{"identifier":"/us/usc/t37/s1016","title":37,"num":"\u00a7\u202f1016.","heading":"Pay statements: descriptions of types of pay","text":"\u00a7\u202f1016.\nPay statements: descriptions of types of pay\n(a)\nIn General.\u2014\nThe Secretary of Defense shall make available contemporaneously with each pay statement provided to a member of the Armed Forces, for each type of pay, allowance, and deduction listed on the statement, a brief and plain-language description of\u2014\n(1) the statutory or regulatory authority under which a pay, allowance, or deduction is made;\n(2) the purpose of a pay, allowance, or deduction;\n(3) the criteria for determining eligibility of members for a pay, allowance, or deduction; and\n(4) possible changes in the eligibility of the member for a pay, allowance, or deduction, including the circumstances under which a pay, allowance, or deduction may be suspended or modified or may expire.\n(b)\nRequirements.\u2014\nThe descriptions required to be made available with a pay statement under paragraph (1) shall be\u2014\n(1) published on a website accessible by a member and printable with the pay statement of the member; and\n(2) presented in language easily understood by individuals without specialized knowledge of military finance, accounting, or law.","url":"https://projectusc.org/usc/t37/s1016.html","content":[{"t":"sec","id":"/us/usc/t37/s1016","children":[{"t":"num","text":"\u00a7\u202f1016."},{"t":"heading","text":"Pay statements: descriptions of types of pay"},{"t":"subsec","id":"/us/usc/t37/s1016/a","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(a)"},{"t":"heading","text":"In General.\u2014"},{"t":"chapeau","text":"The Secretary of Defense shall make available contemporaneously with each pay statement provided to a member of the Armed Forces, for each type of pay, allowance, and deduction listed on the statement, a brief and plain-language description of\u2014"},{"t":"para","id":"/us/usc/t37/s1016/a/1","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(1)"},{"t":"content","text":" the statutory or regulatory authority under which a pay, allowance, or deduction is made;","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"para","id":"/us/usc/t37/s1016/a/2","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(2)"},{"t":"content","text":" the purpose of a pay, allowance, or deduction;","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"para","id":"/us/usc/t37/s1016/a/3","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(3)"},{"t":"content","text":" the criteria for determining eligibility of members for a pay, allowance, or deduction; and","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"para","id":"/us/usc/t37/s1016/a/4","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(4)"},{"t":"content","text":" possible changes in the eligibility of the member for a pay, allowance, or deduction, including the circumstances under which a pay, allowance, or deduction may be suspended or modified or may expire.","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"subsec","id":"/us/usc/t37/s1016/b","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(b)"},{"t":"heading","text":"Requirements.\u2014"},{"t":"chapeau","text":"The descriptions required to be made available with a pay statement under paragraph (1) shall be\u2014"},{"t":"para","id":"/us/usc/t37/s1016/b/1","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(1)"},{"t":"content","text":" published on a website accessible by a member and printable with the pay statement of the member; and","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"para","id":"/us/usc/t37/s1016/b/2","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(2)"},{"t":"content","text":" presented in language easily understood by individuals without specialized knowledge of military finance, accounting, or law.","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"text","text":"\n"},{"t":"text","text":"\n"}]}]}