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PUBLIC LAW 87-649-SEPT. 7, 1962

(2) the member is ordered to a service school as a permanent change of station. This subsection does not apply in time of national emergency declared after April 1, 1955, or in time of war. (c) A member is not entitled to payment of a dislocation allowance when ordered from his home to his first duty station or from his last duty station to his home. §408. Travel and transportation allowances: travel within limits of duty station A member of a uniformed service may be directed, by regulations of the head of the department or agency in which he is serving, to procure transportation necessary for conducting official business of the United States within the limits of his station. Expenses so incurred by the member for train, bus, streetcar, taxicab, ferry, bridge, and similar fares and tolls, or for the use of privately-owned vehicles at a fixed rate a mile, shall be defrayed by the department or agency under which he is serving, or the member is entitled to be reimbursed for the expense. §409. Travel and transportation allowances: trailers Under regulations prescribed by the Secretaries concerned and in place of the transportation of baggage and household effects or payment of a dislocation allowance, a member, or in the case of his death his dependent, who would otherwise be entitled to transportation of baggage and household goods under section 406 of this title, may transport a house trailer or mobile dwelling within the United States, except in Hawaii or Alaska, for use as a residence by one of the following means— (1) transport the trailer or dwelling and receive a monetary allowance in place of transportation at a rate to be prescribed by the Secretaries concerned, but not more than 20 cents a mile; (2) deliver the trailer or dwelling to an agent of the United States for transportation by commercial means; or (3) transport the trailer or dwelling by commercial means and be reimbursed by the United States subject to such rates as may be prescribed by the Secretaries concerned. However, the cost of transportation under clause (2) or the reimbursement under clause (3) may not be more than the lesser of (A) the current average cost for the commercial transportation of a house trailer or mobile dwelling; (B) 36 cents a mile; or (C) the cost of transporting the baggage and household effects of the member or his dependent plus the dislocation allowance authorized in section 407 of this title. Any payment authorized by this section may be made in advance of the transportation concerned. § 410. Travel and transportation allowances: miscellaneous categories (a) The following persons are entitled to such travel and transportation allowances provided by section 404 of this title, as prescribed by the Secretaries concerned— (1) cadets of the United States Military Academy; (2) midshipmen of the United States Naval Academy; (3) cadets of the United States Air Force Academy; (4) cadets of the Coast Guard Academy; (5) applicants for enlistment: (6) rejected applicants for enlistment; (7) general prisoners; (8) discharged prisoners; (9) insane patients transferred from military hospitals to other hospitals or to their homes; and

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