Volume 69 · 394
Public Law 84–189
To amend section 3 of the Travel Expense Act of 1940, as amended, to provide the increased maximum per diem allowance for subsistence and travel expenses, and for other purposes.
Approved July 28, 1955
Statutory text
AN ACT
To amend section 3 of the Travel Expense Act of 1940, as amended, to provide the 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 section 3 of the Travel Expense Act of 1949 (63 Stat. 166, as amended; 5 U. S. C. 836) is further amended by striking “$9” and inserting in lieu thereof “$12”; 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, 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.”
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.”.
Sec. 3.
The first sentence of section 1823 (a) of title 28, United
States Code, is amended by striking the portion “and if travel is made by privately owned automobile mileage at a rate not to exceed 7 cents per mile, together with a per diem allowance not to exceed $9 in lieu of subsistence” and inserting in lieu thereof “or, if travel is made by privately owned automobile, at a rate not to exceed that prescribed in
section 4 of the Travel Expense Act of 1949, together with a per diem allowance in lieu of subsistence not to exceed the rates of per diem as described in, or established pursuant to, section 3 thereof”.
Sec. 4.
Section 4 of the Travel Expense Act of 1949 (63 Stat. 166: 5 U. S. C. 837) is amended by striking out “4 cents” and “7 cents” and inserting “6 cents” and “10 cents”, respectively, in lieu thereof.
Approved July 28, 1955.