EVACUATION ALLOWANCES IN CONNECTION WITH HURRICANE ANDREW.

SEC. 625. EVACUATION ALLOWANCES IN CONNECTION WITH HURRICANE ANDREW. (a) Coverage of Expenses Incurred Before Regulatory Change.—The changes made in the Joint Federal Travel Regulations on August 28 and August 29, 1992, to authorize the payment of allowances to members of the Armed Forces, federal civilian employees, and dependents of such members and employees who were ordered to depart from the vicinity of Homestead Air Force Base in the State of Florida as a consequence of Hurricane Andrew shall apply with respect to expenses in connection with such departure incurred on or after August 23, 1992 (the date of the ordered departure), to the extent the expenses would be covered by the regulations if the changes were effective on August 23, 1992. 106 STAT. 2424 (b) Coverage of Dependents Who Do Not Reside With Member.—(1) Section 405a(a) of title 37, United States Code, is amended— (A) by redesignating paragraphs (2) and (3) as paragraphs (3) and (4), respectively; and (B) by inserting after paragraph (1) the following new paragraph: “(2) a dependent who resides at or in the vicinity of a former duty station of the member following the assignment of the member elsewhere or who resides at or in the vicinity of a duty station (other than the duty station of the member) incident to orders in connection with an unaccompanied tour of duty of the member, if a departure of dependents is ordered by competent authority from the duty station at which or in the vicinity of which the dependent resides and the dependent actually moves to an authorized safe haven designated by that authority;”. (2) The amendments made by paragraph (1) shall take effect as of August 23, 1992, and shall apply with respect to any evacuation ordered by competent military authority on or after that date.