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Title 3 — The President

Chapter 2 — Office and Compensation of President

§ 103. Traveling expenses

Statutory text

There may be expended for or on account of the traveling expenses of the President of the United States such sum as Congress may from time to time appropriate, not exceeding $100,000 per annum, such sum when appropriated to be expended in the discretion of the President and accounted for on his certificate solely.

Legislative history

Reconstructed from this section’s Code source credit and amendment notes, resolved against the local Statutes at Large. Editorial notes are evidence, not the law that made the change.

  1. The President

    Pub. L. 80–644 · 62 Stat. 672

    Enacted · 3 U.S.C. § 103

    June 25, 1948, ch. 644, 62 Stat. 678

    Source evidence

    Code source credit
    June 25, 1948, ch. 644, 62 Stat. 678

  2. Pub. L. 95–570 § 4 · 92 Stat. 2445

    Substituted · 3 U.S.C. § 103

    Pub. L. 95–570 substituted “$100,000” for “$40,000”

    Source evidence

    Code amendment note
    Pub. L. 95–570 substituted “$100,000” for “$40,000”.

    Enacted provision · exact public law section
    Sec. 4. Section 103 of title 3, United States Code, relating to travel expenses of the President, is amended by striking out “$40,000” and inserting in lieu thereof “$100,000”.

    Effective date note
    Amendment by Pub. L. 95–570 applicable to any fiscal year beginning on or after Oct. 1, 1978, see section 6(a) of Pub. L. 95–570, set out as a note under section 102 of this title.

1 of 2 references resolved to an enrolled provision · 1 partial

Editorial Notes

Amendments

1978—Pub. L. 95–570 substituted “$100,000” for “$40,000”.

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Effective Date of 1978 Amendment

Amendment by Pub. L. 95–570 applicable to any fiscal year beginning on or after , see section 6(a) of Pub. L. 95–570, set out as a note under section 102 of this title.

Credits

1948–1978 · 2 acts
  1. 1948June 25, 1948, ch. 644, 62 Stat. 678
  2. 1978Pub. L. 95–570, § 4, , 92 Stat. 2450.
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(June 25, 1948, ch. 644, 62 Stat. 678; Pub. L. 95–570, § 4, , 92 Stat. 2450.)

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