A bill to amend title 37, United States Code, to authorize travel and transportation allowances to certain members of the uniformed services in connection with leave.
Public Law 93-213 · S. 1038 · 93rd Congress · began in the Senate
Signed by Richard Nixon (R) on Dec 28, 1973 · Armed Forces and National Security
Sponsor: Sen. Strom Thurmond (R-SC)
Cosponsors: None
Passage votes
- HouseMethod not stated
- SenateMethod not stated
Data notes
The final version of the law, as each chamber passed it. A chamber that passed it by voice vote or unanimous consent has no count. “Method not stated” means the record does not say how the chamber voted. Where the record has a member-by-member vote, the “Who voted for it” section shows who voted yea.
Summary
The Congressional Research Service’s plain-language summary of what the law does.
Authorizes travel and transportation allowances in connection with leave to members of the uniformed services who are stationed or assigned outside the 48 contiguous States, or returning from a restricted area in which dependents are not permitted. (Adds 37 U.S.C. 411b)
Committees
The committees the bill was sent to, and what each did with it.
Data notes
A committee links to its page only where it exists in the current Congress; older and renamed committees are named without a link.
Timeline
From introduction to signing, newest first: the committees, the floor and the president. 10 actions.
- Dec 28, 1973Became lawBecame law · Signed by President.
- PresidentPresident · Public law 93-213.
- Dec 18, 1973PresidentPresident · Measure presented to President.
- Dec 17, 1973FloorFloor · Measure passed House.
- Dec 11, 1973CommitteeCommittee · Reported by House Armed Services Committee
- Nov 26, 1973CommitteeCommittee · Referred to House Armed Services Committee
- Nov 20, 1973FloorFloor · Measure passed Senate, amended.
- Nov 16, 1973CommitteeCommittee · Reported by Senate Armed Services Committee
- Feb 28, 1973CommitteeCommittee · Referred to Senate Armed Services Committee
- IntroducedIntroduced · Introduced in the Senate
Data notes
Shows the introduction, each committee and subcommittee step the source dates (referral, hearings, markup, report, discharge), and the floor, conference, presidential and became-law steps. Calendar placements, messages between the chambers, amendments and committee report numbers are not shown for laws before the 108th Congress. Two entries the source lists twice are shown once.
Official record
The bill’s full text and every action, including introduction and committee steps, are on Congress.gov. Data through Oct 7, 2026.