Title 10, Armed ForcesRelease 119-102
§713 State Department: Assignment or Detail as Couriers and Building Inspectors
Title 10 › Subtitle A — General Military Law › PART II — PERSONNEL › CHAPTER 41 — SPECIAL APPOINTMENTS, ASSIGNMENTS, DETAILS, AND DUTIES › § 713
Summary
The Secretary of State can ask a military department head to assign service members to three jobs: inspect U.S. buildings abroad, supervise construction or repairs of those buildings, or serve as Department of State couriers. The military department may assign them with or without repayment. Travel costs can be paid like those for Foreign Service officers, and the State Department must cover those expenses.
Full Legal Text
Title 10, §713
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(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
Aug 21, 2026
Release point: 119-102