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37 U.S.C. § 452 — Allowable travel and transportation: general authorities
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**(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 travel under circumstances as specified in regulations prescribed under [section 464 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title37-section464&num=0&edition=prelim).
**(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](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title37-section464&num=0&edition=prelim):
(1) Temporary duty that requires travel between a permanent duty assignment location and another 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 permanent duty assignment location or other authorized location.
(3) Temporary duty or assignment relocation related to consecutive overseas tours or in-place-consecutive 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.
(10) Ready Reserve muster duty.
(11) Unusual, extraordinary, hardship, or emergency circumstances.
(12) Presence of family members at a military medical facility in
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**(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 travel under circumstances as specified in regulations prescribed under [section 464 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title37-section464&num=0&edition=prelim).
**(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](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title37-section464&num=0&edition=prelim):
(1) Temporary duty that requires travel between a permanent duty assignment location and another 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 permanent duty assignment location or other authorized location.
(3) Temporary duty or assignment relocation related to consecutive overseas tours or in-place-consecutive 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.
(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 repatriation 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 Reintegration Program events.
(16) Missing status, as determined by the Secretary concerned under chapter 10 of this title.
(17) Attendance at or participation in international sports competitions described under [section 717 of title 10](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title10-section717&num=0&edition=prelim).
(18) Travel by a dependent child to the United States to obtain formal secondary, undergraduate, graduate, or vocational education, if the permanent duty assignment location of the member of the uniformed services is outside the continental United States (other than in Alaska or Hawaii).
(19) Travel by a dependent child within the United States to obtain formal secondary, undergraduate, graduate, or vocational education, if the permanent duty assignment location of the member of the uniformed services is in Alaska or Hawaii and the school is located in a State outside of the permanent duty assignment location.
(20) Subject to subsection (i), travel by a dependent to a location where a member of the uniformed services is on permanent duty aboard a ship that is overhauling, inactivating, or under construction.
(21) Presence of family members at the funeral and memorial services of members.
(22) Permanent change of assignment to or from a naval vessel undergoing nuclear refueling or defueling and any concurrent complex overhaul, even if such assignment is within the same area as the current assignment of the member.
(23) Current assignment to a naval vessel entering or exiting nuclear refueling or defueling and any concurrent complex overhaul.
**(c) Matters Included.—** Travel and transportation allowances which may be provided under subsection (a) include the following:
(1) Allowances for transportation (including fares and tolls, without regard to distance travelled), lodging, and meals.
(2) Dislocation or relocation allowances paid in connection with a change in a member’s temporary or permanent duty assignment location.
(3) A partial dislocation allowance paid to a member ordered to occupy or vacate housing provided by the United States.
(4) Passport and visa fees required for foreign travel.
(5) Other related miscellaneous expenses.
**(d) Mode of Providing Travel and Transportation Allowances.—** Any authorized travel and transportation 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 authorized traveler whose travel and transportation order or authorization 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.
**(f) Advance Payments.—** An authorized traveler may be allowed advance payments for authorized travel and transportation allowances.
**(g) Responsibility for Unauthorized Expenses.—** Any unauthorized travel or transportation expense 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 provided from any other appropriate Government or non-Government entity.
**(i) Dependent Transportation Incident to Ship Construction, Inactivation, and Overhauling.—** The authority under subsection (a) for travel in connection with circumstances described in subsection (b)(20) shall be subject to the following terms and conditions:
(1) The member of the uniformed services must be permanently assigned to the ship for 31 or more consecutive days to be eligible for allowances, and the transportation allowances accrue on the 31st day and every 60 days thereafter.
(2) Transportation in kind, reimbursement for personally procured transportation, or a monetary allowance for mileage in place of the cost of transportation may be provided, in lieu of the member’s entitlement to transportation, for the member’s dependents from the location that was the home port of the ship before commencement of overhaul or inactivation to the port of overhaul or inactivation.
(3) The total reimbursement for transportation for the member’s dependents may not exceed the cost of one Government-procured commercial round-trip travel.
**(j) Travel for Inactive-duty Training and Muster Duty.—**
(1) If a member of the uniformed services travels more than 50 miles from the member’s permanent residence (as established under paragraph (2)) for training described in paragraph (9) of subsection (b) or duty described in paragraph (10) of that subsection, the member shall be provided, in the form of actual expenses, in-kind, or a combination thereof—
(A) actual and necessary expenses of travel and transportation for, or in connection with, such travel; and
(B) meals, incidentals, and expenses related to such travel, to the same extent specified in regulations prescribed under [section 464 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title37-section464&num=0&edition=prelim) for a member on official travel.
(2) For purposes of paragraph (1), the permanent residence of a member—
(A) shall be established not later than 30 days after the date on which the permanent duty assignment of the member begins; and
(B) may not be re-established until after the member receives subsequent orders for a permanent change of assignment.
(3) In the case of a member whose permanent residence changes after the date described in subparagraph (A) of paragraph (2) and before the member receives orders described in subparagraph (B) of such paragraph, the Secretary concerned may provide the member expenses described in paragraph (1) or such other reimbursement as the Secretary determines appropriate if the member travels more than 50 miles from the new permanent residence of the member for training described in paragraph (9) of subsection (b) or duty described in paragraph (10) of such subsection.
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This subchapter and subchapter I shall be administered under terms, rates, conditions, and regulations prescribed by the Secretary of Defense in consultation with the other administering Secretaries for members of the uniformed services. Such regulations shall be uniform for the Department of Defense and shall apply as uniformly as practicable to the uniformed services under the jurisdiction of the other administering Secretaries.
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**(a)** The Secretary of Defense, or the Secretary of Homeland Security with respect to the Coast Guard when it is not operating as a service in the Navy, may permit members of the armed forces under his jurisdiction to train for, attend, and participate in any of the following sports competitions:
(1) The Pan-American Games and the Olympic Games, and qualifying events and preparatory competition for those games.
(2) The Paralympic Games, if eligible to participate in those games, and qualifying events and preparatory competition for those games.
(3) Any other international competition in amateur sports, if the Secretary of State determines that the interests of the United States will be served by participation in that competition, and qualifying events and preparatory competition for that competition.
**(b)** Subject to subsections (c) and (d), the Secretary of Defense or the Secretary of Homeland Security, as the case may be, may spend such funds, and acquire and use such supplies, as he determines to be necessary to provide for—
(1) the training of members of the armed forces for the competitions covered by subsection (a);
(2) their attendance at and participation in those competitions; and
(3) the training of animals of the armed forces for, and their attendance at and participation in, those competitions.
**(c)**
(1) Not more than $3,000,000, to be apportioned among the military departments as the Secretary of Defense prescribes, may be spent during each successive four-year period beginning on October 1, 1980, for the participation of members of the Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps, and Space Force in the competitions covered by subsection (a).
(2) Not more than $100,000 may be spent during each successive four-year period beginning on October 1, 1980
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**(a) Order to Duty.—** A member of the Ready Reserve may be ordered to funeral honors duty, with the consent of the member, in preparation for or to perform funeral honors functions at the funeral of a veteran as defined in [section 1491 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title10-section1491&num=0&edition=prelim). Performance of funeral honors duty by a Reserve not on active duty shall be treated as inactive-duty training (including with respect to travel to and from such duty) for purposes of any provision of law other than sections 206 and 435 of title 37.
**(b) Service Credit.—** A member ordered to funeral honors duty under this section shall be required to perform a minimum of two hours of such duty in order to receive—
(1) service credit under [section 12732(a)(2)(E) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title10-section12732/a/2/E&num=0&edition=prelim); and
(2) as directed by the Secretary concerned, either—
(A) the allowance under [section 435 of title 37](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title37-section435&num=0&edition=prelim); or
(B) compensation under [section 206 of title 37](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title37-section206&num=0&edition=prelim).
**(c) Reimbursable Expenses.—** A member who performs funeral honors duty under this section may be reimbursed for travel and transportation expenses incurred in conjunction with such duty as authorized under [section 452 of title 37](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title37-section452&num=0&edition=prelim) if such duty is performed at a location 50 miles or more from the member’s residence.
**(d) Regulations.—** The exercise of authority un
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**(a) Disbursement of Travel Allowances Directly to Creditors.—**
(1) The Secretary of Defense shall require that any part of a travel or transportation allowance of an employee of the Department of Defense or a member of the armed forces be disbursed directly to the issuer of a Defense travel card if the amount is disbursed to the issuer in payment of amounts of expenses of official travel that are charged by the employee or member on the Defense travel card.
(2) The Secretary of Defense may waive the requirement for a direct payment to a travel card issuer under paragraph (1) in any case the Secretary determines appropriate.
(3) For the purposes of this subsection, the travel and transportation allowances referred to in paragraph (1) are amounts to which an employee of the Department of Defense is entitled under [section 5702 of title 5](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title5-section5702&num=0&edition=prelim) or a member of the armed forces is entitled under [section 452 of title 37](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title37-section452&num=0&edition=prelim).
**(b) Offsets for Delinquent Travel Card Charges.—**
(1) The Secretary of Defense may require that there be deducted and withheld from any basic pay payable to an employee of the Department of Defense or a member of the armed forces any amount that is owed by the employee or member to a creditor by reason of one or more charges of expenses of official travel of the employee or member on a Defense travel card issued by the creditor if the employee or member—
(A) is delinquent in the payment of such amount under the terms of the contract under which the card is issued; and
(B) does not dispute the amount of the delinquency.
(2) The amount deducted a
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**(a) Programs Authorized.—**
(1) Each Secretary of a military department may carry out programs under which members of the regular components or of the Space Force and members on Active Guard and Reserve duty of the armed forces under the jurisdiction of such Secretary may be inactivated from active service in order to meet personal or professional needs and returned to active service at the end of such period of inactivation from active service.
(2) Notwithstanding subsection (b)(1), if the Secretary of a military department carries out a program under paragraph (1), such Secretary shall, pursuant to this section, inactivate a member who completes a detail under [section 2004c of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title10-section2004c&num=0&edition=prelim) upon the completion of such detail for such period of time as the Secretary determines appropriate so such member may perform religious ministry that meets professional requirements for appointment as a chaplain in the military department concerned.
**(b) Period of Inactivation From Active Service; Effect of Inactivation.—**
(1) The period of inactivation from active service under a program under this section of a member participating in the program shall be such period as the Secretary of the military department concerned shall specify in the agreement of the member under subsection (c), except that such period may not exceed three years.
(2) Any service by a Reserve officer, or a Space Force officer in a space force active status not on active duty under [section 20105(b) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title10-section20105/b&num=0&edition=prelim), while participating in a program under this section shall be excluded from comput
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**(a) Order to Duty.—** A member of the Army National Guard of the United States or the Air National Guard of the United States may be ordered to funeral honors duty, with the consent of the member, to prepare for or perform funeral honors functions at the funeral of a veteran under [section 1491 of title 10](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title10-section1491&num=0&edition=prelim). However, a member of the Army National Guard of the United States or the Air National Guard of the United States may not be ordered to perform funeral honors functions under this section without the consent of the Governor or other appropriate authority of the State concerned. Performance of funeral honors duty by such a member not on active duty or full-time National Guard duty shall be treated as inactive-duty training (including with respect to travel to and from such duty) for purposes of any provision of law other than sections 206 and 435 of title 37.
**(b) Service Credit.—** A member ordered to funeral honors duty under this section shall be required to perform a minimum of two hours of such duty in order to receive—
(1) service credit under [section 12732(a)(2)(E) of title 10](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title10-section12732/a/2/E&num=0&edition=prelim); and
(2) as directed by the Secretary concerned, either—
(A) the allowance under [section 435 of title 37](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title37-section435&num=0&edition=prelim); or
(B) compensation under [section 206 of title 37](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title37-section206&num=0&edition=prelim).
**(c) Reimbursable Expenses.—** A member who performs funeral honors duty under this section may be reim
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**(a) Programs authorized** The Secretary may carry out a program under which officers may be inactivated from active duty in order to meet personal or professional needs and returned to active duty at the end of such period of inactivation from active duty.
**(b) Period of inactivation from active duty; effect of inactivation**
(1) **In general** — The period of inactivation from active duty under a program under this section of an officer participating in the program shall be such period as the Secretary shall specify in the agreement of the officer under subsection (c), except that such period may not exceed three years.
(2) **Exclusion from retirement** — Any period of participation of an officer in a program under this section shall not count toward eligibility for retirement or computation of retired pay under subchapter III.
**(c) Agreement** Each officer who participates in a program under this section shall enter into a written agreement with the Secretary under which that officer shall agree as follows:
(1) To undergo during the period of the inactivation of the officer from active duty under the program such inactive duty training as the Director of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Commissioned Officer Corps shall require in order to ensure that the officer retains proficiency, at a level determined by the Director to be sufficient, in the technical skills, professional qualifications, and physical readiness of the officer during the inactivation of the officer from active duty.
(2) Following completion of the period of the inactivation of the officer from active duty under the program, to serve two months on active duty for each month of the period of the inactivation of the officer from active duty under the program.
**(d) Conditio
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**(a)** A member of a reserve component of a uniformed service, or of the Space Force may, with the consent of the member, be given additional training or other duty as provided by law, without pay, as may be authorized by the Secretary concerned.
**(b)**
(1) A member who performs training or other duty without pay under subsection (a) may, in the discretion of the Secretary concerned, be authorized the travel and transportation allowances prescribed by [section 452 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title37-section452&num=0&edition=prelim) for travel performed to and from that training or duty, and, during the performance of that training or duty, be furnished with subsistence and quarters in kind or commutation thereof at a rate to be fixed by the Secretary concerned.
(2) If a military technician (dual status), as described in [section 10216 of title 10](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title10-section10216&num=0&edition=prelim), is performing active duty without pay while on leave from technician employment, as authorized by [section 6323(d) of title 5](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title5-section6323/d&num=0&edition=prelim), the Secretary concerned may authorize the payment of a per diem allowance to the military technician in lieu of commutation for subsistence and quarters under paragraph (1).
**(c)** This section does not authorize compensation for work or study performed by a member of a reserve component or the Space Force in connection with correspondence courses of an armed force.
**(d)** This section does not apply to a member who is entitled to basic pay under chapter 3 of this title.
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**(a) General Entitlement.—**
(1) Except as otherwise provided by law, a member of a uniformed service who is entitled to basic pay is entitled to a basic allowance for housing at the monthly rates prescribed under this section or another provision of law with regard to the applicable component of the basic allowance for housing. The amount of the basic allowance for housing for a member will vary according to the pay grade in which the member is assigned or distributed for basic pay purposes, the dependency status of the member, and the geographic location of the member. The basic allowance for housing may be paid in advance.
(2) A member of a uniformed service with dependents is not entitled to a basic allowance for housing as a member with dependents unless the member makes a certification to the Secretary concerned indicating the status of each dependent of the member. The certification shall be made in accordance with regulations prescribed by the Secretary of Defense.
**(b) Basic Allowance for Housing Inside the United States.—**
(1) The Secretary of Defense shall prescribe the rates of the basic allowance for housing that are applicable for the various military housing areas in the United States. The rates for an area shall be based on the costs of adequate housing determined for the area under paragraph (2).
(2) The Secretary of Defense shall determine the costs of adequate housing in a military housing area in the United States for all members of the uniformed services entitled to a basic allowance for housing in that area. The Secretary shall base the determination upon the costs of adequate housing for civilians with comparable income levels in the same area. After June 30, 2001, the Secretary may not differentiate between members with dependents in pay
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**(a)** [Section 717 of title 10](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title10-section717&num=0&edition=prelim) does not authorize the payment of allowances at higher rates than those provided for participation in military activities not covered by that section.
**(b)** Notwithstanding any other law, a member of a uniformed service is not entitled to travel and transportation allowances under [section 452 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title37-section452&num=0&edition=prelim) 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](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title10-section717&num=0&edition=prelim).
**(c)** Notwithstanding any other law, a member of a uniformed service who has no dependents is not entitled to the basic allowances for subsistence and housing 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](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title10-section717&num=0&edition=prelim).
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