31 U.S.C. § 1345 — Expenses of meetings

Page 182 TITLE 31—MONEY AND FINANCE § 1345 § 219(a), Aug. 20, 1996, 110 Stat. 1747, provided that: ‘‘The Committee on House Oversight [now Committee on House Administration] of the House of Representatives shall take such action as may be necessary to carry out section 503 [set out above] with respect to vehicles of the House of Representatives.’’ § 1345. Expenses of meetings Except as specifically provided by law, an ap- propriation may not be used for travel, transpor- tation, and subsistence expenses for a meeting. This section does not prohibit— (1) an agency from paying the expenses of an officer or employee of the United States Gov- ernment carrying out an official duty; and (2) the Secretary of Agriculture from paying necessary expenses for a meeting called by the Secretary for 4–H Boys and Girls Clubs as part of the cooperative extension work of the De- partment of Agriculture. (Pub. L. 97–258, Sept. 13, 1982, 96 Stat. 925.) HISTORICAL AND REVISION NOTES Revised Section Source (U.S. Code) Source (Statutes at Large) 1345 ......... 31:551. Feb. 2, 1935, ch. 4, 49 Stat. 19. 31:552. June 17, 1935, ch. 271, 49 Stat. 387. In the section, before clause (1), the word ‘‘appropria- tion’’ is substituted for ‘‘no moneys from funds appro- priated for any purpose’’ in 31:551 for consistency in the revised title. The words ‘‘travel, transportation, and subsistence expenses for a meeting’’ are substituted for ‘‘the purpose of lodging, feeding, conveying, or fur- nishing transportation to, any conventions or other form of assemblage or gathering’’ to eliminate unneces- sary words. The words ‘‘to be held in the District of Co- lumbia or elsewhere’’ are omitted as unnecessary. In clause (1), the words ‘‘agency from paying’’ are substituted for ‘‘the payment of’’ for clarity and be- cause of section 101 of the revised title. Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries AVAILABILITY OF APPROPRIATIONS FOR EXPENSES OF ATTENDING MEETINGS Pub. L. 102–394, title V, § 505, Oct. 6, 1992, 106 Stat. 1825, provided that: ‘‘Appropriations contained in this Act or subsequent Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations Acts, available for salaries and ex- penses, shall be available for expenses of attendance at meetings which are concerned with the functions or ac- tivities for which the appropriation is made or which will contribute to improved conduct, supervision, or management of those functions or activities.’’ Similar provisions were contained in the following prior appropriation acts: Pub. L. 102–170, title V, § 505, Nov. 26, 1991, 105 Stat. 1141. Pub. L. 101–517, title V, § 505, Nov. 5, 1990, 104 Stat. 2221. Pub. L. 101–166, title V, § 505, Nov. 21, 1989, 103 Stat. 1189. Pub. L. 100–202, § 101(h) [title V, § 505], Dec. 22, 1987, 101 Stat. 1329–256, 1329–287. Pub. L. 99–500, § 101(i) [H.R. 5233, title V, § 505], Oct. 18, 1986, 100 Stat. 1783–287, and Pub. L. 99–591, § 101(i) [H.R. 5233, title V, § 505], Oct. 30, 1986, 100 Stat. 3341–287. Pub. L. 99–178, title V, § 505, Dec. 12, 1985, 99 Stat. 1132. Pub. L. 98–619, title V, § 505, Nov. 8, 1984, 98 Stat. 3333. Pub. L. 98–139, title V, § 505, Oct. 31, 1983, 97 Stat. 899. Pub. L. 97–377, title I, § 101(e)(1) [title V, § 505], Dec. 21, 1982, 96 Stat. 1878, 1904. § 1346. Commissions, councils, boards, and inter- agency and similar groups (a) Except as provided in this section— (1) public money and appropriations are not available to pay— (A) the pay or expenses of a commission, council, board, or similar group, or a mem- ber of that group; (B) expenses related to the work or the re- sults of work or action of that group; or (C) for the detail or cost of personal serv- ices of an officer or employee from an execu- tive agency in connection with that group; and (2) an accounting or disbursing official, ab- sent a special appropriation to pay the ac- count or charge, may not allow or pay an ac- count or charge related to that group. (b) Appropriations of an executive agency are available for the expenses of an interagency group conducting activities of interest common to executive agencies when the group includes a representative of the agency. The representa- tives receive no additional pay because of mem- bership in the group. An officer or employee of an executive agency not a representative of the group may not receive additional pay for pro- viding services for the group. (c) Subject to section 1347 of this title, this section does not apply to— (1) commissions, councils, boards, or similar groups authorized by law; (2) courts-martial or courts of inquiry of the armed forces; or (3) the contingent fund related to foreign re- lations at the disposal of the President. (Pub. L. 97–258, Sept. 13, 1982, 96 Stat. 925.) HISTORICAL AND REVISION NOTES Revised Section Source (U.S. Code) Source (Statutes at Large) 1346(a) ..... 31:672(1st sentence less words be- tween 4th and 5th commas). R.S. § 3681. 31:673(less words be- tween 11th comma and semi- colon). Mar. 4, 1909, ch. 299, § 9, 35 Stat. 1027. 1346(b) ..... 31:691. May 3, 1945, ch. 106, § 214, 59 Stat. 134. 1346(c) ..... 31:672(1st sentence words between 4th and 5th commas), (last sentence). 31:673(words be- tween 11th comma and semi- colon). In the section, the words ‘‘executive agency’’ are sub- stituted for ‘‘any executive department or other Gov- ernment establishment’’ for clarity and because of sec- tion 102 of the revised title. In subsection (a)(1), before subclause (A), the words ‘‘made by Congress’’ are omitted as surplus. In sub- clause (C), the words ‘‘the detail or cost of personal services of an officer’’ are substituted for ‘‘by detail, hereafter or heretofore made, or otherwise personal services’’ to eliminate unnecessary words and for clar- ity. In subsection (a)(2), the words ‘‘of the Government’’ are omitted as surplus. The words ‘‘absent a special ap- propriation’’ are substituted for ‘‘until special appro- priations shall have been made by law’’ to eliminate unnecessary words. In subsection (b), the words ‘‘On or after May 3, 1945’’ are omitted as executed. The words ‘‘interagency