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 112 STAT. 2350 PUBLIC LAW 105-264—OCT. 19, 1998 Public Law 105-264 105th Congress Oct. 19, 1998 [H.R. 930] Travel and Transportation Reform Act of 1998 5 USC 5701 note. 5 USC 5701 note. Regulations. Deadline. Notification. An Act To require Federal employees to use Federal travel charge cards for all payments of expenses of official Government travel, to amend title 31, United States Code, to establish requirements for prepayment audits of Federal agency transportation expenses, to authorize reimbursement of Federal agency employees for taxes incurred on travel or transportation reimbursements, and to authorize test programs for the payment of Federal employee travel expenses and relocation expenses. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the "Travel and Transportation Reform Act of 1998". SEC. 2. REQUIRING USE OF THE TRAVEL CHARGE CARD. (a) IN GENERAL. — Under regulations issued by the Administrator of General Services after consultation with the Secretary of the Treasury, the Administrator shall require that Federal employees use the travel charge card established pursuant to the United States Travel and Transportation Pa)rment and Expense Control System, or any Federal contractor-issued travel charge card, for all payments of expenses of official Government travel. The Administrator shall exempt any payment, person, type or class of payments, or type or class of personnel from any requirement established under the preceding sentence in any case in which— (1) it is in the best interest of the United States to do so; (2) payment through a travel charge card is impractical or imposes unreasonable burdens or costs on Federal employees or Federal agencies; or (3) the Secretary of Defense or the Secretary of Transportation (with respect to the Coast Guard) requests an exemption with respect to the members of the uniformed services. (b) AGENCY EXEMPTION.— The head of a Federal agency or the designee of such head may exempt any payment, person, type or class of payments, or type or class of agency personnel from subsection (a) if the agency head or the designee determines the exemption to be necessary in the interest of the agency. Not later than 30 days after granting such an exemption, the head of such agency or the designee shall notify the Administrator of General Services in writing of such exemption stating the reasons for the exemption. (c) LIMITATION ON RESTRICTION ON DISCLOSURE. —

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