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37 U.S.C. § 403b

Cost-of-living allowance in the continental United States

United States · Title 37 — PAY AND ALLOWANCES OF THE UNIFORMED SERVICES · Status: effective

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37 U.S.C. § 403b, Cost-of-living allowance in the continental United States, United States, version 1 as recorded 2026-07-09, yourstate.us, https://yourstate.us/provision/472408
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The following members are eligible to receive a cost-of-living allowance under this section: A member assigned to duty in the continental United States if the Secretary of the uniformed service concerned determines that— The cost-of-living allowance that may be paid to a member for a high cost area for a fiscal year shall be the amount that is equal to the product of— the percentage equal to the excess of— If primary dependents of a member reside separately in different high cost areas— A member of a reserve component is not eligible for a cost-of-living allowance under this section unless the member is on active duty under a call or order to active duty that— In this section: The term “primary dependent”, with respect to a member, means— The term “cost of living” means a price index selected by the Secretary of Defense, in consultation with the other administering Secretaries, from among the following indices: The term “uniformed services cost of living” means the price index selected as described in paragraph (2) and adjusted as the Secretary of Defense, in consultation with the other administering Secretaries, considers appropriate to reflect variations between expenses of members of the uniformed services (as offset by the basic allowance for subsistence) and the corresponding expenses of persons not members of the uniformed services with regard to the following: The term “administering Secretaries” means the following:

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