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 PUBLIC LAW 99-145—NOV. 8, 1985

99 STAT. 641

SEC. 615. TRAVEL ALLOWANCE FOR TRAVEL PERFORMED IN CONNECTION WITH CERTAIN LEAVE

(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 411b(a)(l) of title 37, United States Code, is amended— (1) by striking out "if he is a member without dependents,"; (2) by striking out ", if either" and all that follows and inserting in lieu thereof a period; and (3) by adding at the end thereof the following new sentence: "Such allowances may be paid for the member and for the dependents of the member who are authorized to, and do, accompany him at his duty stations.". (b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by subsection (a) shall apply with respect to orders to change a permanent station that are effective after September 30, 1985.

37 USC 4llb note.

SEC. 616. TRAVEL DURING SHIP OVERHAUL

(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 406b of title 37, United States Code, is amended— (1) by inserting "(a)" before "Under"; (2) by striking out ", ninety-first, and one hundred and fiftyfirst calendar day" and inserting in lieu thereof "calendar day, and every sixtieth calendar day after the thirty-first calendar day"; and (3) by adding at the end thereof the following new subsections: "(b) Transportation in kind, reimbursement for personally procured transportation, or a monetary allowance in place of the cost of transportation as provided in section 404(d)(l) of this title may be provided, in lieu of the member's entitlement to transportation, for the member's dependents from the location that was the home port of the ship before commencement of overhaul or inactivation to the port of overhaul or inactivation. The total reimbursement for transportation for the member's dependents may not exceed the cost of Government-procured commercial roundtrip travel. "(c) A member of the uniformed services on permanent duty aboard a ship which undergoes a change of home port to the overhaul or inactivation port and the member's dependents may be provided the transportation allowances prescribed in subsections (a) and (b) of this section in lieu of the transportation authorized by section 406 of this title and section 2634 of title 10. "(d) Section 420 of this title does not apply with respect to transportation or allowances provided under this section.". (b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The travel allowances authorized by the amendments made by this section are payable only for travel that commences after September 30, 1985, but may be paid for members assigned to vessels being overhauled or inactivated away from home port on the date of the enactment of this Act. (c) CLERICAL AMENDMENTS.—(1) The heading for such section is amended by striking out the last four words. (2) The item relating to such section in the table of sections at the beginning of chapter 7 of such title is amended by striking out the last four words. SEC. 617. DEFINITION OF RESIDENCE OF A STUDENT DEPENDENT

(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 406 of title 37, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end thereof the following new subsection: "(1) For the purposes of this section, the residence of a dependent of a member who is a student not living with the member while at

37 USC 404.

37 USC 406. 10 USC 2634. ^ " 37 USC 406b '^ote.

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