STORAGE OF MOTOR VEHICLE IN LIEU OF TRANSPORTATION.

SEC. 368. STORAGE OF MOTOR VEHICLE IN LIEU OF TRANSPORTATION. (a) Storage Authorized.— (1) Section 2634 of title 10, United States Code, is amended— (A) by redesignating subsection (b) as subsection (g); (B) by transferring subsection (g), as so redesignated, to the end of such section; and (C) by inserting after subsection (a) the following new subsection: “(b) (1) In lieu of transportation authorized by this section, if a member is ordered to make a change of permanent station to a foreign country and the laws, regulations, or other restrictions imposed by the foreign country or the United States preclude entry of a motor vehicle described in subsection (a) into that country, or would require extensive modification of the vehicle as a condition to entry, the member may elect to have the vehicle stored at the expense of the United States at a location approved by the Secretary concerned. “(2) If a member is transferred or assigned in connection with a contingency operation to duty at a location other than the permanent station of the member for a period of more than 30 consecutive days, but the transfer or assignment is not considered a change of permanent station, the member may elect to have a motor vehicle described in subsection (a) stored at the expense of the United States at a location approved by the Secretary concerned. “(3) Authorized expenses under this subsection include costs associated with the delivery of the motor vehicle for storage and removal of the vehicle for delivery to a destination approved by the Secretary concerned.”. (2) (A) The heading of such section is amended to read as follows: 110 STAT. 2498 “§2634. Motor vehicles: transportation or storage for members on change of permanent station or extended deployment”. (B) The item relating to such section in the table of sections at the beginning of chapter 157 of title 10, United States Code, is amended to read as follows: “2634. Motor vehicles: transportation or storage for members on change of permanent station or extended deployment.”. (b) Conforming Amendment— Subparagraph (B) of section 406(h)(1) of title 37, United States Code, is amended to read as follows: “(B) in the case of a member described in paragraph (2)(A), authorize the transportation of one motor vehicle, which is owned or leased by the member (or a dependent of the member) and is for the personal use of a dependent of the member, to that location by means of transportation authorized under section 2634 of title 10 or authorize the storage of the motor vehicle pursuant to subsection (b) of such section.”. (c) Effective Date.— The amendments made by this section shall take effect on April 1, 1997.