CHAPTER 19 - ADMINISTRATION
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Sec. 1001. Regulations relating to pay and allowances
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(a) A Secretary of a military department may not prescribe a regulation
under this title or any other law, relating to the payand allowances
of members of an armed force under that department, unless it has been
approved under procedures prescribed by the Secretary of Defense. (b)
Regulations of the Secretary concerned relating to pay and allowances
matters, similar to those covered by subsection (a), for members of
the Coast Guard, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration,
and the Public Health Service, shall, as far as practicable, conform
to regulations approved under that subsection. (c) The Secretary of
Defense, the Secretary of Transportation, the Secretary of Commerce,
or the Secretary of Health and Human Services, may obtain from the Comptroller
General an advisory opinion with respect to a proposed regulation especially
affecting a department under that Secretary's jurisdiction.