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37 USC § 703 - Allotments: members of Coast Guard 

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identifier: "/us/usc/t37/s703"
source: "usc"
legal_status: "official_legal_evidence"
title: "37 USC § 703 - Allotments: members of Coast Guard"
title_number: 37
title_name: "PAY AND ALLOWANCES OF THE UNIFORMED SERVICES"
section_number: "703"
section_name: "Allotments: members of Coast Guard"
chapter_number: 13
chapter_name: "ALLOTMENTS AND ASSIGNMENTS OF PAY"
positive_law: true
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. 484; Pub. L. 90–623, § 3(1), Oct. 22, 1968, 82 Stat. 1314; Pub. L. 107–296, title XVII, § 1704(c), Nov. 25, 2002, 116 Stat. 2314.)"
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# § 703. Allotments: members of Coast Guard

Members of the Coast Guard may, under regulations prescribed by the Secretary of Homeland Security, make allotments from their pay and allowances.

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**Source Credit**: (Pub. L. 87–649, Sept. 7, 1962, 76 Stat. 484; Pub. L. 90–623, § 3(1), Oct. 22, 1968, 82 Stat. 1314; Pub. L. 107–296, title XVII, § 1704(c), Nov. 25, 2002, 116 Stat. 2314.)

| Revised section | Source (U.S. Code) | Source (Statutes at Large) |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 703 | 14:464. | [None.] |

The words “members of the Coast Guard” are substituted for the words “officers and enlisted men”, since together they compose the entire membership.

## Editorial Notes

### Amendments

2002— substituted “Secretary of Homeland Security” for “Secretary of Transportation”.

1968— substituted “Secretary of Transportation” for “Secretary of the Treasury”.

## Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### Effective Date of 2002 Amendment

Amendment by  effective on the date of transfer of the Coast Guard to the Department of Homeland Security, see , set out as a note under , Armed Forces.

### Effective Date of 1968 Amendment

Amendment by  intended to restate without substantive change the law in effect on , see , set out as an Effective Date of 1968 Amendment note under , Government Organization and Employees.