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[CITE: 10USC705]

 
                         TITLE 10--ARMED FORCES
 
                    Subtitle A--General Military Law
 
                           PART II--PERSONNEL
 
                            CHAPTER 40--LEAVE
 
Sec. 705. Rest and recuperative absence for qualified enlisted 
        members extending duty at designated locations overseas
        
    (a) Under regulations prescribed by the Secretary concerned, an 
enlisted member of an armed force who--
        (1) is entitled to basic pay;
        (2) has a specialty that is designated by the Secretary 
    concerned for the purposes of this section;
        (3) has completed a tour of duty (as defined in accordance with 
    regulations prescribed by the Secretary concerned) at a location 
    outside the 48 contiguous States and the District of Columbia that 
    is designated by the Secretary concerned for the purposes of this 
    section; and
        (4) at the end of that tour of duty executes an agreement to 
    extend that tour for a period of not less than one year;

may, in lieu of receiving special pay under section 314 of title 37 for 
duty performed during such extension of duty, elect to receive one of 
the benefits specified in subsection (b). Receipt of any such benefit is 
in addition to any other leave or transportation to which the member may 
be entitled.
    (b) The benefits authorized by subsection (a) are--
        (1) a period of rest and recuperative absence for not more than 
    30 days; or
        (2) a period of rest and recuperative absence for not more than 
    15 days and round-trip transportation at Government expense from the 
    location of the extended tour of duty to the nearest port in the 48 
    contiguous States and return.

    (c) The provisions of this section shall not be effective unless the 
Secretary concerned determines that the application of this section will 
not adversely affect combat or unit readiness.

(Added Pub. L. 96-579, Sec. 5(b)(1), Dec. 23, 1980, 94 Stat. 3366.)


                             Effective Date

    Section 5(c)(2) of Pub. L. 96-579 provided: ``Section 705 of title 
10, United States Code, as added by subsection (b), shall take effect 
upon the date of the enactment of this section [Dec. 23, 1980] and shall 
apply only with respect to periods of extended duty overseas beginning 
on or after such date of enactment.''

                  Section Referred to in Other Sections

    This section is referred to in title 37 sections 314, 411g.
