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[Laws in effect as of January 2, 2001]
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  January 2, 2001 and January 28, 2002]
[CITE: 10USC1599b]

 
                         TITLE 10--ARMED FORCES
 
                    Subtitle A--General Military Law
 
                           PART II--PERSONNEL
 
                     CHAPTER 81--CIVILIAN EMPLOYEES
 
Sec. 1599b. Employees abroad: travel expenses; health care

    (a) In General.--The Secretary of Defense may provide civilian 
employees, and members of their families, abroad with benefits that are 
comparable to certain benefits that are provided by the Secretary of 
State to members of the Foreign Service and their families abroad as 
described in subsections (b) and (c). The Secretary may designate the 
employees and members of families who are eligible to receive the 
benefits.
    (b) Travel and Related Expenses.--The Secretary of Defense may pay 
travel expenses and related expenses for purposes and in amounts that 
are comparable to the purposes for which, and the amounts in which, 
travel and related expenses are paid by the Secretary of State under 
section 901 of the Foreign Service Act of 1980 (22 U.S.C. 4081).
    (c) Health Care Program.--The Secretary of Defense may establish a 
health care program that is comparable to the health care program 
established by the Secretary of State under section 904 of the Foreign 
Service Act of 1980 (22 U.S.C. 4084).
    (d) Assistance.--The Secretary of Defense may enter into agreements 
with the heads of other departments and agencies of the Government in 
order to facilitate the payment of expenses authorized by subsection (b) 
and to carry out a health care program authorized by subsection (c).
    (e) Abroad Defined.--In this section, the term ``abroad'' means 
outside--
        (1) the United States; and
        (2) the territories and possessions of the United States.

(Added Pub. L. 104-201, div. A, title XVI, Sec. 1604(a), Sept. 23, 1996, 
110 Stat. 2735.)
