---
kind: "section"
citation: "37 U.S.C. § 1003"
title: "37"
title_heading: "Pay and Allowances of the Uniformed Services"
number: "1003"
heading: "Assimilation of pay and allowances"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/37/1003"
units:
  - "Chapter 19 — Administration"
---

# §1003. Assimilation of pay and allowances


Chapters [3](/usc/37/chch3.md) and [5](/usc/37/chch5.md) and sections [402](/usc/37/402.md) through [403b](/usc/37/403b.md), [405](/usc/37/405.md), [414](/usc/37/414.md), [452](/usc/37/452.md), and [453](/usc/37/453.md) of this title apply equally to persons who are not serving as [members](/usc/37/101.md?p=23) of a uniformed service but whose [pay](/usc/37/101.md?p=21) or allowances, or both, are assimilated under law or a regulation prescribed under law, to the [pay](/usc/37/101.md?p=21) or allowances, or both, of [commissioned officers](/usc/37/101.md?p=12), [warrant officers](/usc/37/101.md?p=13), or [enlisted members](/usc/37/101.md?p=14) of any [grade](/usc/37/101.md?p=15), [rank](/usc/37/101.md?p=16), or [rating](/usc/37/101.md?p=17) in any uniformed service.


## Source credit

(Pub. L. 87–649, Sept. 7, 1962, 76 Stat. 490; Pub. L. 112–81, div. A, title VI, § 631(f)(4)(A), Dec. 31, 2011, 125 Stat. 1465; Pub. L. 112–239, div. A, title X, § 1076(a)(9), Jan. 2, 2013, 126 Stat. 1948; Pub. L. 117–263, div. A, title VI, § 626(h)(8), Dec. 23, 2022, 136 Stat. 2630.)

## Notes

| Historical and Revision Notes |  |  |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Revised section | Source (U.S. Code) | Source (Statutes at Large) |
| 1003 | 37:309. | Oct. 12, 1949, ch. 681, § 509; restated May 19, 1952, ch. 310, § 3, 66 Stat. 80. |

### Editorial Notes

### Amendments

2022—Pub. L. 117–263 substituted “sections 402 through 403b, 405, 414, 452, and 453” for “sections 402–403b, 474–477, 479–481, and 414”.

2013—Pub. L. 112–239, § 1076(a)(9), made technical amendment to directory language of Pub. L. 112–81, § 631(f)(4)(A). See 2011 Amendment note below.

2011—Pub. L. 112–81, § 631(f)(4)(A), as amended by Pub. L. 112–239, § 1076(a)(9), substituted “402–403b, 474–477” for “402–407” and “479–481” for “409–411”.

### Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### Effective Date of 2013 Amendment

Pub. L. 112–239, div. A, title X, § 1076(a), Jan. 2, 2013, 126 Stat. 1947, provided that the amendment made by section 1076(a)(9) is effective Dec. 31, 2011, and as if included in Pub. L. 112–81 as enacted.