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PUBLIC LAW 87-649-SEPT. 7, 1962

[76 STAT.

(10) persons discharged from Saint Elizabeths Hospital after transfer from a uniformed service, (b) The Secretary concerned shall, in prescribing allowances under subsection (a) of this section, consider the rights of the United States, as well as those of the persons concerned. §411. Travel and transportation allowances: administrative provisions (a) For the administration of sections 404(a), (b), and (d)-(f), 406, 406(a)-(f), 407, 409, and 410 of this title, the Secretaries concerned shall prescribe regulations that are, as far as practicable, uniform for all of the uniformed services. (b) In establishing the rates and kinds of allowances authorized by the sections of this title designated by subsection (a) of this section, the Secretaries concerned shall— (1) consider the average cost of first-class transportation, including sleeping accommodations, when prescribing a monetary allowance in place of transportation; (2) consider the current economic data on the cost of subsistence, including lodging and other necessary incidental expenses related thereto, when prescribing per diem rates; and (3) consider the average cost of first-class transportation, including sleeping accommodations and current economic data on the cost of subsistence, including lodging and other necessary incidental expenses relating thereto, when prescribing mileage rai es. (c) The Secretaries concerned shall determine what constitutes a travel status for the purposes of the sections of this title designated by subsection (a) of this section. (d) The Secretary concerned shall define the words "permanent station" for the purposes of the sections of this title designated by subsection (a) of this section. The definition shall include a shore station or the home yard or home port of a vessel to which a member of a uniformed service who is entitled to basic pay may be ordered. An authorized change in the home yard or home port of such a vessel is a change of permanent station. § 412. Appropriations for travel: may not be used for attendance at certain meetings Appropriations of the Department of Defense that are available for travel may not, without the approval of the Secretary concerned or his designee, be used for expenses incident to attendance of a member of an armed force under that department at a meeting of a technical, scientific, professional, or similar organization. § 413. Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff The Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff is entitled to the allowances provided by law for the Chief of Staff of the Army. § 414. Personal money allowance (a) In addition to other pay or allowances authorized by this title, an officer who is entitled to basic pay is entitled to a personal money allowance of— (1) $500 a year, while serving in the grade of lieutenant general or vice admiral, or in an equivalent grade or rank; (2) $1,200 a year, in place of any other personal money allowance authorized by this section, while serving as Surgeon General of the Public Health Service, or as Director of the Coast and Geodetic Survey; (8) $2,200 a year, in addition to the personal money allowance authorized by clause (1) of this subsection, while serving as a

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