---
kind: "section"
citation: "37 U.S.C. § 305b"
title: "37"
title_heading: "Pay and Allowances of the Uniformed Services"
number: "305b"
heading: "Special pay: service as member of Weapons of Mass Destruction Civil Support Team"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/37/305b"
units:
  - "Chapter 5 — Special and Incentive Pays"
  - "Subchapter I — Existing Special Pay, Incentive Pay, and Bonus Authorities"
---

# §305b. Special pay: service as member of Weapons of Mass Destruction Civil Support Team

- (a) **Special Pay Authorized.—** The Secretary of a military department may [pay](/usc/37/101.md?p=21) special [pay](/usc/37/101.md?p=21) under this subsection to [members](/usc/37/101.md?p=23) of an armed force under the jurisdiction of the Secretary who are entitled to basic [pay](/usc/37/101.md?p=21) under [section 204](/usc/37/204.md) and are assigned by orders to duty as [members](/usc/37/101.md?p=23) of a Weapons of Mass Destruction Civil Support Team if the Secretary determines that the payment of such special [pay](/usc/37/101.md?p=21) is needed to address recruitment or retention concerns in that armed force.
- (b) **Monthly Rate.—** The monthly rate of special [pay](/usc/37/101.md?p=21) under [subsection (a)](#a) may not exceed $150.
- (c) **Inclusion of Reserve Component Members Performing Inactive Duty Training.—**
  - (1) To the extent funds are made available to carry out this subsection, the Secretary of a military department may [pay](/usc/37/101.md?p=21) the special [pay](/usc/37/101.md?p=21) under [subsection (a)](#a) to [members](/usc/37/101.md?p=23) of a [reserve component](/usc/37/101.md?p=24) of the [armed forces](/usc/37/101.md?p=4) who are entitled to compensation under [section 206 of this title](/usc/37/206.md) and who perform duty under orders as [members](/usc/37/101.md?p=23) of a Weapons of Mass Destruction Civil Support Team.
  - (2) The amount of the special [pay](/usc/37/101.md?p=21) for a [member](/usc/37/101.md?p=23) referred to in [paragraph (1)](#c-1) shall be equal to <sup>1</sup>⁄<sub>30</sub> of the monthly special [pay](/usc/37/101.md?p=21) rate in effect under [subsection (b)](#b) for each day on which the [member](/usc/37/101.md?p=23) performs duty under orders as [members](/usc/37/101.md?p=23) of a Weapons of Mass Destruction Civil Support Team.
- (d) **Regulations.—** Special [pay](/usc/37/101.md?p=21) under this section shall be provided in accordance with regulations prescribed by the Secretary of Defense.
- (e) **Definition.—** In this section, the term “Weapons of Mass Destruction Civil Support Team” means a team of [members](/usc/37/101.md?p=23) of the [reserve components](/usc/37/101.md?p=24) of the [armed forces](/usc/37/101.md?p=4) that is established under [section 12310(c) of title 10](/usc/10/12310.md?p=c) in support of emergency preparedness programs to prepare for or to respond to any emergency involving the use of a weapon of mass destruction.

## Source credit

(Added Pub. L. 108–136, div. A, title VI, § 624(a), Nov. 24, 2003, 117 Stat. 1505.)