10 USC § 1583 - Employment of certain persons without pay

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title: "10 USC § 1583 - Employment of certain persons without pay"
title_number: 10
title_name: "ARMED FORCES"
section_number: "1583"
section_name: "Employment of certain persons without pay"
chapter_number: 81
chapter_name: "CIVILIAN EMPLOYEES"
part_number: "II"
part_name: "PERSONNEL"
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last_updated: "2026-04-17"
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source_credit: "(Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 118; Pub. L. 89–718, § 14, Nov. 2, 1966, 80 Stat. 1117; Pub. L. 97–295, § 1(20)(A), (B), Oct. 12, 1982, 96 Stat. 1290; Pub. L. 112–81, div. A, title XI, § 1111, Dec. 31, 2011, 125 Stat. 1616.)"
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# § 1583. Employment of certain persons without pay

The Secretary of Defense and the Secretaries of the military departments may each employ, without pay, not more than 10 persons of outstanding experience and ability. However, a person so employed may be allowed transportation, and not more than $15 a day instead of subsistence, while away from his home or regular place of business pursuant to employment under this section.

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**Source Credit**: (Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 118; Pub. L. 89–718, § 14, Nov. 2, 1966, 80 Stat. 1117; Pub. L. 97–295, § 1(20)(A), (B), Oct. 12, 1982, 96 Stat. 1290; Pub. L. 112–81, div. A, title XI, § 1111, Dec. 31, 2011, 125 Stat. 1616.)

| Revised section | Source (U.S. Code) | Source (Statutes at Large) |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 1583(a) | 5:171v (less words of 1st sentence after semicolon). | Jan. 6, 1951, ch. 1213, subch. VII, § 704, 64 Stat. 1235. |
| 1583(b) | 5:171v (words of 1st sentence after semicolon). |  |

## Editorial Notes

### Amendments

2011—, inserted “each” after “may” in first sentence.

, which directed amendment of first sentence by inserting “and the Secretaries of the military departments” after “the Secretary of Defense”, was executed by making the insertion after “The Secretary of Defense” to reflect the probable intent of Congress.

1982— substituted “pay” for “compensation” in section catchline and text.

1966— struck out designation “(a)” at beginning of section and repealed subsec. (b) which authorized the Secretary, by regulation, to exempt persons employed under provisions formerly designated subsec. (a) from former sections 281, 283, 284, 434, and 1914 of title 18 and former .