# § 207. Band leaders
**(a)** The leader of the Army Band is entitled to the basic pay of a captain in the Army.
**(b)** The leader of the United States Navy Band is entitled to the basic pay of a lieutenant in the Navy.
**(c)** A member of the Marine Corps who is appointed as director or assistant director of the United States Marine Band under section 8287 of title 10 is entitled, while serving thereunder, only to the basic pay of an officer in the grade in which he is serving. However, his basic pay may not be less that to which he was entitled at the time of his appointment under that section.
**(d)** The leader of the Naval Academy Band is entitled to the basic pay of the grade the Secretary of the Navy prescribes. The second leader is entitled to the basic pay of a warrant officer, W–1.
**(e)** The director of the Coast Guard Band is entitled to the basic pay of an officer in the grade in which he is serving. However, his basic pay may not be less than that to which he was entitled at the time of his appointment as director.
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**Source Credit**: (Pub. L. 87–649, Sept. 7, 1962, 76 Stat. 460; Pub. L. 89–189, § 2, Sept. 17, 1965, 79 Stat. 820; Pub. L. 95–551, § 3(b)(1), Oct. 30, 1978, 92 Stat. 2069; Pub. L. 115–232, div. A, title VIII, § 809(m)(1), Aug. 13, 2018, 132 Stat. 1843.)
| Revised section | Source (U.S. Code) | Source (Statutes at Large) |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 207(a) | 10:3536(b) (as applicable to basic pay). | [None.] |
| 207(b) | 10:4338(a) (as applicable to basic pay). | [None.] |
| 207(c) | 10:6221(b) (as applicable to basic pay). | [None.] |
| 207(d) | 10:6222(e) (as applicable to basic pay). | [None.] |
| 207(e) | 10:6969(b) (less last sentence, as applicable to basic pay). | [None.] |
In subsection (a), the last 22 words of are omitted as covered by section 205 of this revised title.
In subsection (b), the last sentence of is omitted as covered by section 205 of this revised title.
In subsection (c), the last 22 words of are omitted as covered by section 205 of this revised title.
In subsection (e), the 2d sentence of is omitted as covered by section 205 of this revised title.
## Editorial Notes
### Amendments
2018—Subsec. (c). substituted “” for “”.
1978—Subsec. (b). redesignated former subsec. (c) as (b). Former subsec. (b), which provided that the director of music at the United States Military Academy be entitled to the basic pay of a commissioned officer of the rank prescribed for the director by the Secretary of the Army, was struck out.
Subsecs. (c) to (e). redesignated former subsecs. (d) to (f) as (c) to (e), respectively.
Subsec. (f). redesignated former subsec. (f) as (e).
1965—Subsec. (f). added subsec. (f).
## 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 , Armed Forces.
### Transfer of Functions
For transfer of authorities, functions, personnel, and assets of the Coast Guard, including the authorities and functions of the Secretary of Transportation relating thereto, to the Department of Homeland Security, and for treatment of related references, see sections 468(b), 551(d), 552(d), and 557 of Title 6, Domestic Security, and the Department of Homeland Security Reorganization Plan of , as modified, set out as a note under .