Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 63 Part 1.djvu/852

 PUBLIC LAWS-CH. 681-OCT. 12, 1949 Authority of Secre- taries. Limitations. Separation from serVrce. Per diem for duty outside continental U.S. Transportation of dependentsand house- hold efects. Ante, p. 813. Transportation un- der emergency condi- tions. duty to first station, and (3) upon separation from the service, place- ment upon the temporary disability retired list, release from active duty, or retirement, fromlast duty station to home or to the place from which ordered to active duty, regardless of the fact that such mem- ber may not be a member of the uniformed services at the time his travel is performed or is to be performed. Allowances above author- ized may be paid without regard to the comparative costs of the various modes of transportation. The respective Secretaries con- cerned may prescribe (1) the conditions under which travel and trans- portation allowances shall be authorized, including advance payments thereof, and (2) the allowances for types of travel not to exceed amounts herein authorized. The travel and transportation allow- ances which shall be authorized for each type of travel shall be lim- ited to one of the following: (1) Transportation in kind, reimburse- ment therefor, or a monetary allowance in lieu of cost of transporta- tion at a rate not in excess of 7 cents per mile based on distances estab- lished or to be established over the shortest usually traveled routes, in accordance with mileage tables prepared by the Chief of Finance of the Department of the Army under the direction of the Secretary of the Army, (2) transportation in kind, reimbursement therefor, or a monetary allowance as provided in (1) of this sentence, plus a per diem in lieu of subsistence not to exceed $9 per day, or (3) for travel within the continental limits of the United States a mileage allowance of not exceeding 10 cents per mile based on distances established or to be established pursuant to existing law: Provided,That the travel and transportation allowances under conditions authorized herein for such members may be paid on separation from the service, or release from active duty, regardless of whether or not such member performs the travel involved. (b) Without regard to the monetary limitations in this Act, the Secretaries of the uniformed services may authorize the payment to members of the uniformed services on duty outside the continental United States or in Alaska, whether or not in a travel status, of a per diem considering all elements of cost of living to members and their dependents, including the cost of quarters, subsistence, and other necessary incidental expenses: Provided, That dependents shall not be considered in determining per diem allowances for members in a travel status. (c) In addition to the allowances authorized above, under such conditions and limitations and for such ranks, grades, or ratings and to and from such locations as may be prescribed by the Secretaries concerned, members of the uniformed services when ordered to make a change of permanent station shall be entitled to transportation in kind for dependents or to reimbursement therefor, or to a monetary allowance in lieu of such transportation in kind at a rate to be prescribed not in excess of the rate authorized in subsection (a) of this section, and in connection with a change of station (whether temporary or permanent), to transportation (including packing, crating, drayage, temporary storage, and unpacking) of baggage and household effects, or reimbursement therefor, to and from such loca- tions and within such weight allowances as may be prescribed by the Secretaries, without regard to the comparative costs of the various modes of transportation. When orders directing a change of perma- nent station for the member concerned have not been issued, or when such orders have been issued but are of such a nature that they cannot be used as authority for transportation of dependents and baggage and household effects, the Secretaries concerned may, nevertheless, authorize the movement of the dependents and baggage and household effects and prescribe transportation in kind, reimbursement therefor, or a monetary allowance in lieu thereof as authorized in this subsection, 814 [63 STAT.

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