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[CITE: 49USC331]

 
                        TITLE 49--TRANSPORTATION
 
                SUBTITLE I--DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
 
                  CHAPTER 3--GENERAL DUTIES AND POWERS
 
                      SUBCHAPTER II--ADMINISTRATIVE
 
Sec. 331. Service, supplies, and facilities at remote places

    (a) When necessary and not otherwise available, the Secretary of 
Transportation may provide for, construct, or maintain the following for 
officers and employees of the Department of Transportation and their 
dependents stationed in remote places:
        (1) emergency medical services and supplies.
        (2) food and other subsistence supplies.
        (3) messing facilities.
        (4) motion picture equipment and film for recreation and 
    training.
        (5) living and working quarters and facilities.
        (6) reimbursement for food, clothing, medicine, and other 
    supplies provided by an officer or employee in an emergency for the 
    temporary relief of individuals in distress.

    (b) The Secretary shall prescribe reasonable charges for medical 
treatment provided under subsection (a)(1) of this section and for 
supplies and services provided under subsection (a)(2) and (3) of this 
section. Amounts received under this subsection shall be credited to the 
appropriation from which the expenditure was made.
    (c) When appropriations for a fiscal year for aviation duties and 
powers have not been made before June 1 immediately before the beginning 
of the fiscal year, the Secretary may designate an officer, and 
authorize that officer, to incur obligations to buy and transport 
supplies to carry out those duties and powers at installations outside 
the 48 contiguous States and the District of Columbia. The amount 
obligated under this subsection in a fiscal year may be not more than 75 
percent of the amount available for buying and transporting supplies to 
those installations for the then current fiscal year. Payment of 
obligations under this subsection shall be made from appropriations for 
the next fiscal year when available.

(Pub. L. 97-449, Jan. 12, 1983, 96 Stat. 2427; Pub. L. 103-272, 
Sec. 4(j)(8), July 5, 1994, 108 Stat. 1367.)

                                          Historical and Revision Notes
                                                 Pub. L. 97-449
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           Revised  Section                    Source (U.S. Code)              
 Source (Statutes at Large)
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331(a)................................  49:1657(l) (less last            Oct. 1
5, 1966, Pub. L. 89-670, Sec.
                                         sentence).                       9(l),
 80 Stat. 946.
331(b)................................  49:1657(l) (last sentence).
331(c)................................  49:1344(b).                      Aug. 2
3, 1958, Pub. L. 85-726, Sec.
                                                                          303(b
), 72 Stat. 748.
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    In subsection (a), the text of 49:1657(l) (words before 3d comma) is 
omitted as unnecessary. The words ``of the Department of 
Transportation'' are added for clarity. In clause (6), the words 
``individuals in distress'' are substituted for ``distressed persons'' 
as being more precise.
    In subsection (b), the words ``The Secretary shall prescribe 
reasonable charges'' are substituted for ``shall be at prices reflecting 
reasonable value as determined by the Secretary'' for clarity and to 
eliminate surplus words. The words ``services, supplies, and facilities 
provided under subsection (a)(1), (2), and (3) of this section'' are 
substituted for ``The furnishing of medical treatment under paragraph 
(1) and the furnishing of services and supplies under paragraphs (2) and 
(3) of this subsection'' to eliminate surplus words. The words ``Amounts 
received under this subsection'' are substituted for ``and the proceeds 
therefrom'' for clarity.
    In subsection (c), the words ``aviation duties and powers'' are 
substituted for ``the Administration'' in 49:1344(b) because of the 
transfer of aviation functions to the Secretary of Transportation under 
49:1655(c)(1). The words ``before June 1'' are substituted for ``prior 
to the first day of March'' in 49:1344(b) to conform to the change in 
the start of the fiscal year from July 1 to October 1 under 
31:1020(a)(2). The words ``and materials necessary'' after ``supplies'' 
in 49:1344(b) are omitted as surplus. The words ``to carry out those 
duties and powers'' are substituted for ``necessary to the proper 
execution of the Secretary of Transportation's functions'' in 49:1344(b) 
for clarity and consistency. The words ``the 48 contiguous States and 
the District of Columbia'' are substituted for ``the continental United 
States'' in 49:1344(b) for clarity. The words ``including those in 
Alaska'' before ``in amounts'' in 49:1344(b) are omitted as unnecessary 
because of the restatement of the section. The words ``The amount 
obligated under this subsection in a fiscal year'' in 49:1344(b) are 
added for clarity. The words ``available for buying and transporting 
supplies to those installations'' are substituted for ``made available 
for such purposes'' in 49:1344(b) for clarity. The word ``succeeding'' 
after ``next'' in 49:1344(b) is omitted as surplus.


                             Pub. L. 103-272

    Section 4(j)(8) amends 49:331(b) to follow more closely the language 
in former 49:1657(l) on which it was based.


                               Amendments

    1994--Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 103-272 substituted ``medical treatment 
provided under subsection (a)(1) of this section and for supplies and 
services provided under subsection (a)(2) and (3) of this section'' for 
``services, supplies, and facilities provided under subsection (a)(1), 
(2), and (3) of this section''.
