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112TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION S. 472 

To increase the mileage reimbursement rate for members of the armed services during permanent change of station and to authorize the transportation of additional motor vehicles of members on change of permanent 

station to or from nonforeign areas outside the continental United States. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

MARCH 3, 2011 

Mr. BEGICH (for himself, Mrs. MURRAY, Ms. MURKOWSKI, and Mrs. BOXER) 

introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the 

Committee on Armed Services 

A BILL 

To increase the mileage reimbursement rate for members 

of the armed services during permanent change of station 

and to authorize the transportation of additional motor 

vehicles of members on change of permanent station 

to or from nonforeign areas outside the continental 

United States. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Service Members Per5 manent Change of Station Relief Act’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. MILEAGE REIMBURSEMENT RATE FOR MEMBERS 

2 OF THE UNIFORMED SERVICES FOR TRAVEL 

3 RELATED TO CHANGE OF PERMANENT STA4 TION. 

5 Section 404(d)(1)(A) of title 37, United States Code, 

6 is amended by striking ‘‘monetary allowance’’ and all that 

7 follows through the period at the end and inserting the 

8 following: ‘‘monetary allowance in place of the cost of 

9 transportation— 

10 ‘‘(i) in the case of a member for whom travel 

11 has been authorized in connection with a change of 

12 a change of permanent station or for travel de13 scribed in paragraph (2) or (3) of subsection (a), at 

14 the business standard mileage rate set by the Inter15 nal Revenue Service pursuant to section 

16 1.274.5(j)(2) of title 26, Code of Federal Regula17 tions; and 

18 ‘‘(ii) in the case of a member’s dependent for 

19 whom such travel has been authorized, at the rate 

20 provided in section 5704 of title 5.’’. 


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1 SEC. 3. TRANSPORTATION OF ADDITIONAL MOTOR VEHI2 CLE OF MEMBERS ON CHANGE OF PERMA3 NENT STATION TO OR FROM NONFOREIGN 

4 AREAS OUTSIDE THE CONTINENTAL UNITED 

5 STATES. 

6 (a) AUTHORITY TO TRANSPORT ADDITIONAL MOTOR

7 VEHICLE.—Subsection (a) of section 2634 of title 10, 

8 United States Code, is amended— 

9 (1) by striking the sentence following paragraph 

10 (4); 

11 (2) by redesignating paragraphs (1), (2), (3), 

12 and (4) as subparagraphs (A), (B), (C), and (D), re13 spectively; 

14 (3) by inserting ‘‘(1)’’ after ‘‘(a)’’; and 

15 (4) by adding at the end the following new 

16 paragraph: 

17 ‘‘(2) One additional motor vehicle of a member (or 

18 a dependent of the member) may be transported as pro19 vided in paragraph (1) if— 

20 ‘‘(A) the member is ordered to make a change 

21 of permanent station to or from a nonforeign area 

22 outside the continental United States and the mem23 ber has at least one dependent of driving age who 

24 will use the motor vehicle; or 

25 ‘‘(B) the Secretary concerned determines that a 

26 replacement for the motor vehicle transported under 


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1 paragraph (1) is necessary for reasons beyond the 

2 control of the member and is in the interest of the 

3 United States and the Secretary approves the trans4 portation in advance.’’. 

5 (b) TECHNICAL AND CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.— 

6 Such subsection is further amended— 

7 (1) by striking ‘‘his dependents’’ and inserting 

8 ‘‘a dependent of the member’’; 

9 (2) by striking ‘‘him’’ and inserting ‘‘the mem10 ber’’; 

11 (3) by striking ‘‘his)’’ and inserting ‘‘the mem12 ber)’’; 

13 (4) by striking ‘‘his new’’ and inserting ‘‘the 

14 member’s new’’; and 

15 (5) in paragraph (1)(C), as redesignated by 

16 subsection (a)— 

17 (A) by striking ‘‘clauses (1) and (2)’’ and 

18 inserting ‘‘subparagraphs (A) and (B)’’; and 

19 (B) by inserting ‘‘or’’ after the semicolon. 

20 SEC. 4. EFFECTIVE DATE. 

21 The amendments made by this Act shall take effect 

22 on January 1, 2012, and apply with respect to a perma23 nent change of station order issued on or after that date 

24 to a member of the uniformed services. 

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