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[CITE: 5USC5703]

 
             TITLE 5--GOVERNMENT ORGANIZATION AND EMPLOYEES
 
                           PART III--EMPLOYEES
 
                      Subpart D--Pay and Allowances
 
           CHAPTER 57--TRAVEL, TRANSPORTATION, AND SUBSISTENCE
 
    SUBCHAPTER I--TRAVEL AND SUBSISTENCE EXPENSES; MILEAGE ALLOWANCES
 
Sec. 5703. Per diem, travel, and transportation expenses; 
        experts and consultants; individuals serving without pay
        
    An employee serving intermittently in the Government service as an 
expert or consultant and paid on a daily when-actually-employed basis, 
or serving without pay or at $1 a year, may be allowed travel or 
transportation expenses, under this subchapter, while away from his home 
or regular place of business and at the place of employment or service.

(Pub. L. 89-554, Sept. 6, 1966, 80 Stat. 499; Pub. L. 91-114, Sec. 2, 
Nov. 10, 1969, 83 Stat. 190; Pub. L. 94-22, Sec. 4, May 19, 1975, 89 
Stat. 85.)

                      Historical and Revision Notes
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                                                    Revised Statutes and
     Derivation                U.S. Code             Statutes at Large
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                     5 U.S.C. 73b-2.               Aug. 2, 1946, ch.
                                                    744, Sec.  5, 60
                                                    Stat. 808.
                     ............................  July 28, 1955, ch.
                                                    424, Sec.  2, 69
                                                    Stat. 394.
                     ............................  Aug. 14, 1961, Pub.
                                                    L. 87-139, Secs.  2,
                                                    8(b), 75 Stat. 339,
                                                    340.
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    Subsection (a) is added on authority of section 18 of the Act of 
Aug. 2, 1946, ch. 744, 60 Stat. 811.
    In subsection (b), the words ``in lieu of subsistence'' are omitted 
as unnecessary in view of the definition of ``per diem allowance'' in 
section 5701(4). The words ``this subchapter'' are substituted for ``the 
Standardized Government Travel Regulations, Subsistence Expense Act of 
1926, as amended (5 U.S.C. 821-833) and the Act of February 14, 1931, as 
amended by this Act'' as the Subsistence Expense Act of 1926 and the Act 
of February 14, 1931, were repealed by section 9(a) of the Travel 
Expense Act of 1949, 63 Stat. 167, part of which appeared in former 
section 842 and is carried into section 5708, and as the authority for 
the Standardized Government Travel Regulations in former section 840 is 
carried into section 5707.
    In subsection (c), the words ``this subchapter'' are substituted for 
``said regulations and said Act of February 14, 1931, as so amended'' as 
the Act of February 14, 1931, was repealed by section 9(a) of the Travel 
Expense Act of 1949, 63 Stat. 167, part of which appeared in former 
section 842 and is carried into section 5708, and as the authority for 
the Standardized Government Travel Regulations in former section 840 is 
carried into section 5707. The words ``in lieu of subsistence'' are 
omitted as unnecessary in view of the definition of ``per diem 
allowance'' in section 5701(4).
    In subsection (d), the words ``Under regulations prescribed under 
section 5707 of this title'' are substituted for ``in accordance with 
regulations promulgated by the Director, Bureau of the Budget, pursuant 
to section 840 of this title''.
    Standard changes are made to conform with the definitions applicable 
and the style of this title as outlined in the preface to the report.


                               Amendments

    1975--Pub. L. 94-22 struck out separate provisions for per diem 
allowances of employees serving as experts, consultants, or serving 
without pay or at $1 a year.
    1969--Subsec. (c)(1). Pub. L. 91-114 increased the per diem 
allowance for travel inside continental United States from not to exceed 
the rate of $16 to not to exceed the rate of $25.
    Subsec. (d). Pub. L. 91-114 in cl. (1) increased amount authorized 
to be named in travel authorization for each day in a travel status 
inside continental United States from not to exceed $30 to not to exceed 
$40, and in cl. (2) increased amount authorized to be named in travel 
authorization for each day in a travel status outside continental United 
States from not to exceed maximum per diem allowance plus $10 to not to 
exceed the maximum per diem allowance plus $18.

                  Section Referred to in Other Sections

    This section is referred to in sections 593, 5304, 5702, 7119, 8474 
of this title; title 2 sections 175, 352, 475, 1108, 1723; title 7 
sections 87j, 499t, 1388, 1505, 1736bb, 2233, 3128, 5331, 5843, 5853, 
6204, 6518, 7317; title 10 sections 1464, 2006; title 12 sections 1701j-
2, 1701y, 1749bbb-1, 1834a, 3013; title 15 sections 637, 652, 1275, 
1341, 4102, 4105, 4603; title 16 sections 1a-2, 410cc-31, 410nn-3, 
410pp-4, 410tt-4, 410ww-21, 410yy-8, 410bbb-5, 410ccc-22, 450jj-6, 
460ss-2, 460ss-3, 460zz-2, 460kkk, 469j, 583j-1, 698u-5, 839b, 972a, 
1105, 1157, 1401, 1403, 1447b, 1536, 1537a, 1604, 2443, 3181, 4004, 
5404, 5803; title 18 section 4351; title 19 sections 1903, 2171; title 
20 sections 80q-3, 80q-10, 929, 955, 957, 959, 1098, 1134a, 1505, 2012, 
2106, 3602, 3701, 4412, 4414, 4513, 4710, 5508, 5608, 5708, 5822, 6031, 
9105, 9175; title 21 sections 355, 360c, 360d, 360e, 360j, 379e, 679a, 
1115, 1303, 1544, 1908; title 22 sections 287o, 287q, 290f, 290h-5, 
1465c, 1471, 1474, 1622c, 2102, 2103, 2351, 2456, 2581, 2672b, 2903, 
2905, 3106, 3507, 3617, 4110, 4605, 4902, 6203, 6204; title 24 section 
415; title 25 sections 305, 3006, 3505; title 28 sections 594, 2077; 
title 29 sections 656, 765, 772, 774, 782, 792, 794b, 1142, 1302, 2634; 
title 30 sections 663, 812, 1315, 1903; title 31 section 751; title 33 
sections 426, 857-16, 1320, 2073, 2251, 2732; title 35 section 5; title 
36 sections 2101, 2302, 152403; title 40 sections 333, 486, 822, 872, 
1106; title 41 sections 46, 422; title 42 sections 210, 242l, 242q-1, 
254j, 300j-5, 300v, 300aa-19, 903, 1108, 1314, 1320a-1, 1870, 1873, 
2210, 2473, 2495, 3015, 3211, 3535, 3609, 3788, 4025, 4768, 4914, 5404, 
5651, 5661, 6007, 6614, 6632, 7234, 7417, 9511, 10163, 10265, 12314, 
12374, 12619, 12851, 13458, 14195; title 44 sections 2104, 2503, 3318; 
title 46 sections 4508, 9307, 13110; title 46 App. section 1295b; title 
47 section 394; title 49 sections 106, 325, 44508, 60115; title 50 
section 98h-1; title 50 App. sections 1989b-5, 2160.
