37 U.S.C. § 1003

Assimilation of pay and allowances

Chapters 3 and 5 and sections 402 through 403b, 405, 414, 452, and 453 of this title apply equally to persons who are not serving as members of a uniformed service but whose pay or allowances, or both, are assimilated under law or a regulation prescribed under law, to the pay or allowances, or both, of commissioned officers, warrant officers, or enlisted members of any grade, rank, or rating in any uniformed service.

( Pub. L. 87–649 , Sept. 7, 1962 , 76 Stat. 490 ; Pub. L. 112–81, div. A, title VI, § 631(f)(4)(A) , Dec. 31, 2011 , 125 Stat. 1465 ; Pub. L. 112–239, div. A, title X, § 1076(a)(9) , Jan. 2, 2013 , 126 Stat. 1948 ; Pub. L. 117–263, div. A, title VI, § 626(h)(8) , Dec. 23, 2022 , 136 Stat. 2630 .)