A bill to correct certain inequities in entitlement to subsistence allowances by officers and by enlisted personnel of the uniformed services.

Summary

Stipulates that enlisted members of the armed forces are entitled to a basic allowance for subsistence when on authorized leave of absence, while confined in a hospital, or while performing travel under orders from their designated post of duty, but not while being subsisted in-kind at the expense of the United States. Directs the Secretary of Defense to establish rates for meals provided at mess halls sufficient to provide reimbursement of operating expenses and food costs to the appropriations concerned, except that members of the uniformed services and civilians in a travel status receiving a per diem allowance in lieu of subsistence shall be charged at a rate of not less than $2.50 per day.

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• Introduced in Senate

  summary · EN · 5 June 1979

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