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[CITE: 10USC1149]

 
                         TITLE 10--ARMED FORCES
 
                    Subtitle A--General Military Law
 
                           PART II--PERSONNEL
 
    CHAPTER 58--BENEFITS AND SERVICES FOR MEMBERS BEING SEPARATED OR 
                           RECENTLY SEPARATED
 
Sec. 1149. Excess leave and permissive temporary duty

    Under regulations prescribed by the Secretary of Defense or the 
Secretary of Transportation with respect to the Coast Guard, the 
Secretary concerned shall grant a member of the armed forces who is to 
be involuntarily separated such excess leave (for a period not in excess 
of 30 days), or such permissive temporary duty (for a period not in 
excess of 10 days), as the member requires in order to facilitate the 
member's carrying out necessary relocation activities (such as job 
search and residence search activities), unless to do so would interfere 
with military missions.

(Added Pub. L. 101-510, div. A, title V, Sec. 502(a)(1), Nov. 5, 1990, 
104 Stat. 1557; amended Pub. L. 103-337, div. A, title V, 
Sec. 542(a)(8), Oct. 5, 1994, 108 Stat. 2768.)


                               Amendments

    1994--Pub. L. 103-337 inserted ``or the Secretary of Transportation 
with respect to the Coast Guard'' after ``Secretary of Defense'' and 
struck out ``of the military department'' before ``concerned''.


                    Effective Date of 1994 Amendment

    Amendment by Pub. L. 103-337 applicable only to members of the Coast 
Guard who are separated after Sept. 30, 1994, see section 542(e) of Pub. 
L. 103-337, set out as a note under section 1141 of this title.
