§ 411e. — Travel and transportation allowances: transportation incident to certain emergencies for members performing temporary duty.
[Laws in effect as of January 7, 2003]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 7, 2003 and December 19, 2003]
[CITE: 37USC411e]
TITLE 37--PAY AND ALLOWANCES OF THE UNIFORMED SERVICES
CHAPTER 7--ALLOWANCES
Sec. 411e. Travel and transportation allowances: transportation
incident to certain emergencies for members performing temporary
duty
(a) Under uniform regulations prescribed by the Secretaries
concerned, a member of a uniformed service who is performing temporary
duty away from his permanent duty station (or who is assigned to a ship
or unit operating away from its home port) may be provided the travel
and transportation authorized by section 404 of this title for travel
performed by the member from his place of temporary duty (or from his
ship or unit) to his permanent duty station (or the home port of the
ship or unit) or to any other location, and return (if applicable), if
such travel has been approved incident to a personal emergency of the
member.
(b) Transportation under this section may be authorized only upon a
determination that Government transportation is not reasonably
available, considering the nature of the personal emergency involved.
The cost of transportation authorized under this section may not exceed
the cost of Government-procured commercial air travel from the member's
place of temporary duty (or from his ship or unit) to the member's
permanent duty station (or the home port of the ship or unit), and
return (if applicable).
(Added Pub. L. 97-60, title I, Sec. 126(a), Oct. 14, 1981, 95 Stat.
1004; amended Pub. L. 100-456, div. A, title VI, Sec. 623(a), Sept. 29,
1988, 102 Stat. 1984.)
Amendments
1988--Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 100-456 substituted ``incident to a
personal emergency of the member'' for ``incident to the serious illness
or injury or the death of a dependent of the member''.
Effective Date of 1988 Amendment
Section 623(b) of Pub. L. 100-456 provided that: ``The amendment
made by subsection (a) [amending this section] shall apply with respect
to travel performed after September 30, 1988.''
