10 U.S.C. § 8747 — Transportation of dependents and household effects of civilian personnel stationed outside the United States: payment in lieu of transportation

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When Navy civilian employees work outside the U.S., the Navy can pay to move their families and belongings, including packing. Instead of moving things directly, the Secretary can pay the employee back for costs after the move.

(a) When Navy civilian employees are stationed outside the United States, the Navy may transport their dependents and household effects — first from the overseas location to a place the employee or dependents choose, and later from that chosen place to the employee's new duty station. The Secretary of the Navy decides which employees qualify. (b) This transportation authority includes packing and unpacking the household effects. (c) The move can happen either before or after the employee's orders relieving them from the overseas post are issued. It can be done using government or commercial transportation. (d) Instead of physically moving dependents, the Secretary may instead pay the employee back, after the travel is done, an amount equal to what commercial transportation would have cost (including any taxes paid), for any part of the trip not covered by an actual move. (e) Regular travel and transportation funds already appropriated can be used to pay for this.

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(a)

When civilian employees of the Department of the Navy are located at duty stations outside the United States, the dependents and household effects of such personnel may be transported—

(1)

from the locations outside the United States to locations designated by such personnel or their dependents; and

(2)

from those designated locations to the duty stations to which the personnel are ordered.

The Secretary of the Navy may determine the civilian employees whose dependents and household effects may be transported under this section.

(b)

Authority to transport household effects under this section includes authority to pack and unpack those effects.

(c)

Transportation of dependents and household effects is authorized under this section either before or after orders are issued relieving the civilian concerned from the duty station outside the United States. The transportation may be by Government or commercial facilities.

(d)

In place of the transportation in kind authorized for dependents, the Secretary may authorize the payment, after the travel has been completed, of an amount equal to the commercial transportation costs, including taxes if paid, of all parts of the travel for which transportation in kind was not furnished.

(e)

Current appropriations available for travel and transportation may be used for expenditures under this section.

Source credit: (Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 463, § 7477; renumbered § 8747, Pub. L. 115–232, div. A, title VIII, § 807(d)(6), Aug. 13, 2018, 132 Stat. 1836.)

history & why it existsrecord from the source credit

1956Enacted · Act of Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041
2018Amended · Pub. L. 115-232 · 132 Stat. 1836

A history note hasn’t been published yet. The record shows enactment by ch. 1041 on 1956-08-10.

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