TRAVEL AND TRANSPORTATION ALLOWANCES FOR CERTAIN EMERGENCY DUTY WITHIN LIMITS OF DUTY STATION.

SEC. 623. TRAVEL AND TRANSPORTATION ALLOWANCES FOR CERTAIN EMERGENCY DUTY WITHIN LIMITS OF DUTY STATION. Section 408 of title 37, United States Code, is amended— (1) by inserting “(a)” before “A member of a uniformed service”; and (2) by adding at the end the following new subsection: “(b)(1) Under regulations prescribed by the Secretary concerned, a member of a uniformed service who performs emergency duty described in paragraph (2) is entitled to travel and transportation allowances under section 404 of this title for that duty. “(2) The emergency duty referred to in paragraph (1) is duty that— “(A) is performed by a member under emergency circumstances that threaten injury to property of the Federal Government or human life; “(B) is performed at a location within the limits of the member’s station (other than at the residence or normal duty location of the member); “(C) is performed pursuant to the direction of competent authority; and “(D) requires the member’s use of overnight accommodations.”.