37 USC § 455 - Appropriations for travel: may not be used for attendance at certain meetings

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title: "37 USC § 455 - Appropriations for travel: may not be used for attendance at certain meetings"
title_number: 37
title_name: "PAY AND ALLOWANCES OF THE UNIFORMED SERVICES"
section_number: "455"
section_name: "Appropriations for travel: may not be used for attendance at certain meetings"
chapter_number: 8
chapter_name: "TRAVEL AND TRANSPORTATION ALLOWANCES"
subchapter_number: "I"
subchapter_name: "TRAVEL AND TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITIES—NEW LAW"
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currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-03-26"
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source_credit: "(Pub. L. 87–649, Sept. 7, 1962, 76 Stat. 476, § 412; renumbered § 455, Pub. L. 112–81, div. A, title VI, § 631(d)(1), Dec. 31, 2011, 125 Stat. 1460.)"
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# § 455. Appropriations for travel: may not be used for attendance at certain meetings

Appropriations of the Department of Defense that are available for travel may not, without the approval of the Secretary concerned or his designee, be used for expenses incident to attendance of a member of an armed force under that department at a meeting of a technical, scientific, professional, or similar organization.

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**Source Credit**: (Pub. L. 87–649, Sept. 7, 1962, 76 Stat. 476, § 412; renumbered § 455, Pub. L. 112–81, div. A, title VI, § 631(d)(1), Dec. 31, 2011, 125 Stat. 1460.)

| Revised section | Source (U.S. Code) | Source (Statutes at Large) |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 412 | 5:174a. | Aug. 1, 1953, ch. 305, § 605, 67 Stat. 349. |

The words “may not . . . be used” are substituted for the words “shall not be available”. The words “on and after ” are omitted as executed. The words “Secretary concerned” are substituted for the words “Secretary of the department concerned” to conform to other sections of this revised title and to the definition in section 101(5) of this revised title. So much of the source statute as relates to civilian employees is omitted as superseded by the Act of , , .

## Editorial Notes

### Prior Provisions

Act , cited as the source of this section in the Historical and Revision Notes above, is known as the Department of Defense Appropriation Act, 1954. Similar provisions were contained in the following prior appropriation acts:

, title VI, § 606, .

, title VI, § 606, .

, ch. X, title VI, § 607, .

, title VI, § 607, .

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, title I, .

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### Amendments

2011— renumbered  as this section.