---
kind: "section"
citation: "10 U.S.C. § 1148"
title: "10"
title_heading: "Armed Forces"
number: "1148"
heading: "Relocation assistance for personnel overseas"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/10/1148"
units:
  - "Subtitle A — General Military Law"
  - "Part II — Personnel"
  - "Chapter 58 — Benefits and Services for Members Being Separated or Recently Separated"
---

# §1148. Relocation assistance for personnel overseas


The [Secretary](/usc/10/4951.md?p=3) of Defense and the [Secretary](/usc/10/4951.md?p=3) of Homeland Security shall develop a [program](/usc/10/2101.md?p=1) specifically to assist members of the [armed forces](/usc/10/101.md?p=a-4) stationed overseas who are preparing for discharge or [release](/usc/10/2700.md?p=2) from [active duty](/usc/10/101.md?p=d-1), and the [dependents](/usc/10/1072.md?p=2) of such members, in readjusting to civilian life. The [program](/usc/10/2101.md?p=1) shall focus on the special needs and requirements of such members and [dependents](/usc/10/1072.md?p=2) due to their overseas locations and shall include, to the maximum extent possible, computerized job relocation assistance and job search information.


## Source credit

(Added Pub. L. 101–510, div. A, title V, § 502(a)(1), Nov. 5, 1990, 104 Stat. 1556; amended Pub. L. 103–337, div. A, title V, § 542(a)(7), Oct. 5, 1994, 108 Stat. 2768; Pub. L. 107–296, title XVII, § 1704(b)(1), Nov. 25, 2002, 116 Stat. 2314.)

## Notes

### Editorial Notes

### Amendments

2002—Pub. L. 107–296 substituted “of Homeland Security” for “of Transportation”.

1994—Pub. L. 103–337 inserted “and the Secretary of Transportation” after “Secretary of Defense”.

### Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### Effective Date of 2002 Amendment

Amendment by Pub. L. 107–296 effective on the date of transfer of the Coast Guard to the Department of Homeland Security, see section 1704(g) of Pub. L. 107–296, set out as a note under section 101 of this title.

### Effective Date of 1994 Amendment

Amendment by Pub. L. 103–337 applicable only to members of the Coast Guard who are separated after Sept. 30, 1994, see section 542(e) of Pub. L. 103–337, set out as a note under section 1141 of this title.

### Pilot Program

Pub. L. 101–510, div. A, title V, § 502(d), Nov. 5, 1990, 104 Stat. 1558, required the Secretary of Defense to carry out the program required by this section during fiscal year 1991 at not less than 10 military installations located outside the United States.