§432. Travel and transportation: members escorting certain dependents

(a) Under regulations prescribed by the Secretary concerned, a member of a uniformed service may be provided round trip transportation and travel allowances for travel performed or to be performed under competent orders as an escort for the member's dependent when travel by the dependent is authorized by competent authority and the dependent is incapable of traveling alone because of age, mental or physical incapacity, or other extraordinary circumstances.

(b) Whenever possible, the Military Airlift Command or Military Sealift Command shall be used, on a space-required basis, for the travel authorized by this section.

(Added Pub. L. 99–661, div. A, title VI, §615(a)(1), Nov. 14, 1986, 100 Stat. 3879 , §431; renumbered §432, Pub. L. 100–26, §8(b)(1), Apr. 21, 1987, 101 Stat. 285 .)

Prior Provisions

Provisions similar to this section were contained in section 192 of Title 10, Armed Forces, prior to enactment of this section by Pub. L. 99–145.

Effective Date

Section 615(b) of Pub. L. 99–661 provided that: "Section 431 [now 432] of title 37, United States Code, as added by subsection (a), shall apply with respect to travel performed after September 30, 1986."