Laws: Cases and Codes : U.S. Code : Title 37 : Section 418


   
U.S. Code as of: 01/19/04
Section 418. Clothing allowance: enlisted members

      (a) The Secretary of Defense and the Secretary of Homeland
    Security, with respect to the Coast Guard when it is not operating
    as a service in the Navy, may prescribe the quantity and kind of
    clothing to be furnished annually to an enlisted member of the
    armed forces or the National Guard, and may prescribe the amount of
    a cash allowance to be paid to such a member if clothing is not so
    furnished to him.
      (b) In determining the quantity and kind of clothing or
    allowances to be furnished pursuant to regulations prescribed under
    this section to persons employed as National Guard technicians
    under section 709 of title 32, the Secretary of Defense shall take
    into account the requirement under subsection (b) of such section
    for such persons to wear a uniform.
      (c) A uniform allowance may not be paid, and uniforms may not be
    furnished, under section 1593 of title 10 or section 5901 of title
    5 to a person referred to in subsection (b) for a period of
    employment referred to in that subsection for which clothing is
    furnished or a uniform allowance is paid under this section.



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