The words “the United States, except in Hawaii or Alaska,” are substituted for the words “the continental United States” to conform to the definition of United States in section 101(1) of this revised title and to reflect the opinion of the Comptroller General in B–139624, June 29, 1959, that Alaska was not included within those words. The words “an agent of the United States” are substituted for the words “the Government”, for clarity. The words “United States” are substituted for the word “Government”. The words “of the uniformed services” are omitted as surplusage in view of the definition of member in section 101(23) of this revised title.
2002—Subsec. (e).
Pub. L. 107–314 struck out subsec. (e) which read as follows: “In this section, the term ‘continental United States’ means the 48 contiguous States and the District of Columbia.”
1991—Subsec. (a)(1) to (3).
Pub. L. 102–25 struck out “of this section” and “of this subsection” wherever appearing.
1987—Subsec. (e).
Pub. L. 100–26 inserted “the term” after “In this section,”.
1980—
Pub. L. 96–342 completely revised and expanded provisions covering the travel and transportation allowances for the movement of house trailers and mobile homes, changing the structure of the section from a single unlettered paragraph to one consisting of five subsections lettered (a) to (e).
1968—
Pub. L. 90–246 substituted “74 cents” for “51 cents” as maximum allowable cost-of-transportation mileage rate.
1966—
Pub. L. 89–718 substituted “household effects” for “household goods” and “48” for “forty-eight”.
1964—
Pub. L. 88–406 substituted “continental United States, within Alaska, or between the continental United States and Alaska” for “United States except in Hawaii or Alaska”, “51 cents” for “36 cents”, inserted “by the United States or” in cl. (2), and defined “continental United States”.
Section 808(b) of
Pub. L. 96–342 provided that: “The amendments made by subsection (a) [amending this section] shall only apply to transportation of house trailers and mobile home dwellings which is completed after September 30, 1980.”