Pay grade | Army, Air Force, and Marine Corps | Navy, Coast Guard, and National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration | Public Health Service |
O-10 | General | Admiral | Assistant Secretary for Health. |
O-9 | Lieutenant general | Vice admiral | Surgeon General. |
O-8 | Major general | Rear admiral | Deputy Surgeon General. Assistant Surgeon General having rank of major general. |
O-7 | Brigadier general | Rear admiral (lower half) | Assistant Surgeon General having rank of brigadier general. |
O-6 | Colonel | Captain | Director grade. |
O-5 | Lieutenant colonel | Commander | Senior grade. |
O-4 | Major | Lieutenant commander | Full grade. |
O-3 | Captain | Lieutenant | Senior assistant grade. |
O-2 | 1st lieutenant | Lieutenant (junior grade) | Assistant grade. |
O-1 | 2d lieutenant | Ensign | Junior assistant grade. |
Pay Grade: | Warrant Officer Grade: |
W-?5 | Chief Warrant Officer, W-?5. |
W-4 | Chief Warrant Officer, W-4. |
W-3 | Chief Warrant Officer, W-3. |
W-2 | Chief Warrant Officer, W-2. |
W-1 | Warrant Officer, W-1. |
37 U.S.C. § 201
HISTORICAL AND REVISION NOTES | ||
Revised section | Source (U.S. Code) | Source (Statutes at Large) |
201(a) | 37:232(b). | Oct. 12, 1949, ch. 681, §201(b); restated May 20, 1958, Pub. L. 85-422, §1(2), 72 Stat. 124. |
201(b) | 37:304 (as applicable to basic pay). | Oct. 12, 1949, ch. 681, §504 (as applicable to basic pay), 63 Stat. 827. |
201(c) | 37:308 (as applicable to pay). | Oct. 12, 1949, ch. 681, §508 (as applicable to pay), 63 Stat. 828; May 19, 1952, ch. 310, §1(e), 66 Stat. 80; Mar. 31, 1955, ch. 20, §2(14), 69 Stat. 22. |
201(d) | 10:555(a) (as applicable to pay grades). | [None.] |
201(e) | 37:232(e). | Oct. 12, 1949, ch. 681, §201(e); added Mar. 31, 1955, ch. 20, §2(3), 69 Stat. 19. |
201(f) | 10:6915(f). 14:758a(f). | [None.] [None.] |
201(g) | 37:232(c) (less last sentence). | Oct. 12, 1949, ch. 681, §201(c) (less last sentence), 63 Stat. 807; redesignated as "(c)" by Mar. 31, 1955, ch. 20, §2(2), 69 Stat. 19; May 20, 1958, Pub. L. 85-422, §1(3) (first sentence), 72 Stat. 124. |
EDITORIAL NOTES
AMENDMENTS2021-Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 116-283 designated existing provisions as par. (1), substituted "Subject to paragraph (2), for the purpose" for "For the purpose", and added par. (2).2006-Subsec. (d). Pub. L. 109-163 substituted "Navy Reserve" for "Naval Reserve". 1991-Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 102-190, §1111(b), amended table generally, adding provisions relating to Chief Warrant Officer at grade W-?5.Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 102-190, §605, amended subsec. (c) generally. Prior to amendment, subsec. (c) read as follows: "An aviation cadet of the Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps, or Coast Guard is entitled to monthly basic pay at the rate of 50 percent of the basic pay of a commissioned officer in pay grade O-1 with two or less years of service computed under section 205 of this title."Subsec. (e). Pub. L. 102-25 struck out "of this section" after "subsections (c) and (d)".1990-Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 101-502 inserted "Assistant Secretary for Health" in fourth column of table in pay grade O-?10.1985-Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 99-145 substituted "Rear admiral (lower half)" for "Commodore" in third column of table in pay grade O-7.1984-Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 98-557 substituted "Rear admiral" for "Rear admiral (Navy) and Rear admiral (upper half)(Coast Guard and National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration)" in third column of table in pay grade O-8, and in pay grade O-7 substituted "Commodore" for "Commodore (Navy) and Rear admiral (lower half) and commodore (Coast Guard and National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration". 1983-Subsecs. (b) to (f). Pub. L. 98-94 struck out subsec. (b) which related to basic pay for contract surgeons, redesignated subsecs. (c) to (f) as (b) to (e), respectively, and in subsec. (e), as so redesignated, substituted "subsections (c) and (d)" for "subsections (d) and (e)".1981-Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 97-86 substituted "Commodore" for "Commodore admiral" in third column of table in pay grade O-7.1980-Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 96-513, §506(3), substituted in heading of third column of table "National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration" for "Environmental Science Services Administration" and in third column "Rear admiral (Navy) and Rear admiral (upper half) (Coast Guard and National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration)" for "Rear admiral (upper half)" and "Commodore admiral (Navy) and Rear admiral (lower half) and commodore (Coast Guard and National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration)" for "Rear admiral (lower half) and commodore". Subsec. (f). Pub. L. 96-513, §516(2), substituted "subsection (d)" for "subsection (f)".1979-Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 96-76 transferred the Surgeon General from pay grade O-8 to pay grade O-9 in fourth column of table.1977-Subsecs. (c) to (g). Pub. L. 95-79 struck out subsec. (c) which related to the monthly rate of pay of cadets and midshipmen at the service academies, and redesignated subsecs. (d) to (g) as (c) to (f), respectively. 1970-Subsec. (e). Pub. L. 91-278 entitled aviation cadets of Coast Guard to basic pay rate.1966-Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 89-718 substituted "Environmental Science Services Administration" for "Coast and Geodetic Survey" in heading of third column of table. 1963-Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 88-132 substituted "O-3 with over four, but not more than six," for "O-2 with two or less".
STATUTORY NOTES AND RELATED SUBSIDIARIES
EFFECTIVE DATE OF 1991 AMENDMENT Amendment by section 1111(b) of Pub. L. 102-190 effective Feb. 1, 1992, see section 1132 of Pub. L. 102-190 set out as a note under section 521 of Title 10, Armed Forces.
EFFECTIVE DATE OF 1990 AMENDMENT Pub. L. 101-502, §5(k)(3), Nov. 3, 1990, 104 Stat. 1289, provided that: "The amendments made by paragraphs (1) and (2) [amending this section and section 207 of Title 42, The Public Health and Welfare] shall take effect on the first day of the month immediately following the month in which this Act was enacted [November 1990]."
EFFECTIVE DATE OF 1983 AMENDMENT Amendment by Pub. L. 98-94 effective Oct. 1, 1983, see section 932(f) of Pub. L. 98-94 set out as an Effective Date note under section 1091 of Title 10, Armed Forces.
EFFECTIVE DATE OF 1981 AMENDMENT Amendment by Pub. L. 97-86 effective Sept. 15, 1981, see section 405(f) of Pub. L. 97-86 set out as a note under section 101 of Title 10, Armed Forces.
EFFECTIVE DATE OF 1980 AMENDMENT Amendment by sections 506(3), 516(2) of Pub. L. 96-513 effective Sept. 15, 1981, and Dec. 12, 1980, respectively, see section 701(a), (b)(3) of Pub. L. 96-513 set out as a note under section 101 of Title 10, Armed Forces.
EFFECTIVE DATE OF 1979 AMENDMENT Amendment by Pub. L. 96-76 effective Oct. 1, 1979, see section 314 of Pub. L. 96-76 set out as a note under section 206 of Title 42, The Public Health Welfare.
EFFECTIVE DATE OF 1963 AMENDMENTPub. L. 88-132, §14, Oct. 2, 1963, 77 Stat. 218, provided that: "This Act [see Short Title of 1963 Amendment note set out under section 101 of this title] becomes effective on October 1, 1963."
TRANSFER OF FUNCTIONSFor transfer of authorities, functions, personnel, and assets of the Coast Guard, including the authorities and functions of the Secretary of Transportation relating thereto, to the Department of Homeland Security, and for treatment of related references, see sections 468(b), 551(d), 552(d),and 557 of Title 6, Domestic Security, and the Department of Homeland Security Reorganization Plan of November 25, 2002, as modified, set out as a note under section 542 of Title 6.
EXECUTIVE DOCUMENTS
TRANSFER OF FUNCTIONSFunctions of Public Health Service, Surgeon General of Public Health Service, and all other officers and employees of Public Health Service, and functions of all agencies of or in Public Health Service, transferred to Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare by Reorg. Plan No. 3 of 1966, eff. June 25, 1966, 31 F.R. 8855, 80 Stat. 1610, set out in the Appendix to Title 5, Government Organization and Employees. Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare redesignated Secretary of Health and Human Services by section 3508(b) of Title 20, Education.