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5 U.S.C. § 5731 — Expenses limited to lowest first-class rate
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**(a)** The allowance for actual expenses for transportation may not exceed the lowest first-class rate by the transportation facility used unless it is certified, in accordance with regulations prescribed under [section 5738 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title5-section5738&num=0&edition=prelim), that—
(1) lowest first-class accommodations are not available; or
(2) use of a compartment or other accommodation authorized or approved by the head of the agency concerned or his designee is required for security purposes.
**(b)** Instead of the maximum fixed by subsection (a) of this section, the allowance to an employee of the Government for actual expenses for transportation on an inter-island steamship in Hawaii may not exceed the rate for accommodations on the steamship that is equivalent as nearly as possible to the rate for the lowest first-class accommodations on trans-pacific steamships.
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**(a)** The allowance for actual expenses for transportation may not exceed the lowest first-class rate by the transportation facility used unless it is certified, in accordance with regulations prescribed under [section 5738 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title5-section5738&num=0&edition=prelim), that—
(1) lowest first-class accommodations are not available; or
(2) use of a compartment or other accommodation authorized or approved by the head of the agency concerned or his designee is required for security purposes.
**(b)** Instead of the maximum fixed by subsection (a) of this section, the allowance to an employee of the Government for actual expenses for transportation on an inter-island steamship in Hawaii may not exceed the rate for accommodations on the steamship that is equivalent as nearly as possible to the rate for the lowest first-class accommodations on trans-pacific steamships.
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**(a)**
(1) Except as specifically provided in this subchapter, the Administrator of General Services shall prescribe regulations necessary for the administration of this subchapter.
(2) The Administrator of General Services shall include in the regulations authority for the head of an agency or his designee to waive any limitation of this subchapter or in any implementing regulation for any employee relocating to or from a remote or isolated location who would suffer hardship if the limitation were not waived. A waiver of a limitation under authority provided in the regulations pursuant to this paragraph shall be effective notwithstanding any other provision of this subchapter.
**(b)** In prescribing regulations for the implementation of [section 5724b of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title5-section5724b&num=0&edition=prelim), the Administrator of General Services shall consult with the Secretary of the Treasury.
**(c)** The Secretary of Defense shall prescribe regulations necessary for the implementation of [section 5735 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title5-section5735&num=0&edition=prelim).
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**(a)** Under regulations prescribed under [section 5738 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title5-section5738&num=0&edition=prelim) and subject to subsections (b) and (c) of this section, an agency may pay from its appropriations—
(1) travel expenses of a new appointee and transportation expenses of his immediate family and his household goods and personal effects from the place of actual residence at the time of appointment to the place of employment outside the continental United States;
(2) these expenses on the return of an employee from his post of duty outside the continental United States to the place of his actual residence at the time of assignment to duty outside the continental United States; and
(3) the expenses of transporting a privately owned motor vehicle as authorized under [section 5727(c) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title5-section5727/c&num=0&edition=prelim).
**(b)** An agency may pay expenses under subsection (a)(1) of this section only after the individual selected for appointment agrees in writing to remain in the Government service for a minimum period of—
(1) one school year as determined under chapter 25 of title 20, if selected for appointment to a teaching position, except as a substitute, in the Department of Defense under that chapter; or
(2) 12 months after his appointment, if selected for appointment to any other position;
unless separated for reasons beyond his control which are acceptable to the agency concerned. If the individual violates the agreement, the money spent by the Government for the expenses is recoverable from the individual as a debt due the Government.
**(c)** An agency may pay expenses under subsection (a)(2) of this section
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**(a) Establishment; composition** The Office shall establish a Technology Assessment Advisory Council (hereinafter referred to as the “Council”). The Council shall be composed of the following twelve members:
(1) ten members from the public, to be appointed by the Board, who shall be persons eminent in one or more fields of the physical, biological, or social sciences or engineering or experienced in the administration of technological activities, or who may be judged qualified on the basis of contributions made to educational or public activities;
(2) the Comptroller General; and
(3) the Director of the Congressional Research Service of the Library of Congress.
**(b) Duties** The Council, upon request by the Board, shall—
(1) review and make recommendations to the Board on activities undertaken by the Office or on the initiation thereof in accordance with [section 472(d) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title2-section472/d&num=0&edition=prelim);
(2) review and make recommendations to the Board on the findings of any assessment made by or for the Office; and
(3) undertake such additional related tasks as the Board may direct.
**(c) Chairman and Vice Chairman; election by Council from members appointed from public; terms and conditions of service** The Council by majority vote, shall elect from its members appointed under subsection (a)(1) of this section a Chairman and a Vice Chairman, who shall serve for such time and under such conditions as the Council may prescribe. In the absence of the Chairman, or in the event of his incapacity, the Vice Chairman shall act as Chairman.
**(d) Terms of office of members appointed from public; reappointment** The term of office of each member of the Council appointed under subsect
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There is authorized to be appropriated annually to the Department of State, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, such sums as may be necessary for the payment by the United States of its share of the expenses of the International Atomic Energy Agency as apportioned by the Agency in accordance with paragraph (D) of article XIV of the Statute of the Agency, and for all necessary salaries and expenses of the representatives provided for in [section 2021 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title22-section2021&num=0&edition=prelim) and of their appropriate staffs, including personal services without regard to the civil service laws and chapter 51 and subchapter III of chapter 53 of title 5; travel expenses without regard to the Standardized Government Travel Regulations, as amended, subchapter I of chapter 57 of title 5, and [section 5731 of title 5](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title5-section5731&num=0&edition=prelim), as amended; salaries as authorized by the Foreign Service Act of 1980 [[22 U.S.C. 3901](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title22-section3901&num=0&edition=prelim) et seq.], or as authorized by the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended [[42 U.S.C. 2011](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title42-section2011&num=0&edition=prelim) et seq.], and expenses and allowances of personnel and dependents as authorized by the Foreign Service Act of 1980; services as authorized by [section 3109 of title 5](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title5-section3109&num=0&edition=prelim); translating and other services, by contract; hire of passenger motor vehicles and other local transportation; printing a
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There is hereby authorized to be appropriated annually to the Department of State, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated such sums as may be necessary for the payment by the United States of its share of the expenses of the Organization as apportioned by the General Conference of the Organization in accordance with article IX of the constitution of the Organization, and such additional sums as may be necessary to pay the expenses of participation by the United States in the activities of the Organization, including: (a) salaries of the representatives provided for in [section 287n of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title22-section287n&num=0&edition=prelim), of their appropriate staffs, and of members of the secretariat of the National Commission provided for in section 287o of this title, including personal services in the District of Columbia and elsewhere, without regard to the civil-service laws and chapter 51 and subchapter III of chapter 53 of title 5; (b) travel expenses without regard to the Standardized Government Travel Regulations, as amended, the Subsistence Expense Act of 1926, as amended, and [section 5731 of title 5](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title5-section5731&num=0&edition=prelim), and, under such rules and regulations as the Secretary of State may prescribe, travel expenses of families and transportation of effects of United States representatives and other personnel in going to and returning from their post of duty; (c) allowances for living quarters, including heat, fuel, and light, as authorized by [section 5912 of title 5](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title5-section5912&num=0&edition=prelim); (d) cost of living allowances
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There is hereby authorized to be appropriated annually to the Department of State, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, such sums as may be necessary for the payment by the United States of its share of the expenses of the United Nations as apportioned by the General Assembly in accordance with article 17 of the Charter, and for all necessary salaries and expenses of the representatives provided for in [section 287 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title22-section287&num=0&edition=prelim), and of their appropriate staffs, including personal services in the District of Columbia and elsewhere, without regard to the civil-service laws and chapter 51 and subchapter III of chapter 53 of title 5; travel expenses without regard to the Standardized Government Travel Regulations, as amended, subchapter I of chapter 57 and [section 5731 of title 5](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title5-section5731&num=0&edition=prelim) and, under such rules and regulations as the Secretary of State may prescribe, travel expenses of families and transportation of effects of United States representatives and other personnel in going to and returning from their post of duty; allowances for living quarters, including heat, fuel, and light, as authorized by [section 5912 of title 5](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title5-section5912&num=0&edition=prelim); cost-of-living allowances for personnel stationed abroad under such rules and regulations as the Secretary of State may prescribe; communications services; stenographic reporting, translating, and other services, by contract; hire of passenger motor vehicles and other local transportation; rent of offices; printing and binding
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**(a) Travel, allowances, and related expenses for officers and employees assigned to duty stations outside United States** Under such regulations as the Director may prescribe, the Agency, with respect to its officers and employees assigned to duty stations outside the several States of the United States of America, excluding Alaska and Hawaii, but including the District of Columbia, shall—
(1)
(A) pay the travel expenses of officers and employees of the Agency, including expenses incurred while traveling pursuant to authorized home leave;
(B) pay the travel expenses of members of the family of an officer or employee of the Agency when proceeding to or returning from his post of duty; accompanying him on authorized home leave; or otherwise traveling in accordance with authority granted pursuant to the terms of this chapter or any other Act;
(C) pay the cost of transporting the furniture and household and personal effects of an officer or employee of the Agency to his successive posts of duty and, on the termination of his services, to his residence at time of appointment or to a point not more distant, or, upon retirement, to the place where he will reside;
(D) pay the cost of packing and unpacking, transporting to and from a place of storage, and storing the furniture and household and personal effects of an officer or employee of the Agency, when he is absent from his post of assignment under orders, or when he is assigned to a post to which he cannot take or at which he is unable to use such furniture and household and personal effects, or when it is in the public interest or more economical to authorize storage; but in no instance shall the weight or volume of the effects stored together with the weight or volume of the effects transported exceed the m
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**(a) Establishment and Members.—** There is established an Aerospace Safety Advisory Panel consisting of a maximum of 9 members who shall be appointed by the Administrator for terms of 6 years each. Not more than 4 such members shall be chosen from among the officers and employees of the Administration.
**(b) Chairman.—** One member shall be designated by the Panel as its Chairman.
**(c) Duties.—** The Panel shall—
(1) review safety studies and operations plans referred to it, including evaluating the Administration’s compliance with the return-to-flight and continue-to-fly recommendations of the Columbia Accident Investigation Board, and make reports thereon;
(2) advise the Administrator and Congress with respect to—
(A) the hazards of proposed or existing facilities and proposed operations;
(B) the adequacy of proposed or existing safety standards; and
(C) management and culture related to safety; and
(3) perform such other duties as the Administrator may request.
**(d) Compensation and Expenses.—**
(1) **Compensation.—**
(A) *Federal officers and employees.—* — A member of the Panel who is an officer or employee of the Federal Government shall receive no compensation for the member’s services as such.
(B) *Members appointed from outside the federal government.—* — A member of the Panel appointed from outside the Federal Government shall receive compensation, at a rate not to exceed the per diem rate equivalent to the maximum rate payable under [section 5376 of title 5](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title5-section5376&num=0&edition=prelim), for each day the member is engaged in the actual performance of duties vested in the Panel.
(2) **Expenses.—** — A member of the Panel shall be allowed necessary travel expense
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TITLE 5—GOVERNMENT ORGANIZATION AND EMPLOYEES
§ 5730
(2) the public interest requires the return of
the immediate family for compelling personal
reasons of a humanitarian or compassionate
nature, such as may involve physical or men-
tal health, death of a member of the imme-
diate family, or obligation imposed by author-
ity or circumstances over which the individual
has no control.
(b) Under regulations prescribed under section
5738 of this title, an agency shall reimburse from
its appropriations an employee whose post of
duty is outside the continental United States for
the proper transportation expenses of returning
his immediate family and his household goods
and personal effects to the United States,
when—
(1) their return was made at the expense of
the employee before his return and for other
than reasons of public interest; and
(2) he acquires eligibility for those transpor-
tation expenses.
(c) This section does not apply to appropria-
tions for the Foreign Service of the United
States.
(Pub. L. 89–554, Sept. 6, 1966, 80 Stat. 505; Pub. L.
104–201, div. A, title XVII, § 1723(b)(1), Sept. 23,
1996, 110 Stat. 2759; Pub. L. 105–264, § 6(9), Oct. 19,
1998, 112 Stat. 2356.)
HISTORICAL AND REVISION NOTES
Derivation
U.S. Code
Revised Statutes and
Statutes at Large
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5 U.S.C. 73b–3(a) (5th
and 6th provisos).
Aug. 31, 1954, ch. 1155 (less
1st proviso), 68 Stat. 1008.
The first 14 words of subsections (a) and (b), and sub-
section (c), are added on authority of former section
73b–3(a) (less 3d–6th provisos), which is carried into sec-
tion 5722. The words ‘‘household effects’’ and ‘‘house-
hold goods’’ in the 5th and 6th provisos of former sec-
tion 73b–3(a) are changed to ‘‘household goods and per-
sonal effects’’ for
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