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37 U.S.C. 452: Allowable travel and transportation: general authorities

Created in 2011 by the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2012 (Public Law 112-81). Changed by 5 later laws. 1 bill in this Congress would change it.

15 other sections of the Code cite this one, including 5 U.S.C. 5760, 10 U.S.C. 710, 10 U.S.C. 2784a, 10 U.S.C. 12503, 32 U.S.C. 115.

This Congress

  • S. 4784 National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2027 · reported by committee · would change (j)

How it got here

2024

  • Pub. L. 118–159 added subsec. (j). (Servicemember Quality of Life Improvement and National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2025) Law text · (j)

2022

  • Pub. L. 117–263, §621(1), redesignated par. (18), relating to presence of family members at the funeral and memorial services of members, as (21). (James M. Inhofe National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2023) Law text · (b), (21)
  • Pub. L. 117–263, §621(2), added pars. (22) and (23). (James M. Inhofe National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2023) Law text · (b), (23)

2021

  • Pub. L. 117–81, §623, added par. (18) relating to presence of family members at the funeral and memorial services of members at end of subsec. (b). (National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2022) Law text · (b)
  • Pub. L. 117–81, §603(c)(1), added par. (18) relating to travel by a dependent child to the United States to obtain formal secondary, undergraduate, graduate, or vocational education. (National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2022) Law text · (b)
  • Pub. L. 117–81, §603(c)(1), added par. (19). (National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2022) Law text · (b)
  • Pub. L. 117–81, §603(d)(1)(A), added par. (20). (National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2022) Law text · (b)
  • Pub. L. 116–283, §605, inserted "(including fares and tolls, without regard to distance travelled)" after "transportation". (William M. (Mac) Thornberry National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2021) Law text · (c)
  • Pub. L. 116–283, §1299N, added par. (4) and redesignated former par. (4) as (5). (William M. (Mac) Thornberry National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2021) Law text · (c), (5)
  • Pub. L. 117–81, §603(d)(1)(B), added subsec. (i). (National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2022) Law text · (i)

2019

  • Pub. L. 116–92 added par. (3) and redesignated former par. (3) as (4). (National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2020) Law text · (c), (4)

Text, outline and history from the official U.S. Code (2024 edition) on GovInfo, published by the Office of the Law Revision Counsel. Changes made after that edition appear under This Congress.