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PUBLIC LAW 87-649-^EPT. 7, 1962

[76 STAT.

§ 402. Basic allowance for subsistence (a) Except as otherwise provided by this section or by another law, each member of a uniformed service who is entitled to basic pay is entitled to a basic allowance for subsistence in the amount set forth in subsection (d) of this section. (b) An enlisted member is entitled to the basic allowance for subsistence, on a daily basis, of one of the following types— (1) when rations in kind are not available; (2) when permission to mess separately is granted; and (3) when assigned to duty under emergency conditions where no messing facilities of the United States are available. The allowance to an enlisted member, when authorized, may be paid in advance for a period of not more than three months. An enlisted member is entitled to the allowance while on an authorized leave of absence or while confined in a hospital, but not while being subsisted at the expense of the United States. The allowance for enlisted members who are on leave, or are otherAvise authorized to mess separately, shall be equal to the cost of the ration as determined by the Secretary of Defense. Unless he is entitled to basic pay under Ante,, p. 453. chapter 3 of this title, an enlisted member of a reserve component of a uniformed service, or of the National Guard, is entitled, in the discretion of the Secretary concerned, to rations in kind, or a part thereof, when the instruction or duty periods, described in section 206(a) of this title, total at least eight hours in a calendar day. (c) An oflSicer of a uniformed service who is entitled to basic pay is, at all times, entitled to the basic allowances for subsistence on a monthly basis. An aviation cadet of the Naw, Air Force, or Marine Corps is entitled to the same basic allowance tor subsistence as is provided for an officer of the Navy, Air Force, or Marine Corps, respectively. (d) The basic allowance for subsistence for members of the uniformed services is as follows: Officers $47.88 a month. Enlisted members when rations in kind are not avail- $2,565 a day. able. Enlisted members when assigned to duty under Not more than emergency conditions where no messing facilities $3.42 a day. of the United States are available. (e) Under regulations and in areas prescribed by the Secretary of Defense, an enlisted member who is granted permission to mess separately, and whose duties require him to buy at least one meal from other than a messing facility of the United States, is entitled to not more than the pro rata allowance authorized for each such meal for an enlisted member when rations in kind are not available.^ (f) The President may prescribe regulations for the administration of this section. § 403. Basic allowance for quarters (a) Except as otherwise provided by this section or by another law, a member of a uniformed service who is entitled to basic pay is entitled to a basic allowance for quarters at the following

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