Volume 80
Public Law 89–735
To amend title 10, United States Code, to authorize a special thirty-day period of leave for a member of a uniformed service who voluntarily extends his tour of duty in a hostile fire area.
Approved November 2, 1966
Statutory text
AN ACT
To amend title 10, United States Code, to authorize a special thirty-day period of leave for a member of a uniformed service who voluntarily extends his tour of duty in a hostile fire area.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
That section 703 of title 10, United States Code, is amended by inserting the designation “(a)” before “Leave” and by adding the following new subsection:
“(b) Under regulations prescribed by the Secretary of Defense, and notwithstanding subsection (a), a member who is on active duty in an area described in section 310(a)(2) of title 37 and who, by reenlistment,
extension of enlistment, or other voluntary action, extends his required tour of duty in that area for at least six months may be—
“(1) authorized not more than thirty days of leave, exclusive of travel time, at an authorized place selected by the member; and
“(2) transported at the expense of the United States to and from that place.
Leave under this subsection may not be charged or credited to leave that accrued or that may accrue under section 701 of this title. The
provisions of this subsection shall be effective only in the case of members who extend their required tours of duty on or before June 30, 1968.”
Approved November 2, 1966.