---
kind: "section"
citation: "37 U.S.C. § 420"
title: "37"
title_heading: "Pay and Allowances of the Uniformed Services"
number: "420"
heading: "Allowances while participating in international sports"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/37/420"
units:
  - "Chapter 7 — Allowances Other Than Travel and Transportation Allowances"
---

# §420. Allowances while participating in international sports

- (a) [Section 717 of title 10](/usc/10/717.md) does not authorize the payment of allowances at higher rates than those provided for participation in military activities not covered by that section.
- (b) Notwithstanding any other law, a [member](/usc/37/101.md?p=23) of a uniformed service is not entitled to travel and transportation allowances under [section 452 of this title](/usc/37/452.md) for any period during which his expenses for travel or transportation are being paid by the agency sponsoring his participation in a competition covered by [section 717 of title 10](/usc/10/717.md).
- (c) Notwithstanding any other law, a [member](/usc/37/101.md?p=23) of a uniformed service who has no [dependents](/usc/37/401.md?p=a) is not entitled to the basic allowances for subsistence and housing authorized by sections [402](/usc/37/402.md) and [403](/usc/37/403.md) of this title for a period during which he is subsisted and quartered by the agency sponsoring his participation in a competition covered by [section 717 of title 10](/usc/10/717.md).

## Source credit

(Pub. L. 87–649, Sept. 7, 1962, 76 Stat. 478, § 419; Pub. L. 89–718, § 64, Nov. 2, 1966, 80 Stat. 1123; renumbered § 420, Pub. L. 100–180, div. A, title VI, § 611(a)(1)(A), Dec. 4, 1987, 101 Stat. 1093; Pub. L. 105–85, div. A, title VI, § 603(d)(1)(C), Nov. 18, 1997, 111 Stat. 1782; 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)(2), Dec. 23, 2022, 136 Stat. 2629.)

## Notes

| Historical and Revision Notes |  |  |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Revised section | Source (U.S. Code) | Source (Statutes at Large) |
| 419(a)<br>419(b)<br>419(c) | 37:256a(a).<br>37:256a(b).<br>37:256a(c). | Oct. 12, 1949, ch. 681, § 307; added Sept. 2, 1958, Pub. L. 85–861, § 11, 72 Stat. 1556. |

### Editorial Notes

### Prior Provisions

A prior section 420 was renumbered section 421 of this title.

### Amendments

2022—Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 117–263 substituted “section 452” for “sections 474–481”.

2013—Subsec. (b). 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—Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 112–81, § 631(f)(4)(A), as amended by Pub. L. 112–239, § 1076(a)(9), substituted “474–481” for “404–411”.

1997—Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 105–85 substituted “housing” for “quarters”.

1966—Pub. L. 89–718 substituted “section 717 of title 10” for “section 716 of title 10” wherever appearing.

### 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.

### Effective Date of 1997 Amendment

Amendment by Pub. L. 105–85 effective Jan. 1, 1998, see section 603(e) of Pub. L. 105–85, set out as a note under section 5561 of Title 5, Government Organization and Employees.