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[CITE: 5USC5731]

 
             TITLE 5--GOVERNMENT ORGANIZATION AND EMPLOYEES
 
                           PART III--EMPLOYEES
 
                      Subpart D--Pay and Allowances
 
           CHAPTER 57--TRAVEL, TRANSPORTATION, AND SUBSISTENCE
 
   SUBCHAPTER II--TRAVEL AND TRANSPORTATION EXPENSES; NEW APPOINTEES, 
               STUDENT TRAINEES, AND TRANSFERRED EMPLOYEES
 
Sec. 5731. Expenses limited to lowest first-class rate

    (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, 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.

(Pub. L. 89-554, Sept. 6, 1966, 80 Stat. 506; Pub. L. 104-201, div. A, 
title XVII, Sec. 1723(b)(4), Sept. 23, 1996, 110 Stat. 2759; Pub. L. 
105-264, Sec. 6(10), Oct. 19, 1998, 112 Stat. 2356.)

                      Historical and Revision Notes
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                                                    Revised Statutes and
     Derivation                U.S. Code             Statutes at Large
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(a)................  5 U.S.C. 73b.                 Mar. 3, 1933, ch.
                                                    212, Sec.  10, 47
                                                    Stat. 1516.
                     ............................  Aug. 2, 1946, ch.
                                                    744, Sec.  6, 60
                                                    Stat. 808.
(b)................  5 U.S.C. 73e.                 May 28, 1938, ch.
                                                    289, Sec.  811, 52
                                                    Stat. 577.
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    In subsection (a), the words ``by or under authority of law'' are 
omitted as surplusage.
    In subsection (b), the words ``by or under authority of law'' are 
omitted as surplusage. The words ``after the date of the enactment of 
this Act'' are omitted as obsolete.
    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

    1998--Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 105-264 substituted ``Government'' for 
``United States''.
    1996--Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 104-201 substituted ``in accordance with 
regulations prescribed under section 5738 of this title'' for ``in 
accordance with regulations prescribed by the President''.


                    Effective Date of 1996 Amendment

    Amendment by Pub. L. 104-201 effective 180 days after Sept. 23, 
1996, see section 1725(a) of Pub. L. 104-201, set out as a note under 
section 5722 of this title.

                  Section Referred to in Other Sections

    This section is referred to in title 2 section 476; title 16 
sections 916l, 961, 971a, 971b, 2443, 3608, 3641, 5608, 5709; title 22 
sections 287e, 287r, 2024; title 42 sections 2477, 4277; title 50 
section 403e.
