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[CITE: 10USC1591]

 
                         TITLE 10--ARMED FORCES
 
                    Subtitle A--General Military Law
 
                           PART II--PERSONNEL
 
                     CHAPTER 81--CIVILIAN EMPLOYEES
 
Sec. 1591. Reimbursement for travel and transportation expenses 
        when accompanying Members of Congress
        
    (a) Subject to subsection (b), the Secretary concerned may authorize 
reimbursement to a civilian employee who is accompanying a Member of 
Congress or a congressional employee on official travel for actual 
travel and transportation expenses incurred for such travel.
    (b) The allowance provided in subsection (a) may be paid--
        (1) at a rate that does not exceed the rate approved for 
    official congressional travel; and
        (2) only when the travel of the member is directed or approved 
    by the Secretary concerned.

    (c) In this section:
        (1) The term ``Member of Congress'' means a member of the Senate 
    or the House of Representatives, a Delegate to the House of 
    Representatives, and the Resident Commissioner from Puerto Rico.
        (2) The term ``congressional employee'' means an employee of a 
    Member of Congress or an employee of Congress.
        (3) The term ``Secretary concerned'' includes the Secretary of 
    Defense with respect to civilian employees of the Department of 
    Defense other than a military department.

(Added Pub. L. 100-180, div. A, title VI, Sec. 617(b)(1), Dec. 4, 1987, 
101 Stat. 1097.)


                             Effective Date

    Section 617(c) of Pub. L. 100-180 provided that: ``Subsection (h) of 
section 404 of title 37, United States Code (as added by subsection 
(a)), and section 1591 of title 10, United States Code (as added by 
subsection (b)), shall apply with respect to travel performed after the 
date of the enactment of this Act [Dec. 4, 1987].''
