Title 10 — Armed ForcesRelease 119-73
§9483 Transportation and subsistence during travel
Title 10 › Subtitle Subtitle D— - Air Force and Space Force › Part PART III— - TRAINING › Chapter CHAPTER 957— - SCHOOLS AND CAMPS › § 9483
Summary
People attending an eligible school or camp may get travel help: transportation with subsistence; transportation plus a one‑cent‑per‑mile subsistence payment; or a five‑cent‑per‑mile travel payment. Return pay can be given in advance. Distance is the shortest usual route within limits set by the Air Force Secretary.
Full Legal Text
Title 10, §9483
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(a)There may be furnished to a person attending a school or camp established under section 9481 of this title, for travel to and from that school or camp—
(1)transportation and subsistence;
(2)transportation in kind and a subsistence allowance of one cent a mile; or
(3)a travel allowance of five cents a mile.
(b)The travel allowance for the return trip may be paid in advance.
(c)For the purposes of this section, distance is computed by the shortest usually traveled route, within such territorial limits as the Secretary of the Air Force may prescribe, from the authorized starting point to the school or camp and return.
Legislative History
Notes & Related Subsidiaries
Historical and Revision Notes
Revised sectionSource (U.S. Code)Source (Statutes at Large) 9413(a), (b), (c)10:442 (words between 1st and 3d semicolons, less 47 words after 1st semicolon, and less 72 words before 3d semicolon, of 1st sentence).
June 3, 1916, ch. 134, § 47d (words between 1st and 3d semicolons, less 47 words after 1st semicolon, and less 72 words before 3d semicolon, of 1st sentence); added
June 4, 1920, ch. 227, § 34 (words between 1st and 3d semicolons, less 47 words after 1st semicolon, and less 72 words before 3d semicolon, of 1st sentence of last par.), 41 Stat. 779; Mar. 9, 1928, ch. 161, 45 Stat. 251. In subsection (a), the introductory clause is inserted for clarity. The words “at the option of the Secretary of the Army” are omitted as surplusage. In subsection (b), the words “of the actual performance of the same” are omitted as surplusage. Subsection (c) is substituted for the words “the most usual and direct route within such limits as to territory as the Secretary of the Army may prescribe * * * for the distance by the shortest usually traveled route from the places from which they are authorized to proceed to the camp, and for the return travel thereto”.
Editorial Notes
Amendments
2018—Pub. L. 115–232, § 806(a)(2), renumbered section 9413 of this title as this section. Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 115–232, § 809(a), substituted “section 9481” for “section 9411” in introductory provisions.
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
Effective Date
of 2018 AmendmentAmendment by Pub. L. 115–232 effective Feb. 1, 2019, with provision for the coordination of
Amendments
and special rule for certain redesignations, see section 800 of Pub. L. 115–232, set out as a note preceding section 3001 of this title.
Reference
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Citation
10 U.S.C. § 9483
Title 10 — Armed Forces
Last Updated
Apr 6, 2026
Release point: 119-73