37 USC § 704 - Allotments: officers of Public Health Service

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title: "37 USC § 704 - Allotments: officers of Public Health Service"
title_number: 37
title_name: "PAY AND ALLOWANCES OF THE UNIFORMED SERVICES"
section_number: "704"
section_name: "Allotments: officers of Public Health Service"
chapter_number: 13
chapter_name: "ALLOTMENTS AND ASSIGNMENTS OF PAY"
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last_updated: "2026-03-26"
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source_credit: "(Pub. L. 87–649, Sept. 7, 1962, 76 Stat. 485.)"
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# § 704. Allotments: officers of Public Health Service

Commissioned officers of the Public Health Service who are on active duty may, under regulations prescribed by the President, make allotments from their pay.

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**Source Credit**: (Pub. L. 87–649, Sept. 7, 1962, 76 Stat. 485.)

| Revised section | Source (U.S. Code) | Source (Statutes at Large) |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 704 | 42:210(b) (1st sentence). | July 1, 1944, ch. 373, § 209(c) (1st sentence), 58 Stat. 686; redesignated as section 208, Feb. 28, 1948, ch. 83, § 5(a), 62 Stat. 40; redesignated as subsection (b), Oct. 12, 1949, ch. 681, § 521(b) (as applicable to section 208(b) (1st sentence) of the Act of July 1, 1944), 63 Stat. 834; restated Aug. 9, 1950, ch. 654, § 1, 64 Stat. 426; Apr. 8, 1960, Pub. L. 86–415, § 5(b) (1st sentence), 74 Stat. 34. |

## Executive Documents

### Delegation of Functions

Functions of President under this section delegated to Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare, see section 3 of Ex. Ord. No. 11140,  29 F.R. 1637, set out as a note under , The Public Health and Welfare. Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare redesignated Secretary of Health and Human Services by , Education.