Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 95.djvu/1028

 95 STAT. 1002

PUBLIC LAW 97-60—OCT. 14, 1981

under circumstances described in paragraph (2) of this subsection in which the member would have been required to pay the excess costs of that shipment, the surviving dependents or the person legally entitled to the baggage and household effects, as the case may be, shall pay that excess cost.". (4) Subsection (h) of such section is amended by striking out "owned by the member and for his or his dependents' personal use" in clause (2) and inserting in lieu thereof "that is owned by the member (or a dependent of the member) and is for the personal use of the member or his dependents". 37 USC 405a. (c) Section 405a(b) of such title is amended by striking out "owned by him and for his personal use, or the use of the dependents," and inserting in lieu thereof "that is owned by the member (or a dependent of the member) and is for the personal use of the member or his dependents". Effective dates. (d)(1) Except as provided in paragraphs (2), (3), (4), and (5), the 37 USC 404 note, amendments made by this section shall take effect on November 1, 1981, and shall apply to members who are separated from the service or released from active duty on or after November 1, 1981. (2) Paragraph (2) of section 404(b) of title 37, United States Code, as added by subsection (a)(2)(C), shall apply to travel performed after October 31, 1981. (3) Paragraph (3) of section 406(a) of title 37, United States Code, as added by subsection (b)(l)(C), shall take effect on the date of the enactment of this Act. (4) The amendments made by subsections (a)(3) and (b)(3) shall take effect on November 1, 1981, and shall apply to members who are retired, placed on the temporary disability retired list, discharged, or involuntarily released on or after November 1, 1981, except that such amendments shall not apply to any member who before November 1, 1981, had completed eighteen years of active service. (5) The amendment made by subsection (b)(2)(C) shall take effect on the date of the enactment of this Act. TEMPORARY LODGING EXPENSES

37 USC 404a.

SEC. 122. (a)(1) Chapter 7 of title 37, United States Code, is amended by inserting after section 404 the following new section: "§ 404a. Travel and transportation allowances: temporary lodging expenses "(a) Under regulations prescribed by the Secretaries concerned, a memljer of a uniformed service who is ordered to make a change of permanent station— "(1) from any duty station to a duty station in the United States (other than Hawaii or Alaska); or "(2) from a duty station in the United States (other than Hawaii or Alaska) to a duty station outside the United States or in Hawaii or Alaska; may be paid or reimbursed for subsistence expenses actually incurred by the member and the member's dependents while occupying temporary quarters incident to that change of permanent station. In the case of a change of permanent station described in clause (1) of this subsection, the period for which such expenses may be paid or reimbursed may not exceed four days. In the case of a change of permanent station described in clause (2) of this subsection, the period for which such expenses may be paid or reimbursed may not exceed two days and such payment or reimbursement may be

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