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10 U.S.C. § 717 — Members of the armed forces: participation in international sports
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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)** 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, for the participation of members of the Coast Guard in the competitions covered by subsection (a).
**(d)** Appropriations available to the Department of Defense or to the Department of Homeland Security, as the case may be, may be used to carry out this section.
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**(a) In General.—** The following definitions apply in this title:
(1) The term “United States”, in a geographic sense, means the States and the District of Columbia.
(2) Repealed. Pub. L. 109–163, div. A, title X, § 1057(a)(1), Jan. 6, 2006, 119 Stat. 3440.]
(3) The term “possessions” includes the Virgin Islands, Guam, American Samoa, and the Guano Islands, so long as they remain possessions, but does not include any Commonwealth.
(4) The term “armed forces” means the Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps, Space Force, and Coast Guard.
(5) The term “uniformed services” means—
(A) the armed forces;
(B) the commissioned corps of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration; and
(C) the commissioned corps of the Public Health Service.
(6) The term “department”, when used with respect to a military department, means the executive part of the department and all field headquarters, forces, reserve components, installations, activities, and functions under the control or supervision of the Secretary of the department. When used with respect to the Department of Defense, such term means the executive part of the department, including the executive parts of the military departments, and all field headquarters, forces, reserve components, installations, activities, and functions under the control or supervision of the Secretary of Defense, including those of the military departments.
(7) The term “executive part of the department” means the executive part of the Department of Defense, Department of the Army, Department of the Navy, or Department of the Air Force, as the case may be, at the seat of government.
(8) The term “military departments” means the Department of the Army, the Department of the Navy, and the Department of the Air Force.
(9) The term
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**(a)** Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the President, within authorized strengths and with the consent of the officer involved, may transfer any commissioned officer of a uniformed service from his uniformed service to, and appoint him in, another uniformed service. The Secretary of Defense, the Secretary of Homeland Security, the Secretary of Commerce, and the Secretary of Health and Human Services shall jointly establish, by regulations approved by the President, policies and procedures for such transfers and appointments.
**(b)** An officer transferred under this section may not be assigned precedence or relative rank higher than that which he held on the day before the transfer.
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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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**(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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TITLE 10—ARMED FORCES
§ 717
Homeland Security, the Secretary of Commerce,
and the Secretary of Health and Human Services
shall jointly establish, by regulations approved
by the President, policies and procedures for
such transfers and appointments.
(b) An officer transferred under this section
may not be assigned precedence or relative rank
higher than that which he held on the day before
the transfer.
(Added Pub. L. 85–599, § 11(2), Aug. 6, 1958, 72
Stat. 521; amended Pub. L. 91–392, § 1, Sept. 1,
1970, 84 Stat. 834; Pub. L. 96–215, § 2(a), Mar. 25,
1980, 94 Stat. 123; Pub. L. 97–295, § 1(10), Oct. 12,
1982, 96 Stat. 1289; Pub. L. 98–94, title X,
§ 1007(a)(1), Sept. 24, 1983, 97 Stat. 661; Pub. L.
99–348, title III, § 304(a)(1), July 1, 1986, 100 Stat.
703; Pub. L. 107–296, title XVII, § 1704(b)(1), Nov.
25, 2002, 116 Stat. 2314.)
Editorial Notes
CODIFICATION
Another section 716 was renumbered section 717 of
this title.
AMENDMENTS
2002—Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 107–296 substituted ‘‘of
Homeland Security’’ for ‘‘of Transportation’’.
1986—Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 99–348 struck out subsec. (c)
which defined ‘‘uniformed service’’ for purposes of this
section. See section 101(43) of this title.
1983—Pub. L. 98–94 amended section generally, sub-
stituting ‘‘transfers among the armed forces, the Na-
tional Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, and
the Public Health Service’’ for ‘‘transfers between
armed forces and to and from National Oceanic and At-
mospheric Administration’’ in section catchline and
adding subsec. (c). Prior to amendment subsecs. (a) and
(b) read as follows:
‘‘(a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the
President may, within authorized strengths, transfer
any commissioned officer with his consent from his
armed
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