37 USC § 1012 - Disbursement and accounting: pay of enlisted members of the National Guard

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title: "37 USC § 1012 - Disbursement and accounting: pay of enlisted members of the National Guard"
title_number: 37
title_name: "PAY AND ALLOWANCES OF THE UNIFORMED SERVICES"
section_number: "1012"
section_name: "Disbursement and accounting: pay of enlisted members of the National Guard"
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source_credit: "(Added Pub. L. 97–258, § 2(i)(2)(B), Sept. 13, 1982, 96 Stat. 1061; amended Pub. L. 99–145, title XIII, § 1303(b)(13)(A), (B), Nov. 8, 1985, 99 Stat. 741; Pub. L. 104–106, div. A, title VI, § 602(c)(2), title IX, § 913(c)(1), Feb. 10, 1996, 110 Stat. 357, 411; Pub. L. 106–398, § 1 [[div. A], title X, § 1087(b)(5)], Oct. 30, 2000, 114 Stat. 1654, 1654A–292.)"
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# § 1012. Disbursement and accounting: pay of enlisted members of the National Guard

section 1002 of this title

Amounts appropriated for the pay, under subsections (a), (b), and (d) of section 206, section 301(f), section 402(e), and , of enlisted members of the Army National Guard of the United States or the Air National Guard of the United States for attending regular periods of duty and instruction shall be disbursed and accounted for by the Secretary of Defense. All such disbursements shall be made for 3-month periods for units of the Army National Guard or Air National Guard under regulations prescribed by the Secretary of Defense, and on pay rolls prepared and authenticated as prescribed in those regulations.

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**Source Credit**: (Added Pub. L. 97–258, § 2(i)(2)(B), Sept. 13, 1982, 96 Stat. 1061; amended Pub. L. 99–145, title XIII, § 1303(b)(13)(A), (B), Nov. 8, 1985, 99 Stat. 741; Pub. L. 104–106, div. A, title VI, § 602(c)(2), title IX, § 913(c)(1), Feb. 10, 1996, 110 Stat. 357, 411; Pub. L. 106–398, § 1 [[div. A], title X, § 1087(b)(5)], Oct. 30, 2000, 114 Stat. 1654, 1654A–292.)

| Revised section | Source (U.S. Code) | Source (Statutes at Large) |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 1012 | 31:698a. | Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, § 31, 70A Stat. 632. |

The words “the Secretary concerned” are substituted for “officers and agents of the Finance Corps of the Army or finance officers of the Air Force, as the case may be” and “the Secretary of the Army or the Secretary of the Air Force, as the case may be” for consistency in the title. The words “various” and “issued” are omitted as surplus.

## Editorial Notes

### Amendments

2000— substituted “section 402(e)” for “section 402(b)(3)”.

1996— substituted “section 402(b)(3)” for “the last sentence of section 402(b)” and substituted “Secretary of Defense” for “Secretary concerned” in two places.

1985— inserted “: pay of enlisted members of the National Guard” in section catchline, and substituted “for the pay, under subsections (a), (b), and (d) of section 206, section 301(f), the last sentence of section 402(b), and ,” for “under sections 206(a), (b), and (d), 301(f), 309, 402(b) (last sentence), and 1002 of this title for pay”, “All such disbursements” for “Disbursements”, and “as prescribed in those” for “under the”.

## Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### Effective Date of 1985 Amendment

> “The amendments made by this paragraph [amending this section] shall take effect as if included in the enactment of
> 
> [enacting this section].”

, , , provided that: