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Title 10 — Armed ForcesRelease 119-73

§713 State Department: assignment or detail as couriers and building inspectors

Title 10 › Subtitle Subtitle A— - General Military Law › Part PART II— - PERSONNEL › Chapter CHAPTER 41— - SPECIAL APPOINTMENTS, ASSIGNMENTS, DETAILS, AND DUTIES › § 713

Last updated Apr 6, 2026|Official source

Summary

If the Secretary of State asks, the head of a military department can assign service members under their command to work abroad as inspectors of U.S.-owned or used buildings, as supervisors or inspectors of construction or repair projects for the U.S., or as couriers for the State Department. The military head can make these assignments whether or not the State Department pays. Assigned service members may receive travel pay like Foreign Service officers, and the State Department must pay those travel costs from its funds.

Full Legal Text

Title 10, §713

Armed Forces — Source: USLM XML via OLRC

(a)Upon the request of the Secretary of State, the Secretary of a military department may assign or detail members of the armed forces under his jurisdiction for duty—
(1)as inspectors of buildings owned or occupied abroad by the United States;
(2)as inspectors or supervisors of buildings under construction or repair abroad by or for the United States; and
(3)as couriers of the Department of State.
(b)The Secretary concerned may assign or detail a member for duty under subsection (a) with or without reimbursement from the Department of State. However, a member so assigned or detailed may be paid the traveling expenses authorized for officers of the Foreign Service of the United States. These expenses shall be paid from appropriations of the Department of State.

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Historical and Revision Notes

Revised sectionSource (U.S. Code)Source (Statutes at Large) 713(a)22:956 (words before semicolon of 1st sentence).Aug. 13, 1946, ch. 957, § 561, 60 Stat. 1011. 713(b)22:956 (less words before semicolon of 1st sentence). In subsection (a), the words “members of the armed forces under his jurisdiction” are substituted for the words “military and naval personnel serving under their supervision”. In subsection (b), the words “The Secretary concerned may” are substituted for the words “in the discretion of the head of the department concerned”.

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Citation

10 U.S.C. § 713

Title 10 — Armed Forces

Last Updated

Apr 6, 2026

Release point: 119-73