I 
111TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 5469 
To increase the mileage reimbursement rate for members of the armed serv-
ices during permanent change of station and to authorize the transpor-
tation of additional motor vehicles of members on change of permanent 
station to or from nonforeign areas outside the continental United States. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MAY 28, 2010 
Mrs. MCMORRIS RODGERS (for herself and Mr. BISHOP of Georgia) intro-
duced the following bill; which was 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. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Service Members Per-
manent Change of Station Relief Act’’. 
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SEC. 2. MILEAGE REIMBURSEMENT RATE FOR MEMBERS 
OF THE UNIFORMED SERVICES FOR TRAVEL 
RELATED TO CHANGE OF PERMANENT STA-
TION. 
Section 404(d)(1)(A) of title 37, United States Code, 
is amended by striking ‘‘monetary allowance’’ and all that 
follows through the period at the end and inserting the 
following: ‘‘monetary allowance in place of the cost of 
transportation— 
‘‘(i) in the case of a member for whom travel 
has been authorized in connection with a change of 
a change of permanent station or for travel de-
scribed in paragraph (2) or (3) of subsection (a), at 
the business standard mileage rate set by the Inter-
nal 
Revenue 
Service 
pursuant 
to 
section 
1.274.5(j)(2) of title 26, Code of Federal Regula-
tions; and 
‘‘(ii) in the case of a member’s dependent for 
whom such travel has been authorized, at the rate 
provided in section 5704 of title 5.’’. 
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SEC. 3. TRANSPORTATION OF ADDITIONAL MOTOR VEHI-
CLE OF MEMBERS ON CHANGE OF PERMA-
NENT STATION TO OR FROM NONFOREIGN 
AREAS OUTSIDE THE CONTINENTAL UNITED 
STATES. 
(a) AUTHORITY TO TRANSPORT ADDITIONAL MOTOR 
VEHICLE.—Subsection (a) of section 2634 of title 10, 
United States Code, is amended— 
(1) by striking the sentence following paragraph 
(4); 
(2) by redesignating paragraphs (1), (2), (3), 
and (4) as subparagraphs (A), (B), (C), and (D), re-
spectively; 
(3) by inserting ‘‘(1)’’ after ‘‘(a)’’; and 
(4) by adding at the end the following new 
paragraph: 
‘‘(2) One additional motor vehicle of a member (or 
a dependent of the member) may be transported as pro-
vided in paragraph (1) if— 
‘‘(A) the member is ordered to make a change 
of permanent station to or from a nonforeign area 
outside the continental United States and the mem-
ber has at least one dependent of driving age who 
will use the motor vehicle; or 
‘‘(B) the Secretary concerned determines that a 
replacement for the motor vehicle transported under 
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paragraph (1) is necessary for reasons beyond the 
control of the member and is in the interest of the 
United States and the Secretary approves the trans-
portation in advance.’’. 
(b) TECHNICAL AND CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.— 
Such subsection is further amended— 
(1) by striking ‘‘his dependents’’ and inserting 
‘‘a dependent of the member’’; 
(2) by striking ‘‘him’’ and inserting ‘‘the mem-
ber’’; 
(3) by striking ‘‘his)’’ and inserting ‘‘the mem-
ber)’’; 
(4) by striking ‘‘his new’’ and inserting ‘‘the 
member’s new’’; and 
(5) in paragraph (1)(C), as redesignated by 
subsection (a)— 
(A) by striking ‘‘clauses (1) and (2)’’ and 
inserting ‘‘subparagraphs (A) and (B)’’; and 
(B) by inserting ‘‘or’’ after the semicolon. 
SEC. 4. EFFECTIVE DATE. 
The amendments made by this Act shall take effect 
on January 1, 2011, and apply with respect to a perma-
nent change of station order issued on or after that date 
to a member of the uniformed services. 
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