---
kind: "section"
citation: "10 U.S.C. § 1444"
title: "10"
title_heading: "Armed Forces"
number: "1444"
heading: "Regulations; determinations"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/10/1444"
units:
  - "Subtitle A — General Military Law"
  - "Part II — Personnel"
  - "Chapter 73 — Annuities Based on Retired or Retainer Pay"
  - "Subchapter I — Retired Serviceman’s Family Protection Plan"
---

# §1444. Regulations; determinations

- (a) The President shall prescribe regulations to carry out this subchapter. Those regulations shall, so far as practicable, be uniform for the [armed forces](/usc/10/101.md?p=a-4), the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, and the Public Health Service.
- (b) Determinations and certifications of eligibility for, and payments of, annuities and other payments or refunds under this subchapter shall be made by the [department](/usc/10/101.md?p=a-6) concerned. However, in the case of a [department](/usc/10/101.md?p=a-6) other than a [military](/usc/10/801.md?p=8) [department](/usc/10/101.md?p=a-6), payments shall be made through the disbursing [facilities](/usc/10/2700.md?p=2) of the [Department](/usc/10/101.md?p=a-6) of the Treasury.

## Source credit

(Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 111; Pub. L. 87–381, § 5, Oct. 4, 1961, 75 Stat. 811; Pub. L. 89–718, § 8(a), Nov. 2, 1966, 80 Stat. 1117; Pub. L. 92–425, § 1(2)(A), (C), Sept. 21, 1972, 86 Stat. 706; Pub. L. 96–513, title V, § 511(58), Dec. 12, 1980, 94 Stat. 2925.)

## Notes

| Historical and Revision Notes |  |  |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Revised section | Source (U.S. Code) | Source (Statutes at Large) |
| 1444(a)<br>1444(b)<br>1444(c) | 37:377 (1st sentence).<br>37:377 (2d sentence).<br>37:375. | Aug. 8, 1953, ch. 393, §§ 6, 8 (1st and 2d sentences), 67 Stat. 504. |

### Editorial Notes

### Amendments

1980—Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 96–513, § 511(58)(A), substituted “National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration” for “Environmental Science Services Administration”.

Subsecs. (b), (c). Pub. L. 96–513, § 511(58)(B), redesignated subsec. (c) as (b).

1972—Pub. L. 92–425, § 1(2)(C), struck out “reports to Congress” in section catchline.

Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 92–425, § 1(2)(A), substituted “subchapter” for “chapter”.

Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 92–425, § 1(2)(C), struck out subsec. (b) which required President to submit annual reports to Congress on administration of this chapter.

Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 92–425, § 1(2)(A), substituted “subchapter” for “chapter”.

1966—Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 89–718 substituted “Environmental Science Services Administration” for “Coast and Geodetic Survey”.

1961—Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 87–381 required report to contain a detailed account, including an actuarial analysis, of cases in which relief is granted under sections 1436(b) and 1552 of this title, or any other statutory or administrative procedure.

### Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### Effective Date of 1980 Amendment

Amendment by Pub. L. 96–513 effective Dec. 12, 1980, see section 701(b)(3) of Pub. L. 96–513, set out as a note under section 101 of this title.

### Repeals

The directory language of, but not the amendment made by, Pub. L. 89–718, § 8(a), Nov. 2, 1966, 80 Stat. 1117, cited as a credit to this section, was repealed by Pub. L. 97–295, § 6(b), Oct. 12, 1982, 96 Stat. 1314.

### Executive Documents

### Transfer of Functions

For transfer of functions of Public Health Service, see note set out under section 802 of this title.