2009 US Code
Title 10 - ARMED FORCES
Subtitle A - General Military Law
PART II - PERSONNEL
CHAPTER 81 - CIVILIAN EMPLOYEES
Sec. 1599b - Employees abroad: travel expenses; health care
View MetadataPublication Title | United States Code, 2006 Edition, Supplement 3, Title 10 - ARMED FORCES |
Category | Bills and Statutes |
Collection | United States Code |
SuDoc Class Number | Y 1.2/5: |
Contained Within | Title 10 - ARMED FORCES Subtitle A - General Military Law PART II - PERSONNEL CHAPTER 81 - CIVILIAN EMPLOYEES Sec. 1599b - Employees abroad: travel expenses; health care |
Contains | section 1599b |
Date | 2009 |
Laws in Effect as of Date | February 1, 2010 |
Positive Law | Yes |
Disposition | standard |
Source Credit | Added Pub. L. 104-201, div. A, title XVI, §1604(a), Sept. 23, 1996, 110 Stat. 2735. |
Statutes at Large Reference | 110 Stat. 2735 |
Public Law Reference | Public Law 104-201 |
§1599b. Employees abroad: travel expenses; health care
(a) In General.—The Secretary of Defense may provide civilian employees, and members of their families, abroad with benefits that are comparable to certain benefits that are provided by the Secretary of State to members of the Foreign Service and their families abroad as described in subsections (b) and (c). The Secretary may designate the employees and members of families who are eligible to receive the benefits.
(b) Travel and Related Expenses.—The Secretary of Defense may pay travel expenses and related expenses for purposes and in amounts that are comparable to the purposes for which, and the amounts in which, travel and related expenses are paid by the Secretary of State under section 901 of the Foreign Service Act of 1980 (22 U.S.C. 4081).
(c) Health Care Program.—The Secretary of Defense may establish a health care program that is comparable to the health care program established by the Secretary of State under section 904 of the Foreign Service Act of 1980 (22 U.S.C. 4084).
(d) Assistance.—The Secretary of Defense may enter into agreements with the heads of other departments and agencies of the Government in order to facilitate the payment of expenses authorized by subsection (b) and to carry out a health care program authorized by subsection (c).
(e) Abroad Defined.—In this section, the term “abroad” means outside—
(1) the United States; and
(2) the territories and possessions of the United States.
(Added Pub. L. 104–201, div. A, title XVI, §1604(a), Sept. 23, 1996, 110 Stat. 2735.)
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