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title: "46 U.S.C. § 51508"
description: "Allowances for students"
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title_number: 46
title_name: "SHIPPING"
chapter_number: "515"
chapter_name: "STATE MARITIME ACADEMY SUPPORT PROGRAM"
section: "51508"
citation: "46 U.S.C. § 51508"
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# 46 U.S.C. § 51508 - Allowances for students

## Text

Under regulations prescribed by the Secretary of Transportation, a student at a State maritime academy shall receive from the Secretary allowances for transportation (including reimbursement of traveling expenses) when traveling under orders to receive training under section 51507 of this title.

(Pub. L. 109–304, § 8(b), Oct. 6, 2006, 120 Stat. 1579.)

## Notes

Historical and Revision Notes RevisedSectionSource (U.S. Code)Source (Statutes at Large) 5150846 App.:1295c(c) (3)(B).June 29, 1936, ch. 858, title XIII, § 1304(c)(3)(B), as added Pub. L. 96–453, § 2, Oct. 15, 1980, 94 Stat. 2004.