CHAPTER 7 - ALLOWANCES

-HEAD-

Sec. 411. Travel and transportation allowances: administrative

provisions

-STATUTE-

(a) For the administration of sections 404(a), (b), and (d)-(f),

404a, 405, 405a, 406(a)-(f), 407, 409, and 410 of this title, the

Secretaries concerned shall prescribe regulations that are, as far

as practicable, uniform for all of the uniformed services.

(b) In establishing the rates and kinds of allowances authorized

by the sections of this title designated by subsection (a), the

Secretaries concerned shall -

(1) consider the average cost of common carrier transportation

when prescribing a monetary allowance in place of transportation;

(2) consider the current economic data on the cost of

subsistence, including lodging and other necessary incidental

expenses related thereto, when prescribing per diem rates and

designating areas as high cost areas; and

(3) consider the average cost of transportation and current

economic data on the cost of subsistence, including lodging and

other necessary incidental expenses relating thereto, when

prescribing mileage allowances.

(c) The Secretaries concerned shall determine what constitutes a

travel status for the purposes of the sections of this title

designated by subsection (a).

(d) The Secretary concerned shall define the term 'permanent

station' for the purposes of the sections of this title designated

by subsection (a). The definition shall include a shore station or

the home yard or home port of a vessel to which a member of a

uniformed service who is entitled to basic pay may be ordered. An

authorized change in the home yard or home port of such a vessel is

a change of permanent station.