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PUBLIC LAW 89-516-JULY 21, 1966

Public Law 89-516 AN ACT To amend the Administrative Expenses Act of 1946, as amended, to provide for reimbursement of certain moving expenses of employees, and to authorize payment of expenses for storage of household goods and personal effects of employees assigned to isolated duty stations within the continental United States.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That (a) subsection (a) of section 1 of the Administrative Expenses Act of 1946 (60 Stat. 806, as amended; 5 U.S.C. 7 3 b - l (a)), is amended by— (1) striking the words "the Act of February 14, 1931" appearing in the first parentheses contained therein, and inserting in lieu thereof "section 4 of the Travel Expense Act of 1949 (63 Stat. 166, as amended; 5 U.S.C. 837)"; (2) striking the word "seven" appearing in the second parentheses contained therein, and inserting in lieu thereof the word "eleven"; (3) striking out the first proviso contained therein the words "the Subsistence Expense Act of 1926 (5 U.S.C. 828)" and inserting in lieu thereof the words "section 5 of the Travel Expense Act of 1949 (63 Stat. 166, as amended; 5 U.S.C. 838)". (b) Subsection (b) of section 1 of the Administrative Expenses Act of 1946 (60 Stat. 807, as amended; 5 U.S.C. 73b-l (b)), is amended by adding the following words immediately before the period at the end of the first sentence in the subsection ", except that.payment of actual expenses may be made whenever, under regulations prescribed by the President, the head of the agency determines that such method of payment is more economical to the Government." SEC. 2. The Administrative Expenses Act of 1946 (60 Stat. 806), as amended, is further amended by adding the following new sections: "SEC. 23. Under such regulations as the President may prescribe and to the extent deemed necessary and appropriate, as provided therein, appropriations or other funds available to the departments for administrative expenses shall be available for the reimbursement of all or part of the following expenses of officers or employees for whom the Government pays expenses of travel and transportation under subsection (a) of section 1 of this Act: "(1) The expenses of per diem allowance in lieu of the subsistence expenses of the immediate family of the officer or employee whiile en route between his old and new official stations, not in excess of the maximum per diem rates prescribed in or pursuant to section 3 of the Travel Expense Act of 1949 (63 Stat. 166, as amended; 5 U.S.C. 836). "(2) The expenses of per diem allowance in lieu of subsistence of the officer or employee and his spouse, not in excess of the maximum per diem rates prescribed in the Travel Expense Act of 1949 (63 Stat. 166, as amended; 5 U.S.C. 836), and the expenses of transportation to seek permanent residence quarters at a new official station when both the old and new stations are located within the continental United States, excluding Alaska, provided that such expenses may be allowed only for one round trip in connection with each change of station of the officer or employee. "(3) The subsistence expenses of the officer or employee and his immediate family for a period of thirty days while occupying temporary quarters when the new official station is located within the United States (including the District of Columbia, its territories and possessions, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, and the Canal Zone: Provided, That the period of residence in temporary quarters may

July 21, 1966 [H. R. 10607]

Administrative E x p e n s e s Act of 1946, amendments. 46 Stat. 1103; 63 Stat. 167.

44 Stat. 688; 63 Stat. 167.

Administrative e x p e n s e s funds, a v a i l a b i l i t y for certain other costs.

P e r diem.

Locating r e s i dence.

Temporary quarters.

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