37 USC § 424 - Band leaders

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title: "37 USC § 424 - Band leaders"
title_number: 37
title_name: "PAY AND ALLOWANCES OF THE UNIFORMED SERVICES"
section_number: "424"
section_name: "Band leaders"
chapter_number: 7
chapter_name: "ALLOWANCES OTHER THAN TRAVEL AND TRANSPORTATION ALLOWANCES"
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last_updated: "2026-03-26"
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source_credit: "(Pub. L. 87–649, Sept. 7, 1962, 76 Stat. 480; Pub. L. 89–189, § 3, Sept. 17, 1965, 79 Stat. 820; Pub. L. 95–551, § 3(b)(2), Oct. 30, 1978, 92 Stat. 2069; Pub. L. 115–232, div. A, title VIII, § 809(m)(4), Aug. 13, 2018, 132 Stat. 1843.)"
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# § 424. Band leaders

**(a)** The leader of the Army Band is entitled to the allowances of a captain in the Army.

**(b)** The leader of the United States Navy Band is entitled to the allowances of a lieutenant of the Navy.

**(c)** A member of the Marine Corps who is appointed as director or assistant director of the United States Marine Corps Band under section 8287 of title 10, is entitled, while serving thereunder, only to the allowances of an officer in the grade in which he is serving. However, his allowances may not be less than those 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 allowances of the pay grade prescribed for him by the Secretary of Navy under section 207(e) of this title. The second leader is entitled to the allowances of a warrant officer, W–1.

**(e)** The director of the Coast Guard Band is entitled to the allowances of an officer in the grade in which he is serving. However, his allowances may not be less than those 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. 480; Pub. L. 89–189, § 3, Sept. 17, 1965, 79 Stat. 820; Pub. L. 95–551, § 3(b)(2), Oct. 30, 1978, 92 Stat. 2069; Pub. L. 115–232, div. A, title VIII, § 809(m)(4), Aug. 13, 2018, 132 Stat. 1843.)

| Revised section | Source (U.S. Code) | Source (Statutes at Large) |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 424(a) | 10:3536(b) (less applicability to basic pay). | [None.] |
| 424(b) | 10:4338(a) (as applicable to allowances). | [None.] |
| 424(c) | 10:6221(b) (less applicability to basic pay). | [None.] |
| 424(d) | 10:6222(e) (less applicability to basic pay). | [None.] |
| 424(e) | 10:6969(b) (less last sentence, and less applicability to basic pay). | [None.] |

## Editorial Notes

### Amendments

2018—Subsec. (c).  substituted “” for “”.

1978—Subsecs. (b) to (f).  redesignated subsecs. (c) to (f) as (b) to (e), respectively. Former subsec. (b), which provided that the director of music at the United States Military Academy be entitled to allowances of a commissioned officer of the rank prescribed for the director by the Secretary of the Army, was struck out.

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 .