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PUBLIC LAW 87-649-SEPT. 7, 1962

§405. Travel and transportation allowances: per diem while on duty outside United States or in Hawaii or Alaska Without regard to the monetary limitations of this title, the Secretaries concerned may authorize the payment of a per diem, considering all elements oi the cost of living to members of the uniformed services under their jurisdiction and their dependents, including a cost of quarters, subsistence, and other necessary incidental expenses, to such a member who is on duty outside of the United States or in Hawaii or Alaska, whether or not he is in a travel status. However, dependents may not be considered in determining the per diem allowance for a member in a travel status. §406. Travel and transportation allowances: dependents; baggage and household effects (a) A member of a uniformed service who is ordered to make a change of permanent station is entitled to transportation in kind for his dependents, to reimbursement therefor, or to a monetary allowance in place of that transportation in kind at a rate to be prescribed, but not more than the rate authorized under section 404(d) of this title. (b) In connection with a temporary or permanent change of station, a member is entitled to transportation (including packing, crating, dray age, temporary storage, and unpacking) of baggage and household effects, or reimbursement therefor, within such weight allowances prescribed by the Secretaries concerned, without regard to the comparative costs of the various modes of transportation. (c) The allowances and transportation authorized by subsections (a) and (b) of this section are in addition to those authorized by sections 404 and 405 of this title and are— (1^ subject to such conditions and limitations; (2) for such grades, ranks, and ratings; and (3) to and from such places; rescribed by the Secretaries concerned. Transportation of the ousehold effects of a member may not be mad!e by commercial air carrier at an estimated over-all cost that is more than the estimated over-all cost of the transportation thereof by other means, unless an appropriate transportation officer has certified in writing to his commanding officer that those household effects to be so transported are necessary for use in carrying out assigned duties, or are necessary to prevent undue hardship and other means of transportation will not fill those needs. However, not more than 1,000 pounds of unaccompanied baggage ma^ be transported by commercial air carrier, without regard to the preceding sentence, under regulations prescribed under the authority of the Secretary of Defense. (d) The nontemporary storage of baggage and household effects may be authorized in facilities of the United States, or in commercial facilities when it is considered to be more economical to the United States. However, the weight of baggage and household effects stored, plus the weight of the baggage and household effects transported, in connection with a change of station may not be more than the maximum weight limitations in regulations prescribed by the Secretaries concemea when it is not otherwise fixed by law. The nontemporary storage of baggage and household effects may not be authorized for a period longer than one year from the date the member concerned is separated from the service, except as prescribed in regulations by the Secretaries concerned for a member who, on the date of his separation, is confined in a hospital, or is in its viciiiity, undergoing medical treatment. (e) When orders directing a change of permanent station for the member concerned have not been issued, or when they have been

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