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U.S. Code as of:
01/19/04
Section 411d. Travel and transportation allowances: transportation incident to personal emergencies for certain members and dependents
(a) Under uniform regulations prescribed by the Secretaries
concerned, transportation in accordance with subsection (b) may be
provided for a member of a uniformed service and for dependents of
that member authorized to reside at the member's duty station (or
authorized to reside at another location and receive a station
allowance) incident to emergency leave granted for reasons of a
personal emergency (or in the case of transportation provided only
for a dependent, under circumstances involving a personal emergency
similar to the circumstances for which emergency leave could be
granted a member).
(b)(1) In the case of a member stationed outside the continental
United States and the dependents of such a member, transportation
under this section may be provided from the location of the member
or dependents, at the time notification of the personal emergency
is received, or the member's permanent duty station (and if the
member's dependents reside at another overseas location and receive
a station allowance, from that location) -
(A) to the international airport in the continental United
States closest to the location from which the member and his
dependents departed;
(B) to any airport in the continental United States to which
travel can be arranged at the same or a lower cost as travel
obtained under subparagraph (A); or
(C) to an airport in Alaska, Hawaii, the Commonwealth of Puerto
Rico, any possession of the United States, or any other location
outside the continental United States, as determined by the
Secretary concerned.
(2) In the case of a member whose domicile is outside the
continental United States and who is stationed in the continental
United States and the dependents of such a member, transportation
under this section may be provided from the international airport
in the continental United States nearest the location of the member
and dependents at the time notification of the personal emergency
is received or the international airport nearest the member's
permanent duty station to an international airport in Alaska,
Hawaii, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, a possession of the United
States, or any other location outside the continental United
States, as determined by the Secretary concerned.
(3) In the case of a member stationed outside the continental
United States whose dependents reside in the continental United
States, transportation under this section may be provided for the
member as described in paragraph (1) and for the dependents as
described in paragraph (2).
(4) Whenever transportation is provided under this section,
return transportation may be provided to the location from which
the member or dependent departed or the member's duty station.
(c) Transportation under this section may be authorized only upon
a determination that, considering the nature of the personal
emergency involved, Government transportation is not reasonably
available. The cost of transportation authorized under this section
for a member, or the dependents of a member, may not exceed the
cost of Government-procured commercial air travel between the
applicable locations described in subsection (b).
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