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Ingested titles 12–51 and 54 from OLRC USLM XML @119-100 (the whole Code now, uniform edition; Title 53 is reserved/empty). LegalText 11,221 -> 59,740; repo total 105,704 records. Deterministic (byte-identical rerun, verified on Title 42's 8,356 sections); make check green. make legal-us-code default now covers every title. Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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title: "37 U.S.C. § 802"
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description: "Forfeiture of pay during absence from duty due to disease from intemperate use of alcohol or drugs"
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jurisdiction: "us"
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corpus: "united_states_code"
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kind: "code_section"
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title_number: 37
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title_name: "PAY AND ALLOWANCES OF THE UNIFORMED SERVICES"
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chapter_number: "15"
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chapter_name: "PROHIBITIONS AND PENALTIES"
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section: "802"
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citation: "37 U.S.C. § 802"
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status: "current"
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release_point: "119-100"
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release_date: "2026-06-26"
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source: "official"
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source_url: "https://uscode.house.gov/download/releasepoints/us/pl/119/100/xml_usc37@119-100.zip"
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# 37 U.S.C. § 802 - Forfeiture of pay during absence from duty due to disease from intemperate use of alcohol or drugs
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## Text
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A member of the Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps, or Space Force, on active duty who is absent from the member’s regular duties for a continuous period of more than one day because of disease that is directly caused by and immediately follows the member’s intemperate use of alcoholic liquor or habit-forming drugs is not entitled to pay for the period of that absence. However, a member whose pay is forfeited for more than one month is entitled to $5 for personal expenses for each full month that the member’s pay is forfeited. Determinations of periods and causes of absence under this section shall be made as prescribed by the Secretary concerned, and are final.
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(Pub. L. 87–649, Sept. 7, 1962, 76 Stat. 485; Pub. L. 116–283, div. A, title IX, § 925(i)(1), Jan. 1, 2021, 134 Stat. 3828.)
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## Notes
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Historical and Revision Notes Revised sectionSource (U.S. Code)Source (Statutes at Large) 802 10:3632.[None.] 10:6111.[None.] 10:8632.[None.] The words “Navy . . . or Marine Corps” are substituted for the words “naval service”, in section 6111 of title 10, to conform to the definition of that term in section 5001(a)(3) of title 10. The words “and conclusive” are omitted as surplusage.
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Editorial Notes
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Amendments2021—Pub. L. 116–283 substituted “Marine Corps, or Space Force” for “or Marine Corps” and substituted “the member’s” for “his” wherever appearing.
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