37 USC § 1010 - Commissioned officers: promotions; effective date for pay and allowances

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identifier: "/us/usc/t37/s1010"
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title: "37 USC § 1010 - Commissioned officers: promotions; effective date for pay and allowances"
title_number: 37
title_name: "PAY AND ALLOWANCES OF THE UNIFORMED SERVICES"
section_number: "1010"
section_name: "Commissioned officers: promotions; effective date for pay and allowances"
chapter_number: 19
chapter_name: "ADMINISTRATION"
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currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-03-26"
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generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(Added Pub. L. 96–513, title IV, § 403(c), Dec. 12, 1980, 94 Stat. 2905; amended Pub. L. 109–364, div. A, title X, § 1071(c)(8), Oct. 17, 2006, 120 Stat. 2401.)"
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# § 1010. Commissioned officers: promotions; effective date for pay and allowances

An officer of a uniformed service who is promoted to a grade above second lieutenant or ensign is entitled to the pay and allowances of the grade to which promoted on the effective date of the promotion.

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**Source Credit**: (Added Pub. L. 96–513, title IV, § 403(c), Dec. 12, 1980, 94 Stat. 2905; amended Pub. L. 109–364, div. A, title X, § 1071(c)(8), Oct. 17, 2006, 120 Stat. 2401.)

## Editorial Notes

### Amendments

2006— substituted “promotions” for “promotion” in section catchline.

## Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### Effective Date

Section effective , but the authority to prescribe regulations under this section effective on , see , set out as an Effective Date of 1980 Amendment note under , Armed Forces.