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‘‘(E) Other travel as authorized or ordered 
by the administering Secretary. 
‘‘(2) The term ‘actual and necessary expenses’ 
means expenses incurred in fact by an authorized 
traveler as a reasonable consequence of official travel. 
‘‘(3) The term ‘travel allowances’ means the 
daily lodging, meals, and other related expenses, in-
cluding relocation expenses, incurred by an author-
ized traveler while on official travel. 
‘‘(4) The term ‘transportation allowances’ means 
the costs of temporarily or permanently moving an 
authorized traveler, the personal property of an au-
thorized traveler, or a combination thereof. 
‘‘(5) The term ‘transportation-, lodging-, or 
meals-in-kind’ means transportation, lodging, or 
meals provided by the Government without cost to an 
authorized traveler. 
‘‘(6) The term ‘miscellaneous expenses’ means 
authorized expenses incurred in addition to author-
ized allowances during the performance of official 
travel by an authorized traveler. 
‘‘(7) The term ‘personal property’, with respect 
to transportation allowances, includes baggage, fur-
niture, and other household items, clothing, privately 
owned vehicles, house trailers, mobile homes, and any
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other personal items that would not otherwise be pro-
hibited by any other provision of law or regulation 
prescribed under section 464 of this title. 
‘‘(8) The term ‘relocation allowances’ means the 
costs associated with relocating a member of the uni-
formed services and the member’s dependents between 
an old and new temporary or permanent duty assign-
ment location or other authorized location. 
‘‘(9) The term ‘dislocation allowances’ means the 
costs associated with relocation of the household of a 
member of the uniformed services and the member’s 
dependents in relation to a change in the member’s 
permanent duty assignment location ordered for the 
convenience of the Government or incident to an evac-
uation. 
‘‘§ 452. Allowable travel and transportation: general 
authorities 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—Except as otherwise prohibited by 
law, a member of the uniformed services or other authorized 
traveler may be provided transportation-, lodging-, or 
meals-in-kind, or actual and necessary expenses of travel 
and transportation, for, or in connection with, official trav-
el under circumstances as specified in regulations pre-
scribed under section 464 of this title.
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‘‘(b) SPECIFIC CIRCUMSTANCES.—The authority under 
subsection (a) includes travel under or in connection with, 
but not limited to, the following circumstances, to the extent 
specified in regulations prescribed under section 464 of this 
title: 
‘‘(1) Temporary duty that requires travel be-
tween a permanent duty assignment location and an-
other authorized temporary duty location, and travel 
in or around the temporary duty location. 
‘‘(2) Permanent change of station that requires 
travel between an old and new temporary or perma-
nent duty assignment location or other authorized lo-
cation. 
‘‘(3) Temporary duty or assignment relocation 
related to consecutive overseas tours or in-place-con-
secutive overseas tours. 
‘‘(4) Recruiting duties for the armed forces. 
‘‘(5) Assignment or detail to another Government 
department or agency. 
‘‘(6) Rest and recuperative leave. 
‘‘(7) Convalescent leave. 
‘‘(8) Reenlistment leave. 
‘‘(9) Reserve component inactive-duty training 
performed outside the normal commuting distance of 
the member’s permanent residence.
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‘‘(10) Ready Reserve muster duty. 
‘‘(11) Unusual, extraordinary, hardship, or 
emergency circumstances. 
‘‘(12) Presence of family members at a military 
medical facility incident to the illness or injury of 
members. 
‘‘(13) Presence of family members at the repatri-
ation of members held captive. 
‘‘(14) Presence of non-medical attendants for 
very seriously or seriously wounded, ill, or injured 
members. 
‘‘(15) Attendance at Yellow Ribbon Reintegra-
tion Program events. 
‘‘(16) Missing status, as determined by the Sec-
retary concerned under chapter 10 of this title. 
‘‘(17) Attendance at or participation in inter-
national sports competitions described under section 
717 of title 10. 
‘‘(c) MATTERS INCLUDED.—Travel and transportation 
allowances which may be provided under subsection (a) in-
clude the following: 
‘‘(1) Allowances for transportation, lodging, and 
meals.
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‘‘(2) Dislocation or relocation allowances paid in 
connection with a change in a member’s temporary or 
permanent duty assignment location. 
‘‘(3) Other related miscellaneous expenses. 
‘‘(d) MODE OF PROVIDING TRAVEL AND TRANSPOR-
TATION ALLOWANCES.—Any authorized travel and trans-
portation may be provided— 
‘‘(1) as an actual expense; 
‘‘(2) as an authorized allowance; 
‘‘(3) in-kind; or 
‘‘(4) using a combination of the authorities 
under paragraphs (1), (2), and (3). 
‘‘(e) TRAVEL
AND TRANSPORTATION ALLOWANCES 
WHEN TRAVEL ORDERS ARE MODIFIED, ETC.—An author-
ized traveler whose travel and transportation order or au-
thorization is canceled, revoked, or modified may be allowed 
actual and necessary expenses or travel and transportation 
allowances in connection with travel performed pursuant 
to such order or authorization before such order or author-
ization is cancelled, revoked, or modified. 
‘‘(f) ADVANCE PAYMENTS.—An authorized traveler 
may be allowed advance payments for authorized travel and 
transportation allowances.
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‘‘(g) RESPONSIBILITY
FOR
UNAUTHORIZED
EX-
PENSES.—Any unauthorized travel or transportation ex-
pense is not the responsibility of the United States. 
‘‘(h) RELATIONSHIP TO OTHER AUTHORITIES.—The 
administering Secretary may not provide payment under 
this section for an expense for which payment may be pro-
vided from any other appropriate Government or non-Gov-
ernment entity. 
‘‘§ 453. Allowable travel and transportation: specific 
authorities 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—In addition to any other authority 
for the provision of travel and transportation allowances, 
the administering Secretaries may provide travel and 
transportation allowances under this subchapter in accord-
ance with this section. 
‘‘(b) AUTHORIZED ABSENCE FROM TEMPORARY DUTY 
LOCATION.—An authorized traveler may be paid travel and 
transportation allowances, or reimbursed for actual and 
necessary expenses of travel, incurred at a temporary duty 
location during an authorized absence from that location. 
‘‘(c) MOVEMENT
OF PERSONAL PROPERTY.—(1) A 
member of a uniformed service may be allowed moving ex-
penses and transportation allowances for self and depend-
ents associated with the movement of personal property and
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household goods, including such expenses when associated 
with a self-move. 
‘‘(2) The authority in paragraph (1) includes the 
movement and temporary and non-temporary storage of 
personal property, household goods, and privately owned ve-
hicles (but not to exceed one privately owned vehicle per 
member household) in connection with the temporary or 
permanent move between authorized locations. 
‘‘(3) For movement of household goods, the admin-
istering Secretaries shall prescribe weight allowances in reg-
ulations under section 464 of this title. The prescribed 
weight allowances may not exceed 18,000 pounds (including 
packing, crating, and household goods in temporary stor-
age), except that the administering Secretary may, on a 
case-by-case basis, authorize additional weight allowances 
as necessary. 
‘‘(4) The administering Secretary may prescribe the 
terms, rates, and conditions that authorize a member of the 
uniformed services to ship or store a privately owned vehi-
cle. 
‘‘(5) No carrier, port agent, warehouseman, freight for-
warder, or other person involved in the transportation of 
property may have any lien on, or hold, impound, or other-
wise interfere with, the movement of baggage and household 
goods being transported under this section.