10-U.S.C.-2650

§2650 – Civilian Personnel In Alaska

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Title 10 > Subtitle A > Part IV > Chapter 157 > Section 2650

Details

• Reference: Section 2650
• Legend: §2650 – Civilian Personnel In Alaska
• USCode Year: 2013

Provision Content

Persons residing in Alaska who are and have been employed there by the United States for at least two years, and their families, may be transported on vessels or airplanes operated by the Department of Defense, if—

(1) the Secretary of Defense considers that accommodations are available;

(2) the transportation is without expense to the United States;

(3) the transportation is limited to one round trip between Alaska and the United States during any two-year period, except in an emergency such as sickness or death; and

(4) in case of travel by air, the transportation cannot be reasonably handled by a United States commercial air carrier.

(Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 267, §4746; Pub. L. 98–443, §9(k), Oct. 4, 1984, 98 Stat. 1708; renumbered §2650 and amended Pub. L. 108–375, div. A, title X, §1072(a), (b)(3), Oct. 28, 2004, 118 Stat. 2057, 2058.)

Before the enactment of the National Security Act of 1947, the transport functions covered by this section were performed only by the Army. Under section 2(a)(3) of the National Security Act (as it existed before August 10, 1949), the sea and air transportation functions of the Army, Navy, and Air Force were respectively consolidated into the Military Sea Transportation Service, under the Department of the Navy, and the Military Air Transport Service, under the Department of the Air Force. Instead of having space on its own transport vessels and airplanes, the Army is now allotted bulk space on vessels and airplanes operated by those transport services. The words or, within bulk space allocations made to the Department of the Army, on vessels or airplanes operated by any military transport agency of the Department of Defense are inserted, in accordance with an opinion of the Judge Advocate General of the Army (JAGA 1953/5885, 22 July 1953), to make clear that the rule applicable to Army vessels and airplanes applies to the bulk space allocated to the Army. Since the authority to perform transportation functions could again be transferred as between the military departments, the reference to vessels or airplanes of Army transport agencies is retained. The word considers is substituted for the words in the opinion of. The words Persons residing in Alaska who are and have been employed there by the United States are substituted for the words employees of the United States, residing in Alaska, who have been in such employment. The word commercial is substituted for the word civil for clarity. The words from and after November 21, 1941, and the carriage of all such air traffic shall be terminated, dire, the privilege herein granted, and as to each eligible individual are omitted as surplusage. The words the continental are omitted, since section 101(1) of this title defines the United States as the States and the District of Columbia.

Amendments

2004—Pub. L. 108–375, §1072(a), (b)(3)(A), renumbered section 4746 of this title as this section and, in introductory provisions, struck out Army transport agencies or, within bulk space allocations made to the Department of the Army, on vessels or airplanes operated by any military transport agency of before the Department of Defense.

Par. (1). Pub. L. 108–375, §1072(b)(3)(B), substituted Secretary of Defense for Secretary of the Army.

Par. (4). Pub. L. 108–375, §1072(b)(3)(C), substituted by air, the transportation cannot for by air—

(A) the Secretary of Transportation has not certified that commercial air carriers of the United States that can handle the transportation are operating between Alaska and the United States; and

(B) the transportation cannot.

1984—Par. (4)(A). Pub. L. 98–443 substituted Secretary of Transportation for Civil Aeronautics Board.

Effective Date of 1984 Amendment

Amendment by Pub. L. 98–443 effective Jan. 1, 1985, see section 9(v) of Pub. L. 98–443, set out as a note under section 5314 of Title 5, Government Organization and Employees.

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