5 U.S.C. § 5946 — Membership fees; expenses of attendance

Page 781 TITLE 5—GOVERNMENT ORGANIZATION AND EMPLOYEES § 5948 Executive Documents DELEGATION OF FUNCTIONS Authority of President under subsec. (a) of this sec- tion to make recommendations concerning meeting of losses sustained by employees and members of uni- formed services while serving in a foreign country due to appreciation of foreign currency in its relation to American dollar and under subsec. (d) of this section to report annually to Congress on expenditures made under subsec. (d) of this section, delegated to Secretary of the Treasury, see section 2 of Ex. Ord. No. 11609, July 22, 1971, 36 F.R. 13747, set out as a note under section 301 of Title 3, The President. [§ 5944. Repealed. Pub. L. 98–164, title I, § 127(b)(1), Nov. 22, 1983, 97 Stat. 1027] Section, Pub. L. 89–554, Sept. 6, 1966, 80 Stat. 513, au- thorized head of Executive department or military de- partment which maintained a permanent staff of em- ployees in foreign countries to pay burial expenses and expenses in connection with last illness and death of a native employee of his department in a country in which Secretary of State determined it was customary for employers to pay these expenses, and in foreign countries in which custom did not exist, on finding that immediate family of deceased was destitute, he could pay such of expenses as employee in charge of the office abroad in which deceased was employed consid- ered proper. See section 3968(a)(1) of Title 22, Foreign Relations and Intercourse. § 5945. Notary public commission expenses An employee as defined by section 2105 of this title or an individual employed by the govern- ment of the District of Columbia who is required to serve as a notary public in connection with the performance of official business is entitled to an allowance, established by the agency con- cerned, not in excess of the expense required to obtain the commission. Funds available to an agency concerned for personal services or gen- eral administrative expenses are available to carry out this section. (Pub. L. 89–554, Sept. 6, 1966, 80 Stat. 514.) HISTORICAL AND REVISION NOTES Derivation U.S. Code Revised Statutes and Statutes at Large .................. 5 U.S.C. 70a. July 11, 1956, ch. 554, § 1, 70 Stat. 519. .................. 5 U.S.C. 70b. July 11, 1956, ch. 554, § 2, 70 Stat. 520. In the first sentence, the words ‘‘to be incurred by them in order’’ are omitted as surplusage. The words ‘‘from and after January 1, 1955’’ are omitted as obso- lete. Standard changes are made to conform with the defi- nitions applicable and the style of this title as outlined in the preface to the report. § 5946. Membership fees; expenses of attendance at meetings; limitations Except as authorized by a specific appropria- tion, by express terms in a general appropria- tion, or by sections 4109 and 4110 of this title, ap- propriated funds may not be used for payment of— (1) membership fees or dues of an employee as defined by section 2105 of this title or an in- dividual employed by the government of the District of Columbia in a society or associa- tion; or (2) expenses of attendance of an individual at meetings or conventions of members of a soci- ety or association. This section does not prevent the use of appro- priations for the Department of Agriculture for expenses incident to the delivery of lectures, the giving of instructions, or the acquiring of infor- mation at meetings by its employees on subjects relating to the authorized work of the Depart- ment. (Pub. L. 89–554, Sept. 6, 1966, 80 Stat. 514.) HISTORICAL AND REVISION NOTES Derivation U.S. Code Revised Statutes and Statutes at Large .................. 5 U.S.C. 83. June 26, 1912, ch. 182, § 8, 37 Stat. 184. Mar. 4, 1913, ch. 145 (3d full par. on p. 854), 37 Stat. 854. The words ‘‘or by sections 4109 and 4110 of this title’’ are added on authority of former sections 2309 and 2318(b), which are carried into sections 4109 and 4110, re- spectively. In the last sentence, the words ‘‘This section does not’’ are substituted for ‘‘That nothing contained in the Act making appropriations to provide for the ex- penses of the Government of the District of Columbia for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, nineteen hun- dred and thirteen, and for other purposes, approved June twenty-sixth, nineteen hundred and twelve, shall be so construed as to’’ appearing in the Act of Mar. 4, 1913, 37 Stat. 854. Standard changes are made to conform with the defi- nitions applicable and the style of this title as outlined in the preface to the report. § 5947. Quarters, subsistence, and allowances for employees of the Corps of Engineers, Depart- ment of the Army, engaged in floating plant operations (a) An employee of the Corps of Engineers, De- partment of the Army, engaged in floating plant operations may be furnished quarters or subsist- ence, or both, on vessels, without charge, when the furnishing of the quarters or subsistence, or both, is determined to be equitable to the em- ployee concerned, and necessary in the public interest, in connection with such operations. (b) Notwithstanding section 5536 of this title, an employee entitled to the benefits of sub- section (a) of this section while on a vessel, may be paid, in place of these benefits, an allowance for quarters or subsistence, or both, when— (1) adverse weather conditions or similar cir- cumstances beyond the control of the em- ployee or the Corps of Engineers prevent transportation of the employee from shore to the vessel; or (2) quarters or subsistence, or both, are not available on the vessel while it is undergoing repairs. (c) The quarters or subsistence, or both, or al- lowance in place thereof, may be furnished or paid only under regulations prescribed by the Secretary of the Army. (Added Pub. L. 91–656, § 7(a), Jan. 8, 1971, 84 Stat. 1954.) § 5948. Physicians comparability allowances (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, and in order to recruit and retain highly