10 USC § 709a - Expenses incurred in connection with leave canceled due to contingency operations: reimbursement

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title: "10 USC § 709a - Expenses incurred in connection with leave canceled due to contingency operations: reimbursement"
title_number: 10
title_name: "ARMED FORCES"
section_number: "709a"
section_name: "Expenses incurred in connection with leave canceled due to contingency operations: reimbursement"
chapter_number: 40
chapter_name: "LEAVE"
part_number: "II"
part_name: "PERSONNEL"
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currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
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source_credit: "(Added Pub. L. 114–328, div. A, title V, § 522(a), Dec. 23, 2016, 130 Stat. 2115.)"
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# § 709a. Expenses incurred in connection with leave canceled due to contingency operations: reimbursement

**(a)** **Authorization To Reimburse.—** The Secretary concerned may reimburse a member of the armed forces under the jurisdiction of the Secretary for travel and related expenses (to the extent not otherwise reimbursable under law) incurred by the member as a result of the cancellation of previously approved leave when—

**(1)** the leave is canceled in connection with the member’s participation in a contingency operation; and

**(2)** the cancellation occurs within 48 hours of the time the leave would have commenced.

**(b)** **Regulations.—** The Secretary of Defense and, in the case of the Coast Guard when it is not operating as a service in the Navy, the Secretary of Homeland Security shall prescribe regulations to establish the criteria for the applicability of subsection (a).

**(c)** **Conclusiveness of Settlement.—** The settlement of an application for reimbursement under subsection (a) is final and conclusive.

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**Source Credit**: (Added Pub. L. 114–328, div. A, title V, § 522(a), Dec. 23, 2016, 130 Stat. 2115.)