Public Law 119-73 (01/23/2026)

10 U.S.C. § 7483

Transportation and subsistence during travel

(a)
section 7481 of this title There may be furnished to a person attending a school or camp established under , for travel to and from that school or camp—
(1)
transportation and subsistence;
(2)
transportation in kind and a subsistence allowance of one cent a mile; or
(3)
a travel allowance of five cents a mile.
(b)
The travel allowance for the return trip may be paid in advance.
(c)
For the purposes of this section, distance is computed by the shortest usually traveled route, within such territorial limits as the Secretary of the Army may prescribe, from the authorized starting point to the school or camp and return.

Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 104170A Stat. 250Pub. L. 115–232, div. A, title VIII132 Stat. 1839(, , § 4413; renumbered § 7483 and amended , §§ 808(c)(2), 809(a), , , 1840.)

Historical and Revision Notes

Revised section

Source (U.S. Code)

Source (Statutes at Large)

4413

10:442 (words between 1st and 3d semicolons, less 47 words after 1st semicolon and less 72 words before 3d semicolon, of 1st sentence).

June 3, 1916, ch. 134, § 47d (words between 1st and 3d semicolons, less 47 words after 1st semicolon, and less 72 words before 3d semicolon, of 1st sentence); added June 4, 1920, ch. 227, § 34 (words between 1st and 3d semicolons, less 47 words after 1st semicolon, and less 72 words before 3d semicolon, of 1st sentence of last par.), 41 Stat. 779; Mar. 9, 1928, ch. 161, 45 Stat. 251.

In subsection (a), the introductory clause is inserted for clarity. The words “at the option of the Secretary of the Army” are omitted as surplusage.

In subsection (b), the words “of the actual performance of the same” are omitted as surplusage.

Subsection (c) is substituted for the words “the most usual and direct route within such limits as to territory as the Secretary of the Army may prescribe * * * for the distance by the shortest usually traveled route from the places from which they are authorized to proceed to the camp, and for the return travel thereto”.

Editorial Notes

Amendments

Pub. L. 115–232, § 808(c)(2)section 4413 of this title2018—, renumbered as this section.

Pub. L. 115–232, § 809(a)Subsec. (a). , substituted “section 7481” for “section 4411” in introductory provisions.

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Effective Date of 2018 Amendment

Pub. L. 115–232section 800 of Pub. L. 115–232section 3001 of this titleAmendment by effective , with provision for the coordination of amendments and special rule for certain redesignations, see , set out as a note preceding .