An Act to amend title 10, United States Code, to authorize transportation at Government expense for dependents, accompanying members of the uniformed services at their posts of duty outside the United States, who require medical care not locally available
PL 89-140 (H.R.7595), enacted 08/28/1965

79 STAT. ] 
PUBLIC LAW 89-140-AUG. 28, 1965 
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dents and deaths, injuries, and property damage resulting therefrom, 
on highways on the Federal-aid system. Such highway saiety pro-
gram should be in accordance with uniform standards approved by 
the Secretary and should include, but not be limited to, provisions 
for an effective accident records system, and measures calculated to 
improve driver performance, vehicle safety, highway design and 
maintenance, traffic control, and surveillance of traffic for detection 
and correction of high or potentially high accident locations." 
(b) The analysis of chapter 1 of title 23 of the United States Code 
is amended by adding at the end thereof the following: 
"l.S.">. Highway safety programs." 
Approved August 28, 1965. 
Public Law 89-140 
AN ACT 
To amend title 10, United States Code, to authorize transiwrtation at Government 
expense for dei)endents accompanying members of the uniforme<l services at 
their i>osts of duty outside the United States, who require me<lical care not 
h>cally available. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled^ That chapter 53 of 
title 10, United States Code, is amended— 
(1) by adding the following new section at the end thereof: 
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§ 1040. Transportation of dependent patients 
"(a) Except as provided in subsection (b), if a dependent accom-
panying)^ a member of the uniformed services who is stationed outside 
tlie United States and who is on active duty for a period of more than 
thirty days requires medical attention which is not available in the 
locality, transportation of the dependents at the expense of the United 
States is authorized to the nearest appropriate medical facility in 
which adequate medical care is available. On his recovery or when it 
is administratively determined that the patient should be removed 
from the medical facility involved, the dependent may be transported 
at the expense of the L^nited States to the duty station of the member 
or to such other ])lace determined to be appropriate under the cir-
cumstances. If a dependent is unable to travel unattended, round-trip 
trans])ortation and travel expenses may be furnished 
necessary 
attendants. 
"(b) This section does not authorize transportation and travel 
expenses for a dependent for elective surgery which is determined to 
be not medically indicated by a medical authority designated under 
joint regulations to be prescribed under this section. 
"(c) 'Dependent' and 'uniformed services' in this section have the 
meanings of those terms as defined in section 1072 of this title. 
"(d) Transportation and travel expenses authorized by this sec-
tion shall be furnished in accordance with joint regulations to be 
prescribed by the Secretary of the Treasury, the Secretary of 
Defense, the Secretary of Commerce, and the Secretary of Health, 
Education, and Welfare, which shall require the use of transpor-
tiition facilities of the United States insofar as practicable."; and 
(2) by adding the folloAving new item at the end of the 
analysis: 
'•;104<). Ti'ansiw)i"tation of dei)endent i)atients." 
Approved August 28, 1965. 
August 23, 1965 
[H. R. 7595] 
Uniformed serv-
ices. 
Dependent pa-
tients, transpor-
tation. 
10 u s e 1031-
1039. 
Definitions. 
72 Stat. 1446..