§8265. Mileage books: commutation tickets

The Secretary of the Navy may buy such mileage books, commutation tickets, and other similar transportation tickets as he considers necessary, and he may furnish them to persons ordered to perform travel on official business. Payment for those tickets before the travel is performed is not an advance of public money within the meaning of subsections (a) and (b) of section 3324 of title 31.

(Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 386 , §6154; Pub. L. 97–258, §3(b)(8), Sept. 13, 1982, 96 Stat. 1063 ; Pub. L. 98–525, title XIV, §1405(56)(A), Oct. 19, 1984, 98 Stat. 2626 ; renumbered §8265, Pub. L. 115–232, div. A, title VIII, §807(b)(10), Aug. 13, 2018, 132 Stat. 1835 .)

Historical and Revision Notes

Revised section	Source (U.S. Code)	Source (Statutes at Large)
6154	34 U.S.C. 891.	Apr. 27, 1904, ch. 1630, 33 Stat. 403 (6th par., 2d sentence).

The words "to continue" and the words "upon their receipt in accordance with commercial usage" are omitted as surplusage. The word "persons" is substituted for the words "officers and others".

Editorial Notes

Amendments

2018-Pub. L. 115–232 renumbered section 6154 of this title as this section.

1984-Pub. L. 98–525 substituted "subsections (a) and (b) of section 3324" for "section 3324(a) and (b)".

1982-Pub. L. 97–258 substituted "section 3324(a) and (b)" for "section 529".

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Effective Date of 2018 Amendment

Amendment by Pub. L. 115–232 effective Feb. 1, 2019, with provision for the coordination of amendments and special rule for certain redesignations, see section 800 of Pub. L. 115–232, set out as a note preceding section 3001 of this title.