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 PUBLIC LAW 9 9 - 5 5 0 - O C T. 27, 1986

100 STAT. 3069

employee affected, the reason for any determination under paragraph (8) of subsection (b), and the expected duration of any authorization under such paragraph, shall be transmitted promptly to the Committee on Government Operations of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Governmental Affairs of the Senate. "(e)(1) Not later than March 15, 1987, the Administrator of General Services, after consultation with the Comptroller General, the Director of the Office of Management and Budget, and the Director of the Administrative Office of the United States Courts, shall promulgate regulations governing the heads of all Federal agencies in making the determinations authorized by subsections (a)(2)(A), (b)(8), and (d)(2) of this section. Such regulations shall specify that the comfort and convenience of an officer or employee is not sufficient justification for authorizations of transportation under this section. "(2) In promulgating regulations under paragraph (1) of this subsection, the Administrator of General Services shall provide criteria defining the term 'field work' for purposes of subsection (a)(2)(A) of this section. Such criteria shall ensure that transportation between an employee's residence and the location of the field work will be authorized only to the extent that such transportation will substantially increase the efficiency and economy of the Government. "(f) Each Federal agency shall maintain logs or other records necessary to establish the official purpose for Government transportation provided between an individual's residence and such individual's place of employment pursuant to this section. "(g) As used in this section— "(1) the term 'passenger carrier' means a passenger motor vehicle, aircraft, boat, ship, or other similar means of transportation that is owned or leased by the United States Government; and "(2) the term 'Federal agency' means— "(A) a department (as such term is defined in section 18 of the Act of August 2, 1946 (41 U.S.C. 5a)); "(B) an Executive department (as such term is defined in section 101 of title 5); "(C) a military department (as such term is defined in section 102 of title 5); "(D) a Government corporation (as such term is defined in section 103(1) of title 5); "(E) a Government controlled corporation (as such term is defined in section 103(2) of title 5); "(F) a mixed-ownership Government corporation (as such term is defined in section 9101(2) of this title); "(G) any establishment in the executive branch of the Government (including the Executive Office of the President); "(H) any independent regulatory agency (including an independent regulatory agency specified in section 3502(10) of title 44); "(I) the Smithsonian Institution; and "(J) any nonappropriated fund instrumentality of the United States, except that such term does not include the government of the District of Columbia.

Regulations.

Records.

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