10 USC § 7437 - Chaplain

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title: "10 USC § 7437 - Chaplain"
title_number: 10
title_name: "ARMED FORCES"
section_number: "7437"
section_name: "Chaplain"
chapter_number: 753
chapter_name: "UNITED STATES MILITARY ACADEMY"
part_number: "III"
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last_updated: "2026-03-26"
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source_credit: "(Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 239, § 4337; Pub. L. 87–651, title I, § 117, Sept. 7, 1962, 76 Stat. 513; Pub. L. 107–107, div. A, title V, § 540(a), Dec. 28, 2001, 115 Stat. 1109; renumbered § 7437, Pub. L. 115–232, div. A, title VIII, § 808(c)(1), Aug. 13, 2018, 132 Stat. 1839.)"
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# § 7437. Chaplain

There shall be a chaplain at the Academy, who must be a clergyman, appointed by the President for a term of four years. The chaplain is entitled to a monthly housing allowance in the same amount as the basic allowance for housing allowed to a lieutenant colonel, and to fuel and light for quarters in kind. The chaplain may be reappointed.

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**Source Credit**: (Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 239, § 4337; Pub. L. 87–651, title I, § 117, Sept. 7, 1962, 76 Stat. 513; Pub. L. 107–107, div. A, title V, § 540(a), Dec. 28, 2001, 115 Stat. 1109; renumbered § 7437, Pub. L. 115–232, div. A, title VIII, § 808(c)(1), Aug. 13, 2018, 132 Stat. 1839.)

| Revised section | Source (U.S. Code) | Source (Statutes at Large) |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 4337 | 10:1083.10:1137. | Feb. 18, 1896, ch. 22 (proviso), 29 Stat. 8; May 16, 1928, ch. 579, 45 Stat. 573; June 2, 1945, ch. 172, 59 Stat. 230. |

The words “The chaplain may be reappointed” are substituted for the words “and said chaplain shall be eligible for reappointment for an additional term or terms”. The figures “$5,482.80” and “$6,714” are substituted for the figures “$4,000” and “$5,000” to reflect increases in the rates of salary of that office effected by the Federal Employees Pay Act of 1945, , the Federal Employees Pay Act of 1946, , the Postal Rate Revision and Federal Employees Salary Act of 1948, , and the Classification Act of 1949, .

### 1962 Act

The change reflects the opinion of the Assistant General Counsel, Civil Service Commission (GC: JHF:fz, ), that those parts of section 4337 and 9337 of title 10 that relate to the salaries of the chaplains at the United States Military Academy and the United States Air Force Academy were superseded by the Classification Act of 1949 ( et seq.). While the positions of chaplain at those Academies are not specifically covered by the Act, the Act has been determined to apply to those positions in accordance with section 203 thereof ().

## Editorial Notes

### Prior Provisions

A prior section 7437 was renumbered .

### Amendments

2018— renumbered  as this section.

2001— substituted “a monthly housing allowance in the same amount as the basic allowance for housing allowed to a lieutenant colonel” for “the same allowances for public quarters as are allowed to a captain”.

1962— struck out provisions which prescribed the salary of chaplain on appointment and reappointment.

## Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### Effective Date of 2018 Amendment

Amendment by  effective , with provision for the coordination of amendments and special rule for certain redesignations, see , set out as a note preceding .

### Effective Date of 2001 Amendment

> “The amendment made by subsection (a) [amending this section] shall take effect on the first day of the first month beginning on or after the date of the enactment of this Act [
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, , , provided that:

## Executive Documents

### Delegation of Functions

Functions of President under this section delegated to Secretary of Defense, see section 1(5) of Ex. Ord. No. 11390, , 33 F.R. 841, set out as a note under , The President.