§ 406c. — Travel and transportation allowances: members assigned to a vessel under construction.
[Laws in effect as of January 7, 2003]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 7, 2003 and December 19, 2003]
[CITE: 37USC406c]
TITLE 37--PAY AND ALLOWANCES OF THE UNIFORMED SERVICES
CHAPTER 7--ALLOWANCES
Sec. 406c. Travel and transportation allowances: members
assigned to a vessel under construction
(a) Allowance Authorized.--(1) Under regulations prescribed by the
Secretary concerned, a member of the uniformed services who is assigned
to permanent duty aboard a ship that is under construction at a location
other than--
(A) the designated home port of the ship; or
(B) the area where the dependents of the member are residing,
is entitled to transportation, or an allowance for transportation under
section 404(d)(3) of this title, for round-trip travel from the port of
construction to either of those locations as provided in paragraph (2).
(2) A member referred to in paragraph (1) shall be entitled to such
transportation or allowance on or after the thirty-first day (and every
sixtieth day after the thirty-first day) after the later of--
(A) the date on which the ship enters the construction port; and
(B) the date on which the member becomes permanently assigned to
the ship.
(3) The amount of reimbursement for personally procured
transportation or the allowance for transportation under this subsection
may not exceed the cost of Government-procured commercial round-trip air
travel.
(b) Dependents Travel.--(1) In lieu of the entitlement of a member
of the uniformed services to transportation under subsection (a), the
Secretary concerned may provide transportation in kind, reimbursement
for personally procured transportation, or a monetary allowance in place
of the cost of transportation as provided in section 404(d)(1) of this
title for the travel of the dependents of the member from the designated
home port of the ship, or the area where the dependents of the member
are residing, to the port of construction.
(2) The total reimbursement for transportation for the member's
dependents under paragraph (1) may not exceed the cost of Government-
procured commercial round-trip travel.
(c) Change of Home Port.--In any case in which a member of the
uniformed services assigned to permanent duty aboard a ship that
undergoes a change of home port to the port at which the ship is being
constructed, the dependents of such member may be provided the
transportation allowances prescribed in subsections (a) and (b) in lieu
of the transportation authorized by section 406 of this title and
section 2634 of title 10.
(d) Application of Other Law.--Section 420 of this title does not
apply with respect to transportation or allowances provided under this
section.
(Added Pub. L. 101-189, div. A, title VI, Sec. 624(a)(1), Nov. 29, 1989,
103 Stat. 1447; amended Pub. L. 102-190, div. A, title VI, Sec. 622,
Dec. 5, 1991, 105 Stat. 1378.)
Amendments
1991--Subsec. (b)(1). Pub. L. 102-190 substituted ``the designated
home port of the ship, or the area where the dependents of the member
are residing,'' for ``the location that was the home port of the ship
before commencement of construction''.
