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388 CHAPTER 565.—BANDS Sec.

6221. United States Navy Band; leader's pay and allowances. 6222. United States Marine Corps Band: composition; pay and allowances of leader and second leader. 6223. Competition with civilian musicians prohibited. 6224. United States Navy Band; United States Marine Corps Band: concert tours.

§ 6221. United States Navy B and; leader's pay and allowances (a) There is a Navy band known as the United States Navy Band. (b) The leader of the United States Navy Band is entitled to the basic pay and allowances of a lieutenant in the Navy and is entitled to be credited for pay purposes with all service which may be credited under section 233 of title 37. § 6222. United States Marine Corps Band: composition; pay and allowances of leader and second leader (a) The United States Marine Corps Band shall be composed of one leader, one second leader, and other personnel in such numbers and grades as the Secretary of the Navy considers necessary. (b) The leader of the United States Marine Corps Band is entitled to the basic pay and allowances of an officer in pay grade 0 - 3 and the second leader is entitled to the basic pay and allowances of an officer in pay grade W - 3. They are entitled to be credited for pay purposes with all service that may be credited under section 233 of title 37. § 6223. Competition with civilian musicians prohibited (a) No Navy band, except the United States Naval Academy Band, and no member of any Navy band may receive remuneration for furnishing music outside a military installation when the furnishing of such music involves competition with local civilian musicians. (b) No member of the United States Marine Corps Band, as an individual, may furnish music in competition with any civilian musician or receive remuneration for furnishing music except under special circumstances when authorized by the President. § 6224. United States Navy Band; United States Marine Corps Band: concert tours While on concert tours approved by the President, the members of the United States Navy Band and the United States Marine Corps Band lose no allowances.