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U.S. Code as of:
01/19/04
Section 404a. Travel and transportation allowances: temporary lodging expenses
(a) Payment or Reimbursement of Subsistence Expenses. - (1) Under
regulations prescribed by the Secretaries concerned, a member of a
uniformed service who is ordered to make a change of permanent
station described in paragraph (2) shall be paid or reimbursed for
subsistence expenses of the member and the member's dependents for
the period (subject to subsection (c)) for which the member and
dependents occupy temporary quarters incident to that change of
permanent station.
(2) Paragraph (1) applies to the following:
(A) A permanent change of station from any duty station to a
duty station in the United States (other than Hawaii or Alaska).
(B) A permanent change of station 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.
(C) In the case of a member who is reporting to the member's
first permanent duty station, the change from the member's home
of record or initial technical school to that first permanent
duty station.
(b) Payment in Advance. - The Secretary concerned may make any
payment for subsistence expenses to a member under this section in
advance of the member actually incurring the expenses. The amount
of an advance payment made to a member shall be computed on the
basis of the Secretary's determination of the average number of
days that members and their dependents occupy temporary quarters
under the circumstances applicable to the member and the member's
dependents.
(c) Maximum Payment Period. - (1) In the case of a change of
permanent station described in subparagraph (A) or (C) of
subsection (a)(2), the period for which subsistence expenses are to
be paid or reimbursed under this section may not exceed 10 days.
(2) In the case of a change of permanent station described in
subsection (a)(2)(B) -
(A) the period for which such expenses are to be paid or
reimbursed under this section may not exceed five days; and
(B) such payment or reimbursement may be provided only for
expenses incurred before leaving the United States (other than
Hawaii or Alaska).
(d) Daily Subsistence Rates. - Regulations prescribed under
subsection (a) shall prescribe average daily subsistence rates for
purposes of this section for the member and for each dependent.
Such rates may not exceed the maximum per diem rates prescribed
under section 404(d) of this title for the area where the temporary
quarters are located.
(e) Maximum Daily Payment. - A member may not be paid or
reimbursed more than $180 a day under this section.
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