10 USC § 1523
Posthumous commissions and warrants: effect on pay and allowances
October 30, 2020
No person is entitled to any bonus, gratuity, pay, or allowance because of a posthumous commission or warrant.
Open TableRevised section | Source (U.S. Code) | Source (Statutes at Large) |
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1523 | 10:491d. 34:285f. |
July 28, 1942, ch. 528, §6, 56 Stat. 723; July 17, 1953, ch. 220, §1(e) (1st 7 words), 67 Stat. 177. |
The word "receive" is omitted as surplusage. The words "because of a posthumous commission or warrant" are substituted for the words "by virtue of any provision of sections 491a–491d [285b–285d] and 612 [285e] of this title", in 10:491d and 34:285f.