2013 US Code
Title 37 - Pay and Allowances of the Uniformed Services
Chapter 8 - TRAVEL AND TRANSPORTATION ALLOWANCES (§§ 451 - 495)
Subchapter III - TRAVEL AND TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITIES-OLD LAW (§§ 471 - 495)
Section 481a - Travel and transportation allowances: travel performed in connection with convalescent leave
| Publication Title | United States Code, 2012 Edition, Supplement 1, Title 37 - PAY AND ALLOWANCES OF THE UNIFORMED SERVICES |
| Category | Bills and Statutes |
| Collection | United States Code |
| SuDoc Class Number | Y 1.2/5: |
| Contained Within | Title 37 - PAY AND ALLOWANCES OF THE UNIFORMED SERVICES CHAPTER 8 - TRAVEL AND TRANSPORTATION ALLOWANCES SUBCHAPTER III - TRAVEL AND TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITIES-OLD LAW Sec. 481a - Travel and transportation allowances: travel performed in connection with convalescent leave |
| Contains | section 481a |
| Date | 2013 |
| Laws in Effect as of Date | January 16, 2014 |
| Positive Law | Yes |
| Disposition | standard |
| Source Credit | Added Pub. L. 90-207, §9(1), Dec. 16, 1967, 81 Stat. 655, §411a; renumbered §481a and amended Pub. L. 112-81, div. A, title VI, §631(d)(2), (e)(15), (f)(4)(A), Dec. 31, 2011, 125 Stat. 1460, 1463, 1465; Pub. L. 112-239, div. A, title X, §1076(a)(9), Jan. 2, 2013, 126 Stat. 1948. |
| Statutes at Large References | 81 Stat. 655 125 Stat. 1460 126 Stat. 1948, 1947 |
| Public Law References | Public Law 90-207, Public Law 112-81, Public Law 112-239 |
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(a) Under uniform regulations prescribed by the Secretaries concerned, a member of a uniformed service is entitled to travel and transportation allowances for travel from his place of medical treatment in the continental United States to a place selected by him and approved by the Secretary concerned, and return, when the Secretary concerned determines that the member is traveling in connection with authorized leave for convalescence from illness or injury incurred while the member was eligible for the receipt of hostile fire pay under section 310 of this title.
(b) The allowances prescribed under this section may not be at rates more than the rates authorized under section 474(d)(1) of this title. Authorized travel under this section is performed in a duty status.
(c) No travel and transportation allowance may be provided under this section for travel that is authorized after the travel authorities transition expiration date.
(Added Pub. L. 90–207, §9(1), Dec. 16, 1967, 81 Stat. 655, §411a; renumbered §481a and amended Pub. L. 112–81, div. A, title VI, §631(d)(2), (e)(15), (f)(4)(A), Dec. 31, 2011, 125 Stat. 1460, 1463, 1465; Pub. L. 112–239, div. A, title X, §1076(a)(9), Jan. 2, 2013, 126 Stat. 1948.)
AMENDMENTS2013—Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 112–239, §1076(a)(9), made technical amendment to directory language of Pub. L. 112–81, §631(f)(4)(A). See 2011 Amendment note below.
2011—Pub. L. 112–81, §631(d)(2), renumbered section 411a of this title as this section.
Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 112–81, §631(f)(4)(A), as amended by Pub. L. 112–239, §1076(a)(9), substituted "474" for "404".
Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 112–81, §631(e)(15), added subsec. (c).
EFFECTIVE DATE OF 2013 AMENDMENTPub. L. 112–239, div. A, title X, §1076(a), Jan. 2, 2013, 126 Stat. 1947, provided that the amendment made by section 1076(a)(9) is effective Dec. 31, 2011, and as if included in Pub. L. 112–81 as enacted.
EFFECTIVE DATESection effective Oct. 1, 1967, see section 7 of Pub. L. 90–207, set out as an Effective Date of 1967 Amendment note under section 203 of this title.
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