10 U.S.C. § 12603 — Attendance at inactive-duty training assemblies: commercial travel at Federal supply schedule rates
submitted 28 years ago by Pub. L. 105-261 to r/title-10-ARMED-FORCES · 144 words · no verdicts yet
Reservists can use commercial travel under Federal Supply Schedule rates to get to inactive-duty training. The Secretary of Defense writes rules for this travel to stop abuse. The government does not pay reservists back for this travel's cost.
(a) Federal Supply Schedule travel. A Reserve member may use commercial travel booked under Federal Supply Schedules to get to inactive-duty training* and to get home after finishing it.
(b) Regulations. The Secretary of Defense must write rules for this travel — whatever requirements, conditions, and limits the Secretary thinks are needed — including rules to stop people from abusing this travel option.
(c) No reimbursement. A Reserve member is not entitled to have the government pay* back the cost of this travel.
(d) Treated as transportation for a military department. For purposes of section 501 of title 40, this travel counts as transportation used by a military department.
Commercial travel under Federal supply schedules is authorized for the travel of a Reserve to the location of inactive duty training to be performed by the Reserve and from that location upon completion of the training.
The Secretary of Defense shall prescribe in regulations such requirements, conditions, and restrictions for travel under the authority of subsection (a) as the Secretary considers appropriate. The regulations shall include policies and procedures for preventing abuses of that travel authority.
A Reserve is not entitled to Government reimbursement for the cost of travel authorized under subsection (a).
For the purposes of section 501 of title 40, travel authorized under subsection (a) shall be treated as transportation for the use of a military department.
Source credit: (Added Pub. L. 105–261, div. A, title VI, § 635(a), Oct. 17, 1998, 112 Stat. 2044; amended Pub. L. 107–217, § 3(b)(41), Aug. 21, 2002, 116 Stat. 1298.)
- 1998Enacted · Pub. L. 105-261 · 112 Stat. 2044
- 2002Amended · Pub. L. 107-217 · 116 Stat. 1298
A history note hasn’t been published yet. The record shows enactment by Pub. L. 105-261 on 1998-10-17.
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