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PUBLIC LAW 87-649-SEPT. 7, 1962

[76 STAT.

§ 603. Regulations The Secretary concerned and the Administrator of Veterans' Affairs shall prescribe regulations necessary to carry out this chapter. § 604. Determination of the Secretary final The determination as to the person authorized to receive a payment under section 602 of this title is final and is not subject to review by an official of the United States or a court. Chapter 13—Allotments and Assignments of Pay Sec.

701. 702. 703. 704. 705. 706.

Members of Army or Air Force; contract surgeons. Allotments: oflScers of Navy or Marine Corps. Allotments: members of Coast Guard. Allotments: oflacers of Public Health Service. Assignments: enlisted members of naval service. Commissioned officers of Coast and Geodetic Survey.

§ 701. Members of Army or Air Force; contract surgeons (a) Under regulations prescribed by the Secretary of the Army or the Secretary of the Air Force, as the case may be, a commissioned officer of the Army or the Air Force may transfer or assign his pay account, when due and payable. (b) A contract surgeon, or contract dental surgeon, of the Army or the A i r Force, on duty in Alaska, Hawaii, the Philippine Islands, or Puerto Rico, may transfer or assign his pay account, when due and payable, under the regulations prescribed under subsection (a) of this section. (c) An enlisted member of the Army or the Air Force may not assign his pay, and if he does so, the assignment is void. (d) The Secretary of the Army or the Secretary of the Air Force, as the case may be, may allow a— (1) member of the Army or the Air Force; or (2) contract surgeon of the Army or the Air Force; to make allotments from his pay for the support of his relatives, or for any other purpose that the Secretary concerned considers proper. If an allotment made under this subsection is paid to the allottee before the disbursing officer receives a notice of discontinuance from the officer required by regulation to furnish the notice, the amount of the allotment shall be credited to the disbursing officer. If an allotment is erroneously paid because the officer required by rejTulation to so report failed to report the death of the allotter or any other fact that makes the allotment not payable, the amount of the payment not recovered from the allottee shall, if practicable, be collected by the Chief of Finance (in cases involving the Army) or by the Secretary of the Air Force, from the officer who failed to make the report. § 702. Allotments: officers of Navy or Marine Corps The Secretary of the Navy, under regulations prescribed by him, may permit an officer of the Navy or Marine Corps to make allotments of his pay— (1) for the support of his family or relatives; (2) for his own savings; or (3) for other purposes. § 703. Allotments: members of Coast Guard Members of the Coast Guard may, under regulations prescribed by the Secretary of the Treasury, make allotments from their pay and allowances.

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