Title 37 — Pay and Allowances of the Uniformed ServicesRelease 119-73
§455 Appropriations for travel: may not be used for attendance at certain meetings
Title 37 › Chapter CHAPTER 8— - TRAVEL AND TRANSPORTATION ALLOWANCES › Subchapter SUBCHAPTER I— - TRAVEL AND TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITIES—NEW LAW › § 455
Summary
DoD travel funds can't pay for military attendance at technical or professional meetings without approval from the Secretary or their designee.
Full Legal Text
Title 37, §455
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Appropriations of the Department of Defense that are available for travel may not, without the approval of the Secretary concerned or his designee, be used for expenses incident to attendance of a member of an armed force under that department at a meeting of a technical, scientific, professional, or similar organization.
Legislative History
Notes & Related Subsidiaries
Historical and Revision Notes
Revised sectionSource (U.S. Code)Source (Statutes at Large) 4125:174a.Aug. 1, 1953, ch. 305, § 605, 67 Stat. 349. The words “may not . . . be used” are substituted for the words “shall not be available”. The words “on and after
August 1, 1953” are omitted as executed. The words “Secretary concerned” are substituted for the words “Secretary of the department concerned” to conform to other sections of this revised title and to the definition in section 101(5) of this revised title. So much of the source statute as relates to civilian employees is omitted as superseded by the Act of
July 7, 1958, Pub. L. 85–507, 72 Stat. 327.
Editorial Notes
Prior Provisions
Act Aug. 1, 1953, cited as the source of this section in the
Historical and Revision Notes
above, is known as the Department of Defense Appropriation Act, 1954. Similar provisions were contained in the following prior appropriation acts:
July 10, 1952, ch. 630, title VI, § 606, 66 Stat. 531. Oct. 18, 1951, ch. 512, title VI, § 606, 65 Stat. 445. Sept. 6, 1950, ch. 896, ch. X, title VI, § 607, 64 Stat. 752. Oct. 29, 1949, ch. 787, title VI, § 607, 63 Stat. 1018.
June 24, 1948, ch. 632, 62 Stat. 652.
July 30, 1947, ch. 357, title I, 61 Stat. 554.
July 16, 1946, ch. 583, 60 Stat. 545.
July 3, 1945, ch. 265, 59 Stat. 388.
June 28, 1944, ch. 303, 58 Stat. 577.
Amendments
2011—Pub. L. 112–81 renumbered section 412 of this title as this section.
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Citation
37 U.S.C. § 455
Title 37 — Pay and Allowances of the Uniformed Services
Last Updated
Apr 6, 2026
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