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37 U.S.C. § 451 — Definitions

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37 U.S.C. § 451 — Definitions

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**(a) Definitions Relating to Persons.—** In this subchapter and subchapter II: (1) The term “administering Secretary” or “administering Secretaries” means the following: (A) The Secretary of Defense, with respect to the armed forces (including the Coast Guard when it is operating as a service in the Navy). (B) The Secretary of Homeland Security, with respect to the Coast Guard when it is not operating as a service in the Navy. (C) The Secretary of Commerce, with respect to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. (D) The Secretary of Health and Human Services, with respect to the Public Health Service. (2) The term “authorized traveler” means a person who is authorized travel and transportation allowances when performing official travel ordered or authorized by the administering Secretary. Such term includes the following: (A) A member of the uniformed services. (B) A family member of a member of the uniformed services. (C) A person acting as an escort or attendant for a member or family member who is traveling on official travel or is traveling with the remains of a deceased member or as an escort or attendant for dependents of a member for necessary travel performed not later than one year after the member is unable to accompany the dependents who are incapable of traveling alone. (D) A person who participates in a military funeral honors detail. (E) A Senior Reserve Officers’ Training Corps cadet or midshipman. (F) An applicant or rejected applicant for enlistment. (G) Any person whose employment or service is considered directly related to a Government official activity or function under regulations prescribed under [section 464 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title37-section464&num=0&edition=prelim). (H) Any other person not covered by subparagraphs (A) through (G) who is determined by the administering Secretary pursuant to regulations prescribed under [section 464 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title37-section464&num=0&edition=prelim) as warranting the provision of travel benefits for purposes of the following: (i) Transportation of survivors to attend burial services or transfer of deceased members after death overseas as provided in [section 453(f) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title37-section453/f&num=0&edition=prelim). (ii) Transportation of designated individuals incident to the hospitalization of members as provided in [section 452(b)(12) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title37-section452/b/12&num=0&edition=prelim). (iii) Transportation of designated individuals incident to the repatriation of members as provided in [section 452(b)(13) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title37-section452/b/13&num=0&edition=prelim). (iv) Transportation of non-medical attendants as provided in [section 452(b)(14) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title37-section452/b/14&num=0&edition=prelim). (v) Transportation of designated individuals to attend Yellow Ribbon Reintegration Program events as provided in [section 452(b)(15) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title37-section452/b/15&num=0&edition=prelim). (vi) Transportation of a person with regard to a single event when the administering Secretary determines that the travel is necessary to ensure fairness and equity, respond to emergency or humanitarian circumstances, or serve the best interests of the Government. (vii) Transportation of a dependent child of a member of the uniformed services to the United States to obtain formal secondary, undergraduate, graduate, or vocational education, if the permanent duty assignment location of the member is outside the continental United States (other than in Alaska or Hawaii). (viii) Transportation of a dependent child of a member of the uniformed services within the United States to obtain formal secondary, undergraduate, graduate, or vocational education, if the permanent duty assignment location of the member is in Alaska or Hawaii and the school is located in a State outside of the permanent duty assignment location. (ix) Transportation of 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. (3) The term “family member”, with respect to a member of the uniformed services, means the following: (A) A dependent, as defined in [section 401(a) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title37-section401/a&num=0&edition=prelim). (B) A child, as defined in [section 401(b)(1) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title37-section401/b/1&num=0&edition=prelim). (C) A parent, as defined in [section 401(b)(2) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title37-section401/b/2&num=0&edition=prelim). (D) A sibling of the member. (E) A former spouse of the member. **(b) Definitions Relating to Travel and Transportation Allowances.—** In this subchapter and subchapter II: (1) The term “official travel” means the following: (A) Military duty or official business performed by an authorized traveler away from a duty assignment location or other authorized location. (B) Travel performed by an authorized traveler ordered to relocate from a permanent duty station to another permanent duty station. (C) Travel performed by an authorized traveler ordered to the first permanent duty station, or separated or retired from uniformed service. (D) Local travel in or around the temporary duty or permanent duty station. (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, including relocation expenses, incurred by an authorized 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 authorized 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 authorized allowances during the performance of official travel by an authorized traveler. (7) The term “personal property”, with respect to transportation allowances, includes baggage, furniture, and other household items, clothing, privately owned vehicles, house trailers, mobile homes, and any other personal items that would not otherwise be prohibited by any other provision of law or regulation prescribed under [section 464 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title37-section464&num=0&edition=prelim). (8) The term “relocation allowances” means the costs associated with relocating a member of the uniformed services and the member’s dependents between an old and new temporary or permanent duty assignment location or other authorized location. Such costs include pet quarantine expenses. (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 evacuation. (10) (A) The term “permanent duty assignment location” means— (i) the official station of a member of the uniformed services; or (ii) the residence of a dependent of a member of the uniformed services. (B) As used in subparagraph (A)(ii), the residence of a dependent who is a student not living with the member while at school is the permanent duty assignment location of the dependent student.

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37 U.S.C. § 464 — Regulations

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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37 U.S.C. § 463 — Programs of compliance; electronic processing of travel claims

**(a) Programs of Compliance.—** The administering Secretaries shall provide for compliance with the requirements of this chapter through programs of compliance established and maintained for that purpose. **(b) Elements.—** The programs of compliance under subsection (a) shall— (1) minimize the provision of benefits under this chapter based on inaccurate claims, unauthorized claims, overstated or inflated claims, and multiple claims for the same benefits through the electronic verification of travel claims on a near-time basis and such other means as the administering Secretaries may establish for purposes of the programs of compliance; and (2) ensure that benefits provided under this chapter do not exceed reasonable or actual and necessary expenses of travel claimed or reasonable allowances based on commercial travel rates. **(c) Electronic Processing of Travel Claims.—** (1) By not later than the date that is five years after the date of the enactment of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2012, any travel claim under this chapter shall be processed electronically. (2) The administering Secretary, or the Secretary’s designee, may waive the requirement in paragraph (1) with respect to a particular claim in the interests of the department concerned. (3) The electronic processing of claims under this subsection shall be subject to the regulations prescribed by the Secretary of Defense under [section 464 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title37-section464&num=0&edition=prelim) which shall apply uniformly to all members of the uniformed services and, to the extent practicable, to all other authorized travelers.

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37 U.S.C. § 454 — Travel and transportation: pilot programs

**(a) Pilot Programs.—** Except as otherwise prohibited by law, the Secretary of Defense may conduct pilot programs to evaluate alternative travel and transportation programs, policies, and processes for Department of Defense authorized travelers. Any such pilot program shall be designed to enhance cost savings or other efficiencies that accrue to the Government and be conducted so as to evaluate one or more of the following: (1) Alternative methods for performing and reimbursing travel. (2) Means for limiting the need for travel. (3) Means for reducing the environmental impact of travel. **(b) Limitations.—** (1) Not more than three pilot programs may be carried out under subsection (a) at any one time. (2) The duration of a pilot program may not exceed four years. (3) The authority to carry out a pilot program is subject to the availability of appropriated funds. **(c) Reports.—** (1) Not later than 30 days before the commencement of a pilot program under subsection (a), the Secretary shall submit to the congressional defense committees a report on the pilot program. The report on a pilot program under this paragraph shall set forth a description of the pilot program, including the following: (A) The purpose of the pilot program. (B) The duration of the pilot program. (C) The cost savings or other efficiencies anticipated to accrue to the Government under the pilot program. (2) Not later than 60 days after the completion of a pilot program, the Secretary shall submit to the congressional defense committees a report on the pilot program. The report on a pilot program under this paragraph shall set forth the following: (A) A description of results of the pilot program. (B) Such recommendations for legislative or administrative action as the Secr

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37 U.S.C. § 451 — Definitions

Page 200 TITLE 37—PAY AND ALLOWANCES OF THE UNIFORMED SERVICES § 451 under orders that are canceled, revoked, or modified’’, 476b ‘‘Travel and transportation allowances: members of the uniformed services attached to a ship over- hauling or inactivating’’, 476c ‘‘Travel and transpor- tation allowances: members assigned to a vessel under construction’’, 477 ‘‘Travel and transportation allow- ances: dislocation allowance’’, 478 ‘‘Travel and trans- portation allowances: travel within limits of duty sta- tion’’, 478a ‘‘Travel and transportation allowances: in- active duty training outside of the normal commuting distances’’, 479 ‘‘Travel and transportation allowances: house trailers and mobile homes’’, 480 ‘‘Travel and transportation allowances: miscellaneous categories’’, 481 ‘‘Travel and transportation allowances: administra- tive provisions’’, 481a ‘‘Travel and transportation al- lowances: travel performed in connection with con- valescent leave’’, 481b ‘‘Travel and transportation al- lowances: travel performed in connection with leave be- tween consecutive overseas tours’’, 481c ‘‘Travel and transportation allowances: travel performed in connec- tion with rest and recuperative leave from certain sta- tions in foreign countries’’, 481d ‘‘Travel and transpor- tation allowances: transportation incident to personal emergencies for certain members and dependents’’, 481e ‘‘Travel and transportation allowances: transportation incident to certain emergencies for members per- forming temporary duty’’, 481f ‘‘Travel and transpor- tation allowances: transportation for survivors of de- ceased member to attend the member’s burial cere- monies’’, 481h ‘‘Travel and transportation allowances: transportation of designated individuals incident to hospitalization of members f

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