---
kind: "section"
citation: "10 U.S.C. § 7375"
title: "10"
title_heading: "Armed Forces"
number: "7375"
heading: "Production of supplies and munitions: hours and pay of laborers and mechanics"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/10/7375"
units:
  - "Subtitle B — Army"
  - "Part II — Personnel"
  - "Chapter 747 — Civilian Employees"
---

# §7375. Production of supplies and munitions: hours and pay of laborers and mechanics


During a national emergency declared by the President, the [regular](/usc/10/101.md?p=b-12) working hours of laborers and mechanics of the [Department](/usc/10/101.md?p=a-6) of the Army producing military [supplies](/usc/10/101.md?p=a-14) or munitions are 8 hours a day or 40 hours a week. However, under regulations prescribed by the [Secretary](/usc/10/7551.md?p=5) of the Army these hours may be exceeded. Each laborer or mechanic who works more than 40 hours in a workweek shall be paid at a [rate](/usc/10/101.md?p=b-9) not less than one and one-half times the [regular](/usc/10/101.md?p=b-12) hourly [rate](/usc/10/101.md?p=b-9) for each hour in excess of 40.


## Source credit

(Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 234, § 4025; renumbered § 7375, Pub. L. 115–232, div. A, title VIII, § 808(b)(15), Aug. 13, 2018, 132 Stat. 1839.)

## Notes

| Historical and Revision Notes |  |  |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Revised section | Source (U.S. Code) | Source (Statutes at Large) |
| 4025 | 5:189a. | July 2, 1940, ch. 508, § 4(b), 54 Stat. 714. |

The words “Notwithstanding the provisions of any other law” are omitted as surplusage. The word “producing” is substituted for the words “who are engaged in the manufacture or production”. The last sentence is substituted for 5:189a (last 34 words).

### Editorial Notes

### Amendments

2018—Pub. L. 115–232 renumbered section 4025 of this title as this section.

### Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### Effective Date of 2018 Amendment

Amendment by Pub. L. 115–232 effective Feb. 1, 2019, with provision for the coordination of amendments and special rule for certain redesignations, see section 800 of Pub. L. 115–232, set out as a note preceding section 3001 of this title.