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 492 - Travel and transportation: members escorting certain dependents

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Publication TitleUnited States Code, 2012 Edition, Supplement 1, Title 37 - PAY AND ALLOWANCES OF THE UNIFORMED SERVICES
CategoryBills and Statutes
CollectionUnited States Code
SuDoc Class NumberY 1.2/5:
Contained WithinTitle 37 - PAY AND ALLOWANCES OF THE UNIFORMED SERVICES
CHAPTER 8 - TRAVEL AND TRANSPORTATION ALLOWANCES
SUBCHAPTER III - TRAVEL AND TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITIES-OLD LAW
Sec. 492 - Travel and transportation: members escorting certain dependents
Containssection 492
Date2013
Laws in Effect as of DateJanuary 16, 2014
Positive LawYes
Dispositionstandard
Source CreditAdded Pub. L. 99-661, div. A, title VI, §615(a)(1), Nov. 14, 1986, 100 Stat. 3879, §431; renumbered §432, Pub. L. 100-26, §8(b)(1), Apr. 21, 1987, 101 Stat. 285; amended Pub. L. 107-107, div. A, title IX, §931(c), Dec. 28, 2001, 115 Stat. 1200; renumbered §492 and amended Pub. L. 112-81, div. A, title VI, §631(d)(2), (e)(30), Dec. 31, 2011, 125 Stat. 1460, 1464.
Statutes at Large References100 Stat. 3879, 3880
101 Stat. 285
115 Stat. 1200
125 Stat. 1460
Public Law ReferencesPublic Law 99-661, Public Law 100-26, Public Law 107-107, Public Law 112-81

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Travel and transportation: members escorting certain dependents - 37 U.S.C. § 492 (2013)
§492. Travel and transportation: members escorting certain dependents

(a) Under regulations prescribed by the Secretary concerned, a member of a uniformed service may be provided round trip transportation and travel allowances for travel performed or to be performed under competent orders as an escort for the member's dependent when travel by the dependent is authorized by competent authority and the dependent is incapable of traveling alone because of age, mental or physical incapacity, or other extraordinary circumstances.

(b) Whenever possible, the Air Mobility Command or Military Sealift Command shall be used, on a space-required basis, for the travel authorized by this section.

(c) No transportation or allowance may be provided under this section for travel that begins after the travel authorities transition expiration date.

(Added Pub. L. 99–661, div. A, title VI, §615(a)(1), Nov. 14, 1986, 100 Stat. 3879, §431; renumbered §432, Pub. L. 100–26, §8(b)(1), Apr. 21, 1987, 101 Stat. 285; amended Pub. L. 107–107, div. A, title IX, §931(c), Dec. 28, 2001, 115 Stat. 1200; renumbered §492 and amended Pub. L. 112–81, div. A, title VI, §631(d)(2), (e)(30), Dec. 31, 2011, 125 Stat. 1460, 1464.)

AMENDMENTS

2011—Pub. L. 112–81, §631(d)(2), renumbered section 432 of this title as this section.

Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 112–81, §631(e)(30), added subsec. (c).

2001—Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 107–107 substituted "Air Mobility Command" for "Military Airlift Command".

EFFECTIVE DATE

Pub. L. 99–661, div. A, title VI, §615(b), Nov. 14, 1986, 100 Stat. 3880, provided that: "Section 431 [now 492] of title 37, United States Code, as added by subsection (a), shall apply with respect to travel performed after September 30, 1986."

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