Title 10 — Armed ForcesRelease 119-73
§12603 Attendance at inactive-duty training assemblies: commercial travel at Federal supply schedule rates
Title 10 › Subtitle Subtitle E— - Reserve Components › Part PART II— - PERSONNEL GENERALLY › Chapter CHAPTER 1217— - MISCELLANEOUS RIGHTS AND BENEFITS › § 12603
Summary
Reserves may use commercial travel under Federal supply schedules to and from inactive‑duty training. The Secretary of Defense must set anti‑abuse rules; travel is not reimbursed and is treated, under section 501 of title 40, as military‑department transportation.
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Title 10, §12603
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(a)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.
(b)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.
(c)A Reserve is not entitled to Government reimbursement for the cost of travel authorized under subsection (a).
(d)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.
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2002—Subsec. (d). Pub. L. 107–217 substituted “section 501 of title 40” for “section 201(a) of the Federal Property and Administrative Services Act of 1949 (40 U.S.C. 481(a))”.
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10 U.S.C. § 12603
Title 10 — Armed Forces
Last Updated
Apr 6, 2026
Release point: 119-73