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Ante, pp. 453, 461, 470.

PUBLIC LAW 87-649-SEPT. 7, 1962

[76 STAT.

Secretary concerned, be authorized the travel and transportation allowances prescribed by section 404(a) - (d), and (f), of this title for travel performed to and from that training or duty, and, during the perlormance of that training or duty, be furnished with subsistence and quarters in kind or commutation thereof at a rate to be fixed by the Secretary concerned. (c) This section does not authorize compensation for work or study performed by a member of a reserve component in connection with correspondence courses of an armed force. (d) This section does not a p p l j to a member who is entitled to basic pay under chapter 3 of this title. § 1003. Assimilation of pay and allowances Chapters 3 and 5 and sections 402-407, 409-411, and 414 of this title apply equally to persons who are not serving as members of a uniformed service but whose pay or allowances, or both, are assimilated under law or a regulation prescribed under law, to the pay or allowances, or both, of commissioned officers, warrant officers, or enlisted members of any grade, rank, or rating in any uniformed service. §1004. Computation of pay and allowances for month or part of month A member of a uniformed service who is entitled to pay and allowances under this title for a continuous period of less than one month is entitled to his pay and allowances for each day of that period at the rate of 1/30 of the monthly amount of his pay and allowances. The thirty-first day of a calendar month may not be excluded from a computation under this section. § 1005. Army and Air Force: prompt payments required Members of the Army and of the Air Force shall be paid at such times that arrears will at no time be more than two months, unless circumstances make further arrears unavoidable. § 1006. Advance payments (a) Under regulations prescribed by the Secretary concerned, not more than three months' pay may be paid in advance to a member of an armed force upon his permanent change of station. (b) Under regulations prescribed by the Secretary concerned, a member of an armed force who is on duty at a distant station where the pay and emoluments to which he is entitled cannot be disbursed regularly, may be paid in advance. (c) Under regulations prescribed by the Secretary concerned, an advance of pay to a member of an armed force who is on duty outside the United States, or other place designated by the President, of not more than two months' basic pay ftiay be made directly to his previously designated dependents who are ordered evacuated by competent authority. An advance of pay under this subsection is not subject to the conditions under which advances of pay may be made under subsection (a) or (b) of this section, and may be made only if all dependents of members of the armed forces are ordered evacuated from the place where the member's dependents are located. (d) If a person to whom an advance of pay is made under subsection (a), (b), or (c) of this section dies or is separated from his armed force, before liquidation of that advance, the amount remaining unliquidated at the time of his death or separation shall be credited to the account of the disbursing officer concerned. However, the unliquidated amount remains a debt of that person or his estate to the United States. (e) As far as practicable, regulations for the administration of subsections (a) - (a) of this section shall be uniform for all of the armed forces.

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