originally enacted this section predates the public laws loaded here, so only later amendments are listed.
- A bill to provide for crediting service as an aviation midshipman for purposes of retirement for nonregular service under chapter 67 of title 10, United States Code, and for pay purposes under title 37, United States Code.House: no recorded tallySenate: no recorded tally
- Department of Defense Authorization Act, 1981House: no recorded tallySenate: no recorded tally
- An act to amend title 10, United States Code, to revise and standardize the provisions of law relating to appointment, promotion, separation, and mandatory retirement of regular commissioned officers of the Army, Navy, Air Force, and Marine Corps, to establish the permanent grade of commodore admiral in the Navy, to equalize the treatment of female commissioned officers with that of male commissioned officers, and for other purposes.House: no recorded tallySenate: no recorded tally
- Department of Defense Authorization Act, 1985House: no recorded tallySenate: no recorded tally
- National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Years 1990 and 1991House: no recorded tallySenate: 91–8
- Persian Gulf Conflict Supplemental Authorization and Personnel Benefits Act of 1991House: 396–4Senate: no recorded tally
- National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1993House: 304–100Senate: no recorded tally
- To amend title 10, United States Code, with respect to applicability of qualification requirements for certain acquisition positions in the Department of Defense.House: no recorded tallySenate: no recorded tally
- National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1995
- National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1997
- National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1998
- National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2000
- Floyd D. Spence National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2001
- National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2006House: 374–41Senate: no recorded tally
- National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2026House: 312–112Senate: no recorded tally