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Code · BILL · 119th Congress · H.R. 3838 (Reported in House) — To authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2026 for military activities of the Department of Defense, for military c... · Sec. 601

Sec. 601. Codification of applicability to Space Force of certain pay and allowance authorities

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Section 101 of title 37, United States Code, is amended— in paragraph (22), by inserting , or for members of the Space Force in space force active status not on sustained duty, after reserve component in subparagraphs
(A)and (B); and by adding at the end the following new paragraphs: The term space force active status has the meaning given that term in section 101 of title 10. The term sustained duty has the meaning given that term in section 101 of title 10. . Chapter 3 of such title is amended as follows: Section 201(a) of such title is amended— by striking and inserting Subject to paragraph (2), for the
(1)For the ; by striking and Marine Corps in the heading of the second column of the table and inserting Marine Corps, and Space Force ; and by striking paragraph (2). Subsections (g)(1) and (h)(1) of section 204 of such title are amended by inserting , or a member of the Space Force in space force active status not on sustained duty, after of a reserve component of a uniformed service . Section 205(a)(2) of such title is amended— by transferring subparagraph
(F)to appear after subparagraph
(A)and redesignating that subparagraph as subparagraph (B); by redesignating subparagraphs
(D)and
(E)as subparagraphs
(E)and (F), respectively; by striking subparagraph
(C)and redesignating the original subparagraph
(B)as subparagraph (D); and by inserting after subparagraph (B), as transferred and redesignated by subparagraph
(A)of this paragraph, the following new subparagraph (C): the Space Force; . Section 206 of such title is amended— in subsection (a), in the matter preceding paragraph (1)— by striking Guard or a and inserting Guard, a ; and by inserting , or a member of the Space Force after uniformed service the first place it appears; in subsection (d)— in paragraph (1), by inserting , by a member of the Space Force, after reserve component ; and in paragraph (2), by inserting or the Space Force, after Ready Reserve ; in subsection (e)— by striking Guard or of a and inserting Guard, a ; and by inserting , or the Space Force after uniformed services ; and in the section heading, by inserting before the colon. ; members of the Space Force Section 211(a)(2) of such title is amended by inserting or the Space Force after member of the Ready Reserve . Subchapter II of chapter 5 of such title is amended as follows: Section 331 of such title is amended— in subsection (a)— by striking or at the end of paragraph (4); by striking the period at the end of paragraph
(5)and inserting ; or ; and by adding at the end the following new paragraph: transfers from a regular component or reserve component of an armed force to the Space Force or from the Space Force to a regular component or reserve component of another armed force, subject to the approval of the Secretary with jurisdiction over the armed force to which the member is transferring. ; and in subsection (c)(1)— in subparagraph (B), by inserting , or in the Space Force on sustained duty under section 20105 of title 10, after in a regular component ; in subparagraph (C), by inserting , or in the Space Force in space force active status not on sustained duty under section 20105 of title 10, after in a reserve component ; and in subparagraph (D), by striking paragraph
(4)or
(5)and inserting paragraph (4), (5), or
(6). Section 332 of such title is amended— in subsection (a)— by striking or at the end of paragraph (4); by striking the period at the end of paragraph
(5)and inserting ; or ; and by adding at the end the following new paragraph: transfers from a regular component or reserve component of a uniformed service to the Space Force or from the Space Force to a regular component or reserve component of another uniformed service, subject to the approval of the Secretary with jurisdiction over the uniformed service to which the member is transferring. ; and in subsection (c)(1)— in subparagraph (C), by inserting , or in the Space Force on sustained duty under section 20105 of title 10, after in a regular component ; in subparagraph (D), by inserting , or in the Space Force in space force active status not on sustained duty under section 20105 of title 10, after in a reserve component and in subparagraph (E), by striking paragraph
(4)or
(5)and inserting paragraph (4), (5), or
(6). Section 334 of such title is amended— by striking in a regular or reserve component in subsections (a)(1), (b), (h)(1), (h)(2), and (h)(3); in subsection (b)(3), by inserting , or, in the case of an officer of the Space Force, to remain in space force active status, after in a reserve component ; and in subsection (e)— in the subsection heading, by striking ; and reserve component by striking A reserve component officer and inserting An officer. . Sections 351(a), 352(a), 353(a), and 353(b) of such title are amended by striking of a regular or reserve component . Section 355 of such title is amended— in subsection (a)— in the matter preceding paragraph (1)— by striking An officer or enlisted member and inserting A member ; and by inserting , or a member the Space Force who is serving in space force active status, after in a reserve component ; and in paragraph (1), by inserting or to remain in space force active status for at least one year before the semicolon at the end; in subsection (d)(1), by inserting or a member of the Space Force not on sustained duty in the second sentence after reserve component member ; and in subsection (e)— in paragraph (1), by striking active duty or service in an active status in a reserve component in subparagraph
(A)and the first place it appears in subparagraph
(B)and inserting a specified form of service (or combination thereof) ; in paragraphs (1)(B), (2), (3), and (4), by striking active duty or service in an active status in a reserve component for which and inserting service for which ; and by adding at the end the following new paragraph: In this subsection, the term specified form of service means— service on active duty; service in an active status in a reserve component; or service in the Space Force in space force active status. . Section 356(b) of such title is amended— in the matter preceding paragraph (1)— in the second sentence, by striking or a reserve component and inserting , a member of the Space Force on sustained duty, or a member of a reserve component ; and in the third sentence, by inserting or a member of the Space Force in space force active status not on sustained duty after (as so defined) ; in paragraph (1), by inserting or a member of the Space Force on sustained duty in the matter preceding subparagraph
(A)after of a regular component ; and in paragraph (2)— by inserting or a member of the Space Force in space force active status and not on sustained duty in the matter preceding subparagraph
(A)after of a reserve component ; and by inserting or a member of the Space Force on sustained duty, respectively, in subparagraph
(A)after of a regular component . Subchapter III of chapter 5 of such title is amended as follows: Section 372(a) of such title is amended by striking of a regular or reserve component . Section 373(d)(2)(A) of such title is amended by striking in a regular or reserve component who remains on active duty or in an active status and inserting who remains on active duty, in an active status in a reserve component, or in space force active status . Section 416 of such title is amended by inserting an officer of the Space Force not on sustained duty, after of component, . Section 501 of such title is amended— in subsection (a)— by inserting , or of the Space Force, in paragraphs
(4)and
(5)after of a reserve component ; and by inserting , or from the Space Force, in paragraph
(4)after from the reserve component ; and in subsection (b)(5)— in subparagraphs
(A)and (D), by inserting , or a member of the Space Force in space force active status not on sustained duty, after of a reserve component ; and in subparagraph (C), by striking Regular before Space Force . Chapter 17 of such title is amended as follows: Section 908(a)(2) of such title is amended by inserting and members of the Space Force in space force active status not on sustained duty after of the armed forces . Section 910 of such title is amended— by inserting or of the Space Force after of the armed forces in subsection (a); by inserting or the Space Force after a reserve component in subsections (b)(1), (b)(2), (b)(3), and (e)(1); and in the heading of such section by inserting after and members of the Space Force . reserve component members Section 1002 of such title is amended— in subsection (a)— by striking of the National Guard, or of a reserve component of a uniformed service, and inserting of a reserve component of a uniformed service, or of the Space Force ; and by striking his consent and inserting the member’s consent ; and in subsection (c), by inserting or the Space Force after of a reserve component ; and in the heading, by striking and inserting and members of National Guard . ; members of the National Guard; members of the Space Force Section 2273a(a) of title 10, United States Code, is amended by striking Air Force Space and Missile Systems Center and inserting Space Force Space Systems Command .
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