§ 411. — Travel and transportation allowances: administrative provisions.
[Laws in effect as of January 7, 2003]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 7, 2003 and December 19, 2003]
[CITE: 37USC411]
TITLE 37--PAY AND ALLOWANCES OF THE UNIFORMED SERVICES
CHAPTER 7--ALLOWANCES
Sec. 411. Travel and transportation allowances: administrative
provisions
(a) For the administration of sections 404(a), (b), and (d)-(f),
404a, 405, 405a, 406(a)-(f), 407, 409, and 410 of this title, the
Secretaries concerned shall prescribe regulations that are, as far as
practicable, uniform for all of the uniformed services.
(b) In establishing the rates and kinds of allowances authorized by
the sections of this title designated by subsection (a), the Secretaries
concerned shall--
(1) consider the average cost of common carrier transportation
when prescribing a monetary allowance in place of transportation;
(2) consider the current economic data on the cost of
subsistence, including lodging and other necessary incidental
expenses related thereto, when prescribing per diem rates and
designating areas as high cost areas; and
(3) consider the average cost of transportation and current
economic data on the cost of subsistence, including lodging and
other necessary incidental expenses relating thereto, when
prescribing mileage allowances.
(c) The Secretaries concerned shall determine what constitutes a
travel status for the purposes of the sections of this title designated
by subsection (a).
(d) The Secretary concerned shall define the term ``permanent
station'' for the purposes of the sections of this title designated by
subsection (a). The definition shall include a shore station or the home
yard or home port of a vessel to which a member of a uniformed service
who is entitled to basic pay may be ordered. An authorized change in the
home yard or home port of such a vessel is a change of permanent
station.
(Pub. L. 87-649, Sept. 7, 1962, 76 Stat. 476; Pub. L. 89-26, Sec. 1(5),
May 22, 1965, 79 Stat. 117; Pub. L. 96-343, Sec. 5(b), Sept. 8, 1980, 94
Stat. 1126; Pub. L. 96-513, title V, Sec. 516(12), Dec. 12, 1980, 94
Stat. 2938; Pub. L. 97-60, title I, Sec. 122(b), Oct. 14, 1981, 95 Stat.
1003; Pub. L. 102-25, title VII, Sec. 702(b)(1), (c), Apr. 6, 1991, 105
Stat. 117.)
Historical and Revision Notes
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Revised section Source (U.S. Code) Source (Statutes at Large)
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411(a)................................ 37:253(h). Oct. 12, 1949, ch. 681, Sec.
411(b)................................ 37:253(f). 303(c) (10th sentence), (f), (g),
411(c)................................ 37:253(g). (h), 63 Stat. 814.
411(d)................................ 37:253(c) (10th sentence).
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In subsection (a), section 253(h) (provisos) of existing title 37 is
omitted, since the regulations to which reference is made have been
issued. The exceptions to sections 404(c) and 406(g) are inserted, since
the source text for those subsections require regulations prescribed
thereunder to be uniform.
In subsections (c) and (d), the words ``for the purposes of the
sections of this title designated by subsection (a) of this section''
are inserted to clarify the coverage of the source statute.
Amendments
1991--Subsecs. (b) to (d). Pub. L. 102-25 struck out ``of this
section'' after ``subsection (a)''.
1981--Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 97-60 inserted reference to section 404a.
1980--Subsec. (b)(1). Pub. L. 96-343, Sec. 5(b)(1), substituted
``common carrier transportation'' for ``first-class transportation,
including sleeping accommodations,''.
Subsec. (b)(2). Pub. L. 96-343, Sec. 5(b)(2), inserted ``and
designating areas as high cost areas'' after ``rates''.
Subsec. (b)(3). Pub. L. 96-343, Sec. 5(b)(3), substituted
``transportation'' for ``first-class transportation, including sleeping
accommodations'' and ``allowances'' for ``rates''.
Subsec. (d). Pub. L. 96-513 substituted ``term'' for ``words''.
1965--Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 89-26 inserted reference to section 405a.
Effective Date of 1981 Amendment
Amendment by Pub. L. 97-60 effective Apr. 1, 1982, see section
122(c) of Pub. L. 97-60, set out as an Effective Date note under section
404a of this title.
Effective Date of 1980 Amendments
Amendment by Pub. L. 96-513 effective Dec. 12, 1980, see section
701(b)(3) of Pub. L. 96-513, set out as a note under section 101 of
Title 10, Armed Forces.
Amendment by Pub. L. 96-343 effective with respect to travel and
transportation performed after Aug. 31, 1980, see section 5(c) of Pub.
L. 96-343, set out as a note under section 404 of this title.
Effective Date of 1965 Amendment
Amendment by Pub. L. 89-26 effective Feb. 1, 1965, see section 2 of
Pub. L. 89-26, as amended, set out as an Effective Date note under
section 405a of this title.
Section Referred to in Other Sections
This section is referred to in sections 420, 1003 of this title.
