completed an agreed period of service overseas and are returning to their actual place of residence for the purpose of taking leave prior to serving another tour of duty at the same or some other overseas post, under a new written agreement entered into before departing from the overseas post: Provided further, That expenses of transportation of the immediate family and shipment of household effects of any employee from the post of duty of such employee outside continental United States to place of actual residence shall be allowed, not in excess of one time, prior to the return of such employee to the United States, including its Territories and possessions, when the employee has acquired eligibility for such transportation or when the public interest requires the return of the immediate family for compelling personal reasons of a humanitarian or compassionate nature, such as may involve physical or mental health, death of any member of the immediate family, or obligation imposed by authority or circumstances over which the individual has no control: And provided further, That when an employee returns his immediate family and household goods to the United States, including its Territories and possessions, at his own expense prior to his return and for other than reasons of public interest, the Government shall reimburse him for proper transportation expenses at such time as he acquires eligibility therefor."

Act of July 28, 1955

(69 STAT. 393)

Amends the Act of August 2, 1946 (60 Stat. 806), see 1953 Ed., p. 1298, and SIV-129.

To Amend Section 3 of the Travel Expense Act of 1949, as Amended, to Provide an Increased Maximum Per Diem Allowance for Subsistence and Travel Expenses, and for Other Purposes

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives" of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That ***

Sec. 2. Section 5 of the Administrative Expenses Act of 1946 (60 Stat. 808; 5 U.S.C. 73b-2) is amended by striking "$10 per diem" and inserting in lieu thereof "$15 per diem within the limits of the continental United States and beyond such limits, not to exceed the rates of per diem established by

the Director of the Bureau of the Budget pursuant to section 3 of the Travel Expense Act of 1949, as amended (5 U.S.C. 836)"; and by striking the period at the end thereof and adding the following additional proviso: ": And provided further, That where due to the unusual circumstances of a travel assignment within the limits of the continental United States such maximum per diem allowance would be much less than the amount required to meet the actual and necessary expenses of the trip, the heads of departments and establishments may, in accordance with regulations promulgated by the Director, Bureau of the Budget, pursuant to section 7 of the Travel Expense Act of 1949 as amended (5 U.S.C. 840) prescribe conditions under which reimbursement for such expenses may be authorized on an actual expense basis not to exceed a maximum amount to be specified in the travel authorization, but in any event not to exceed $25 for each day in travel status.".

Act of February 12, 1958

(72 STAT. 14)

Amends the Act of August 2, 1946 (60 Stat. 806), see 1953 Ed., p. 1297, and SIV-129. To Provide Allowances for Transportation of House Trailers to Civilian Employees of the United States Who are Transferred From One Official Station to Another

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That section 1(b) of the Act entitled "An Act to authorize certain administrative expenses in the Government service, and for other purposes", approved August 2, 1946, as amended, is amended by adding at the end thereof the following: "Under such regulations as the President may prescribe, any civilian officer or employee who transports a house trailer or mobile dwelling within the continental United States, within Alaska, or between the continental United States and Alaska, for use as a residence and who would otherwise be entitled to transportation of household goods and personal effects under subsection (a) shall be entitled to a reasonable allowance, not to exceed 20 cents per mile, in lieu of such transportation."

Transportaances, trailers. 5 USC 73b-1.

tion allow

60 Stat. 806.

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Act of August 25, 1958

(72 STAT. 843)

Amends the Act of August 2, 1946 (60 Stat. 806), see 1953 Ed., p. 1299, and SIV-129.

To Amend Section 7 of the Administrative Expenses Act of 1946, as Amended, to Provide for the Payment of Travel and Transportation Cost for Persons Selected for Appointment to Certain Positions in the Continental United States and Alaska, and for Other Purposes

technical po

sitions.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of: Scientific and the United States of America in Congress assembled, That section 7 of the Administrative Expenses Act of 1946 (60 Stat. 808, as amended, 5 U.S.C. 73b-3) is further amended by inserting "(a)" after the section number and by adding at the end thereof new subsections as follows:

Travel and transporta

"(b) Appropriations for the departments shall be available tion expenses. in accordance with regulations prescribed by the President, for expenses of travel of persons appointed to positions in the natural and mathematical sciences, engineering, and architectural fields, and to related technical positions in the continental United States and Alaska for which there is determined by the Civil Service Commission to be a manpower shortage in those skills which are critical to the national security effort, and for expenses of transportation of their immediate families and their household goods and personal effects and for advances of funds to the extent authorized by section 1 (a) and (b) of this Act, from their places of actual residence at time of selection to their first duty station. Such travel expenses may include per diem and mileage allowance for persons selected for appointment as provided for civilian officers and employees by the Travel Expense Act of 1949, as amended. Travel and transportation expenses may be allowed whether the person selected for appointment has been appointed or not at the time of such travel. However, the travel and transportation expenses authorized by this subsection shall not be allowed unless the person selected for appointment shall agree in writing to remain in the Government service for twelve months following his appointment unless separated for reasons beyond his control and acceptable to the department or agency concerned. In case of violation of such agreement, any moneys expended by the United States on account of such

63 Stat. 166. 5 USC 835 note.

travel and transportation shall be recoverable from the individual concerned as a debt due the United States.

"(c) The authority of the Civil Service Commission to determine for purposes of this Act positions for which there is a manpower shortage shall not be delegated. The provisions of subsections (b) and (c) of section 7 of this Act shall expire Expiration two years from the date of their enactment into law.

"(d) Nothing contained in this section shall impair or otherwise affect the authority of any department under existing law to pay travel and transportation expenses of persons designated in subsection (b) and (c) hereof."

Act of September 2, 1958

(72 STAT. 1274)

date.

Amends the Act of August 2, 1946 (60 Stat. 806), see 1953 Ed., p. 1296, and SIV-129.

To Amend Section 7 of the Administrative Expenses Act of 1946, as Amended, Relating to Travel Expenses of Civilian Officers and Employees Assigned to Duty Posts Outside the Continental United States

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That section 7 of the Administrative Expenses Act of 1946, as amended (5 U.S.C. 73b-3), is amended by inserting after the third proviso the following new proviso: "Provided further, Any officer or employee of the United States appointed by the President, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, to serve for a term fixed by law, whose post of duty is outside the continental United States, shall be allowed expenses of round trip travel for himself and transportation of his immediate family, but excluding household effects, from his post of duty outside the continental United States to the place of his actual residence at the time of his appointment to such overseas post of duty, at the end of each two years of satisfactory service completed overseas, if he is returning to his actual place of residence for the purpose of taking leave prior to serving at least two more years of overseas duty."

Federal

employees.

Travel ex

penses out

side U.S.

68 Stat. 1008.

Act of September 6, 1960

(74 STAT. 792)

Amends the Act of August 2, 1946 (60 Stat. 806), see 1953 Ed., p. 1296, and SIV-129.

To Improve the Administration of Overseas Activities of the Government of the United States, and for Other Purposes

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That Overseas Dif- titles I to V, inclusive of this Act may be cited as the "Overseas Differentials and Allowances Act".

ferentials

and Allow

ances Act.

TITLE III-MISCELLANEOUS EXPENSES

Sec. 301. (a)

(b) * * *

PART A-STORAGE

(c) The first section of the Administrative Expenses Act of 1946 (60 Stat. 806), as amended (5 U.S.C. 73b-1), is amended

(1) by striking out "(not to exceed seven thousand pounds if uncrated or eight thousand seven hundred and fifty pounds if crated or the equivalent thereof when transportation charges are based on cubic measurement)" in subsection (a) of such section and inserting in lieu thereof "(not to exceed seven thousand pounds net weight)"; and

(2) by adding at the end of such section the following new subsection:

"(e) Whenever any civilian officer or employee (including 5 USC 73b–3. any new appointee in accordance with section 7 of this Act) is assigned to a permanent duty station outside the continental United States to which he cannot take or at which he is unable to use his household goods and personal effects or whenever the head of the department concerned authorizes storage of any such property in the public interest or for reasons of economy, storage expenses (including related transportation