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U.S. Code as of:
01/19/04
Section 411. Travel and transportation allowances: administrative provisions
(a) For the administration of sections 404(a), (b), and (d)-(f),
404a, 405, 405a, 406(a)-(f), 407, 409, and 410 of this title, the
Secretaries concerned shall prescribe regulations that are, as far
as practicable, uniform for all of the uniformed services.
(b) In establishing the rates and kinds of allowances authorized
by the sections of this title designated by subsection (a), the
Secretaries concerned shall -
(1) consider the average cost of common carrier transportation
when prescribing a monetary allowance in place of transportation;
(2) consider the current economic data on the cost of
subsistence, including lodging and other necessary incidental
expenses related thereto, when prescribing per diem rates and
designating areas as high cost areas; and
(3) consider the average cost of transportation and current
economic data on the cost of subsistence, including lodging and
other necessary incidental expenses relating thereto, when
prescribing mileage allowances.
(c) The Secretaries concerned shall determine what constitutes a
travel status for the purposes of the sections of this title
designated by subsection (a).
(d) The Secretary concerned shall define the term "permanent
station" for the purposes of the sections of this title designated
by subsection (a). The definition shall include a shore station or
the home yard or home port of a vessel to which a member of a
uniformed service who is entitled to basic pay may be ordered. An
authorized change in the home yard or home port of such a vessel is
a change of permanent station.
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