37 USC § 421 - Allowances: no increase while dependent is entitled to basic pay

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identifier: "/us/usc/t37/s421"
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title: "37 USC § 421 - Allowances: no increase while dependent is entitled to basic pay"
title_number: 37
title_name: "PAY AND ALLOWANCES OF THE UNIFORMED SERVICES"
section_number: "421"
section_name: "Allowances: no increase while dependent is entitled to basic pay"
chapter_number: 7
chapter_name: "ALLOWANCES OTHER THAN TRAVEL AND TRANSPORTATION ALLOWANCES"
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currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-03-26"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(Pub. L. 87–649, Sept. 7, 1962, 76 Stat. 479, § 420; renumbered § 421, Pub. L. 100–180, div. A, title VI, § 611(a)(1)(A), Dec. 4, 1987, 101 Stat. 1093.)"
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# § 421. Allowances: no increase while dependent is entitled to basic pay

section 204 of this title

A member of a uniformed service may not be paid an increased allowance under this chapter, on account of a dependent, for any period during which that dependent is entitled to basic pay under .

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**Source Credit**: (Pub. L. 87–649, Sept. 7, 1962, 76 Stat. 479, § 420; renumbered § 421, Pub. L. 100–180, div. A, title VI, § 611(a)(1)(A), Dec. 4, 1987, 101 Stat. 1093.)

| Revised section | Source (U.S. Code) | Source (Statutes at Large) |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 420 | 37:231(g) (last proviso of last sentence). | Oct. 12, 1949, ch. 681, § 102(g) (last proviso of last sentence), 63 Stat. 805. |

The words “of a uniformed service” are inserted for clarity. The words “claiming a dependent as defined in this subsection” are omitted as surplusage. The words “under ” are substituted for the words “for the performance of duty as defined in section 232(e) of this revised title”.

## Editorial Notes

### Prior Provisions

A prior section 421, , , ; , , , provided for pay and allowances of contract surgeons, prior to repeal by , , , eff. . See , Armed Forces.