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        37�U.S.C.�405.��Travel�and�transportation�allowances:�per�diem�while�on�duty�outside�the�United�States�or�in�Hawaii�or�Alaska
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| | 37 U.S.C. 405.� Travel and transportation allowances: per diem while on duty outside the United States or in Hawaii or Alaska | 
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| | (a)� Without regard to the monetary limitations of this title, the Secretaries concerned may authorize the payment of a per diem, considering all elements of the cost of living to members of the uniformed services under their jurisdiction and their dependents, including the cost of quarters, subsistence, and other necessary incidental expenses, to such a member who is on duty outside of the United States or in Hawaii or Alaska, whether or not he is in a travel status.� However, dependents may not be considered in determining the per diem allowance for a member in a travel status | 
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| | (b)� A station housing allowance may be prescribed under this section for a member who is on duty outside of the United States without regard to costs other than housing costs and may consist of the difference between basic allowance for quarters and applicable housing cost.� A station housing allowance may not be prescribed under this section for a member who is on duty in Hawaii or Alaska.� A station housing allowance prescribed under this section may be paid in advance. | 
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| | (c)� Housing cost and allowance may be disregarded in prescribing a station cost of living allowance under this section. | 
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| | 37 U.S.C. 406 (d) & (f). | 
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| | (d)� The nontemporary storage of baggage and household effects may be authorized in facilities of the United States, or in commercial facilities when it is considered to be more economical to the United States.� However, the weight of baggage and household effects stored, plus the weight of the baggage and household effects transported, in connection with a change of station may not be more than the maximum weight limitations in regulations prescribed by the Secretaries concerned when it isn't otherwise fixed by law.� In the event a member's baggage and household effects exceed such maximum weight limitation, the Secretary concerned, if requested to do so by the member, may pay the costs for the nontemporary storage of that excess weight and collect the amount paid from the member's pay and allowances, or collect the amount in such other manner as the Secretary concerned determines appropriate.� The nontemporary storage of baggage and household effects may not be authorized for a period longer than one year from he date the member concerned is separated from the service, retired, placed on the temporary disability retired list, discharged, or released from active duty, except as prescribed in regulations by the Secretaries concerned for a member who, on that date, or at any time during the one-year period following that date, is confined in a hospital, or is in its vicinity, undergoing medical treatment; or in the case of a member who-- | 
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| | (1) is retired, or is placed on the temporary disability retired list, under chapter 61 of title 10; or� | 
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| | (2) is retired with pay under any other law, or, immediately following at least eight years of continuous active duty with no single break therein of more than 90 days, is discharged with separation pay or severance pay or is involuntarily released from active duty with separation pay or readjustment pay.� | 
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| | Except in the case of a member who, on the date of his separation, discharge, or release, or at any time during the one-year period following that date, is confined in a hospital or is in its vicinity, undergoing medical treatment, the cost of the storage, for the period that exceeds one year, shall be paid by the member. | 
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| | (f) Under the regulations prescribed by the Secretary concerned, transportation for dependents, baggage, and household effects of a member, plus a per diem for the member's dependents, is authorized if he dies while entitled to basic pay under chapter 3 of this title. | 
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| | 37 U.S.C. 407.� Travel and transportation allowances: dislocation allowance | 
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| | (a)� Except as provided in subsections (b), (c), and (d) and under regulations prescribed by the Secretary concerned, a member of a uniformed service is entitled to a dislocation allowance equal to the basic allowance for quarters for two months as provided for the member's pay grade and dependency status in section 403 of this title if-- | 
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| | (1) the member's dependents actually make an authorized move in connection with the member's change of permanent station, including-- | 
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| | (A) a move to join the member at the member's duty station after an unaccompanied tour of duty when the member's next tour of duty is an accompanied tour at the same station: and | 
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| | (b) a move to a location designated by the member after an accompanied tour of duty when the member's next tour of duty is an unaccompanied tour at the same duty station; | 
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| | (2) the member's dependents actually move pursuant to section 405a(a), 406(e), 406(h), or 554 of this title; | 
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| | (3) the member's dependents actually move from their place of residence under circumstances described in section 406a of this title; or | 
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| | (4) the member is without dependents and-- | 
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| | (A) actually moves to a new permanent station wheren't assigned to quarters of the United States; or | 
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| | (B) actually moves from a place of residence under circumstances described in section 406a of this title. | 
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| | If a dislocation allowance is paid under clause (3) or (4)(B), the member isn't entitled to a dislocation allowance under clause (1). | 
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| | (b)� Under regulations prescribed by the Secretary concerned, whenever a member is entitled to a dislocation allowance under subsection (a)(3) or (a)(4)(B), the member is also entitled to a second dislocation allowance equal to the basic allowance for quarters for two months as provided for a member's pay grade and dependency status in section 403 of this title if, subsequent to the member or member's dependents actually moving from their place of residence under circumstances described in section 406a of this title, the member or member's dependents complete that move to a new location and then actually move from that new location to another location also under circumstances described in section 406a of this title.� If a second dislocation allowance is paid under this subsection, the member isn't entitled to a dislocation allowance under subsection (a)(1) in connection with those moves. | 
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| | (c)� A member isn't entitled to more than one dislocation allowance during a fiscal year unless-- | 
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| | (1) the Secretary concerned finds that the exigencies of the service require the member to make more than one change of permanent station during the fiscal year; | 
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| | (2) the member is ordered to a service school as a change of permanent station; | 
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| | (3) the member's dependents are covered by section 405a(a), 406(e), 406(h), or 554 of this title; or | 
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| | (4) the member or the member's dependents are covered by subsection (a)(3), (a)(4)(B), or (b). | 
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| | This subsection doesn't apply in time of national emergency declared after April 1, 1975, or in time of war. | 
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| | (d)� A member isn't entitled to payment of a dislocation allowance when ordered from his home to the first duty station or from the last duty station to his home. | 
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| | (e)� For the purposes of this section, a member whose dependents may not make an authorized move in connection with a change of permanent station is considered a member without dependents. | 
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| | (f)� An allowance payable under this section may be paid in advance. | 
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| | 37 U.S.C. 412.� Appropriations for travel: may not be used for attendance at certain meetings | 
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| | Appropriations of the Department of Defense that are available for travel may not, without the approval of the Secretary concerned or his designee, be used for expenses incident to attendance of a member of an armed force under that department at a meeting of a technical, scientific, professional, or similar organization. | 
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| | 37 U.S.C. 420.� Allowances while participating in international sports | 
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| | (a)� Section 717 of title 10 doesn't authorize the payment of allowances at higher rates than those provided for participation in military activities not covered by that section. | 
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| | (b)� Notwithstanding any other law, a member of a uniformed service isn't entitled to travel and transportation allowances under sections 404-411 of this title for any period during which his expenses for travel or transportation are being paid by the agency sponsoring his participation in a competition covered by section 717 of title 10. | 
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| | (c)� Notwithstanding any other law, a member of a uniformed service who has no dependents isn't entitled to the basic allowances for subsistence and quarters authorized by sections 402 and 403 of this title for a period during which he is subsisted and quartered by the agency sponsoring his participation in a competition covered by section 717 of title 10. | 
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| | 37 U.S.C. 433.� Allowance for muster duty | 
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| | (a)� Under uniform regulations prescribed by the Secretaries concerned, a member of the Ready Reserve who isn't a member of the National Guard or of the Selected Reserve is entitled to an allowance for muster duty performed pursuant to section 687 of title 10 if the member is engaged in that duty for at least two hours. | 
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| | (b)� The amount of the allowance under this section shall be 125 percent of the amount of the average per diem rate for the United States (other than Alaska and Hawaii) under section 404(d)(2)(A) of this title as in effect on September 30 of the year preceding the year in which the muster duty is performed. | 
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| | (c)� The allowance authorized by this section may not be disbursed in kind and shall be paid to the member on or before the date on which the muster duty is performed.� The allowance shall constitute the single, flat-rate monetary allowance authorized for the performance of muster duty and shall constitute payment in full to the member, regardless of grade or rank in which serving, as commutation for travel to the immediate vicinity of the designated muster duty location, transportation, subsistence, and the special or extraordinary costs of enforced absence from home and civilian pursuits, including such absence on weekends and holidays. | 
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| | (d)� A member who performs muster duty isn't entitled to compensation for inactive-duty training under section 206(a) of this title for the same period. | 
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| | 37 U.S.C. 554.� Travel and transportation; dependents; household and personal effects; trailers; additional movements; motor vehicles; sale of bulky items; claims for proceeds; appropriation chargeable | 
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| | (a)� In this section, "household and personal effects" may include, in addition to other authorized weight allowances, one privately owned motor vehicle which may be shipped at United States expense.� Under regulations prescribed by the Secretaries concerned, and in place of the transportation of household and personal effects, a dependent, who would otherwise be entitled to transportation of household and personal effects under this section, may transport a house trailer or mobile dwelling within and between the areas specified in section 409 of this title for use as a residence by one of the following means-- | 
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| | (1) transport it and be reimbursed by the United States; | 
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| | (2) deliver it to an agent of the United States for transportation by the United States or by commercial means; or | 
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| | (3) have it transported by commercial means and be reimbursed by the United States. | 
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| | If a trailer or dwelling is transported under clause (2) or (3), that transportation may include one privately owned motor vehicle which may be shipped at United States expense.� Transportation, and incidental costs, authorized by this section shall be at United States expense without any cost limitation, and any payment authorized may be made in advance of the transportation concerned. | 
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| | (b)� Transportation (including packing, crating, drayage, temporary storage, and unpacking of household and personal effects) may be provided for the dependents and household and personal effects of a member of a uniformed service on active duty (without regard to pay grade) who is officially reported as dead, injured, ill, or absent for a period of more than 29 days in a missing status-- | 
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| | (1) to the member's official residence of record; | 
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| | (2) to the residence of his dependent, next of kin, or other person entitled to custody of the effects, under regulations prescribed by the Secretary concerned; or | 
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| | (3) on request of the member (if injured or ill), or his dependent, next of kin, or other person described in clause (2), to another location determined in advance or later approved by the Secretary concerned, or his designee. | 
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| | When he considers it necessary, the Secretary concerned may, with respect to the household and personal effects of a member who is officially reported as absent for a period of more than 29 days in a missing status, authorize the nontemporary storage of those effects for a period of one year, or longer when justified.� In addition, he may authorize additional movements of, and prescribe transportation for, the dependents and household and personal effects, or the dependents and house trailer or mobile dwelling, of a member who is officially reported as absent for a period of more than one year in a missing status. | 
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| | (c)� When a member described in subsection (b) is in an injured or ill status, transportation of dependents and household and personal effects authorized by this section may be provided only when prolonged hospitalization or treatment is anticipated. | 
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| | (d)� Transportation requested by a dependent may be authorized under this section only if there is a reasonable relationship between the circumstances of the dependent and the requested destination. | 
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| | (e)� In place of the transportation for dependents authorized by this section, and after the travel is completed, the Secretary concerned may authorize-- | 
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| | (2) a monetary allowance at the prescribed rate for all, or that part, of the travel for which transportation in kind isn't furnished. | 
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| | (f)� The Secretary concerned may store the household and personal effects of a member described in subsection (b) until proper disposition can be made.� The cost of the storage and transportation (including packing, crating, drayage, temporary storage, and unpacking) of household and personal effects shall be charged against appropriations currently available. | 
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| | (g)� The Secretary concerned may, when he determines that there is an emergency and a sale would be in the best interests of the United States, provide for the public or private sale of motor vehicles and other bulky items of household and personal effects of a member described in subsection (b).� Before a sale, and if practicable, a reasonable effort shall be made to determine the desires of the interested persons.� The net proceeds received from the sale shall, under regulations prescribed by the Secretary concerned, be sent to the owner or other persons.� If there are no such persons, or if they or their addresses aren't known within one year from the date of sale, the net proceeds may be covered into the Treasury as miscellaneous receipts. | 
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