---
kind: "section"
citation: "37 U.S.C. § 604"
title: "37"
title_heading: "Pay and Allowances of the Uniformed Services"
number: "604"
heading: "Determination of Secretary final"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/37/604"
units:
  - "Chapter 11 — Payments to Mentally Incompetent Persons"
---

# §604. Determination of Secretary final


The determination as to the person authorized to receive a payment under [section 602 of this title](/usc/37/602.md) is final and is not subject to review by an official of the [United States](/usc/37/101.md?p=1-A) or a court.


## Source credit

(Pub. L. 87–649, Sept. 7, 1962, 76 Stat. 484; Pub. L. 89–718, § 66, Nov. 2, 1966, 80 Stat. 1123.)

## Notes

| Historical and Revision Notes |  |  |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Revised section | Source (U.S. Code) | Source (Statutes at Large) |
| 604 | 37:354. | June 21, 1950, ch. 342, § 4, 64 Stat. 250. |

The words “or persons” are omitted for the reasons stated in the revision note for section 602(a) of this revised title. The words “made by the respective secretaries, or by their duly designated subordinates” and the words “and conclusive” are omitted as surplusage.

### Editorial Notes

### Amendments

1966—Pub. L. 89–718 struck out “the” before “Secretary” in section catchline.