1.This Act may be cited as
the Service Members Permanent Change
of Station Relief Act
.
2.Mileage
reimbursement rate for members of the uniformed services for travel related to
change of permanent stationSection 404(d)(1)(A) of title 37, United
States Code, is amended by striking monetary allowance
and all
that follows through the period at the end and inserting the following:
“monetary allowance in place of the cost of transportation—
(i)in the case of a member for whom
travel has been authorized in connection with a change of a change of permanent
station or for travel described in paragraph (2) or (3) of subsection (a), at
the business standard mileage rate set by the Internal Revenue Service pursuant
to section 1.274.5(j)(2) of title 26, Code of Federal Regulations; and
(ii)in the case of a member's dependent
for whom such travel has been authorized, at the rate provided in section 5704
of title
5.
.
3.Transportation of
additional motor vehicle of members on change of permanent station to or from
nonforeign areas outside the continental United States
(a)Authority To
transport additional motor vehicleSubsection (a) of
section
2634 of title 10, United States Code, is amended—
(1)by striking the
sentence following paragraph (4);
(2)by redesignating
paragraphs (1), (2), (3), and (4) as subparagraphs (A), (B), (C), and (D),
respectively;
(3)by inserting
(1)
after (a)
; and
(4)by adding at the
end the following new paragraph:
(2)One additional motor vehicle of a member
(or a dependent of the member) may be transported as provided in paragraph (1)
if—
(A)the member is ordered to make a change of
permanent station to or from a nonforeign area outside the continental United
States and the member has at least one dependent of driving age who will use
the motor vehicle; or
(B)the Secretary concerned determines
that a replacement for the motor vehicle transported under paragraph (1) is
necessary for reasons beyond the control of the member and is in the interest
of the United States and the Secretary approves the transportation in
advance.
.
(b)Technical and
conforming amendmentsSuch subsection is further amended—
(1)by striking
his dependents
and inserting a dependent of the
member
;
(2)by striking
him
and inserting the member
;
(3)by striking
his)
and inserting the member)
;
(4)by striking
his new
and inserting the member’s new
;
and
(5)in paragraph
(1)(C), as redesignated by subsection (a)—
(A)by striking
clauses (1) and (2)
and inserting subparagraphs (A) and
(B)
; and
(B)by inserting
or
after the semicolon.
4.The amendments made by
this Act shall take effect on January 1, 2011, and apply with respect to a
permanent change of station order issued on or after that date to a member of
the uniformed services.