Title 10, Armed ForcesRelease 119-110

§1599b Employees Abroad: Travel Expenses; Health Care

Title 10 › Subtitle A — General Military Law › PART II — PERSONNEL › CHAPTER 81 — CIVILIAN EMPLOYEES › § 1599b

Last updated Sep 22, 2026|Official source

Summary

Allows the Secretary of Defense to give civilian employees working overseas and their families benefits like the ones the Secretary of State gives to Foreign Service members. The Secretary of Defense decides who can get these benefits. The Defense Secretary can pay travel and travel‑related costs similar to those under section 901 of the Foreign Service Act of 1980 (22 U.S.C. 4081). The Secretary can also set up a health care program like the one under section 904 of that Act (22 U.S.C. 4084). The Secretary may make agreements with other agencies to help pay for and run these benefits. "Abroad" means outside the United States and its territories and possessions.

Full Legal Text

Title 10, §1599b

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(a)In General.—

The Secretary of Defense may provide civilian employees, and members of their families, abroad with benefits that are comparable to certain benefits that are provided by the Secretary of State to members of the Foreign Service and their families abroad as described in subsections (b) and (c). The Secretary may designate the employees and members of families who are eligible to receive the benefits.

(b)Travel and Related Expenses.—

The Secretary of Defense may pay travel expenses and related expenses for purposes and in amounts that are comparable to the purposes for which, and the amounts in which, travel and related expenses are paid by the Secretary of State under section 901 of the Foreign Service Act of 1980 (22 U.S.C. 4081).

(c)Health Care Program.—

The Secretary of Defense may establish a health care program that is comparable to the health care program established by the Secretary of State under section 904 of the Foreign Service Act of 1980 (22 U.S.C. 4084).

(d)Assistance.—

The Secretary of Defense may enter into agreements with the heads of other departments and agencies of the Government in order to facilitate the payment of expenses authorized by subsection (b) and to carry out a health care program authorized by subsection (c).

(e)Abroad Defined.—

In this section, the term “abroad” means outside—

(1)the United States; and

(2)the territories and possessions of the United States.

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Citation

10 U.S.C. § 1599b

Title 10, Armed Forces

Last Updated

Sep 22, 2026

Release point: 119-110