---
kind: "section"
citation: "37 U.S.C. § 707"
title: "37"
title_heading: "Pay and Allowances of the Uniformed Services"
number: "707"
heading: "Allotments: members of the National Guard"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/37/707"
units:
  - "Chapter 13 — Allotments and Assignments of Pay"
---

# §707. Allotments: members of the National Guard

- (a) The Secretary of the Army or the Secretary of the Air Force, as the case may be, may allow a [member](/usc/37/101.md?p=23) of the [National Guard](/usc/37/101.md?p=6) who is not on [active duty](/usc/37/101.md?p=18) to make allotments from his [pay](/usc/37/101.md?p=21) under sections [204](/usc/37/204.md) and [206](/usc/37/206.md) of this title for the payment of premiums under a group life insurance program sponsored by the military department of the State in which such [member](/usc/37/101.md?p=23) holds his [National Guard](/usc/37/101.md?p=6) membership or by the [National Guard](/usc/37/101.md?p=6) association of such State if the State or association concerned has agreed in writing to reimburse the [United States](/usc/37/101.md?p=1-A) for all costs incurred by the [United States](/usc/37/101.md?p=1-A) in providing for such allotments. The amount of such costs and procedures for reimbursements shall be determined by the Secretary of Defense and his determination shall be conclusive. All amounts of reimbursements for such costs received by the [United States](/usc/37/101.md?p=1-A) from a State or an association shall be credited to the appropriations or funds against which charges have been made for such costs.
- (b) The [United States](/usc/37/101.md?p=1-A) is not liable for loss or damage suffered by a person as a result of an error made by an [officer](/usc/37/101.md?p=11) or employee of the [United States](/usc/37/101.md?p=1-A) in carrying out the allotment program under [subsection (a)](#a).

## Source credit

(Added Pub. L. 93–289, § 11(a), May 24, 1974, 88 Stat. 172; amended Pub. L. 96–513, title V, § 516(19), Dec. 12, 1980, 94 Stat. 2939; Pub. L. 97–295, § 3(5), Oct. 12, 1982, 96 Stat. 1304; Pub. L. 102–25, title VII, § 702(b)(1), (c), Apr. 6, 1991, 105 Stat. 117.)

## Notes

| Historical and Revision Notes |  |  |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 1982 Act |  |  |
| Revised section | Source (U.S. Code) | Source (Statutes at Large) |
| 707(b) | 37:707 (note). | May 24, 1974, Pub. L. 93–289, § 11(b), 88 Stat. 173. |

In subsection (b), the words “is not” are substituted for “shall not be” for consistency.

### Editorial Notes

### Amendments

1991—Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 102–25 struck out “of this section” after “subsection (a)”.

1982—Pub. L. 97–295 designated existing provisions as subsec. (a) and added subsec. (b).

1980—Pub. L. 96–513 struck out “(a)” before “The Secretary”.

### Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### Effective Date of 1980 Amendment

Amendment by Pub. L. 96–513 effective Dec. 12, 1980, see section 701(b)(3) of Pub. L. 96–513, set out as a note under section 101 of Title 10, Armed Forces.

### Liability of United States for Losses or Damages

Pub. L. 93–289, § 11(b), May 24, 1974, 88 Stat. 173, which provided that the United States shall not be liable for any losses or damages suffered by any person as the result of any error made by any officer or employee of the United States in administering the allotment program authorized under subsec. (a) of this section, was repealed and reenacted as subsec. (b) of this section by Pub. L. 97–295, §§ 3(5), 6(b), Oct. 12, 1982, 96 Stat. 1304, 1314.