[Congressional Bills 111th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3934 Introduced in House (IH)]

111th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 3934

  To amend title 5, United States Code, to require at least biennial 
review of the per diem allowances and the maximum reimbursement amounts 
established for official travel by Federal employees to localities that 
   include, or that are adjacent to localities that include, certain 
                        military installations.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            October 27, 2009

  Mr. Coble introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
              Committee on Oversight and Government Reform

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                                 A BILL


 
  To amend title 5, United States Code, to require at least biennial 
review of the per diem allowances and the maximum reimbursement amounts 
established for official travel by Federal employees to localities that 
   include, or that are adjacent to localities that include, certain 
                        military installations.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. PERIODIC REVIEW OF CERTAIN PER DIEM ALLOWANCES AND MAXIMUM 
              REIMBURSEMENT AMOUNTS.

    (a) In General.--Section 5707 of title 5, United States Code, is 
amended by adding at the end the following:
    ``(d)(1) Notwithstanding any other provision of this section, the 
Administrator of General Services shall, at least every 2 years, 
conduct periodic investigations to review per diem allowances and 
maximum reimbursement amounts under section 5702 for covered 
localities.
    ``(2) Based on the results of each investigation under paragraph 
(1), the Administrator shall determine the appropriate per diem 
allowances and maximum reimbursement amounts for covered localities.
    ``(3) The Administrator shall report the respective allowances and 
amounts determined under this subsection to Congress not later than 5 
days after the Administrator makes a determination under paragraph (2). 
Each such report shall be printed in the Federal Register.
    ``(4) The per diem allowances and maximum reimbursement amounts 
that apply with respect to covered localities under regulations 
prescribed under this subsection shall be adjusted no earlier than 30 
days following the submission of each report under paragraph (3).
    ``(5) For purposes of this subsection--
            ``(A) the term `covered locality' means a locality (as 
        referred to in section 5702(a)(2)) that includes, or is 
        adjacent to a locality that includes, a military installation 
        described in subparagraph (B);
            ``(B) a military installation described in this 
        subparagraph is any military installation, as defined in 
        section 2801(c) of title 10, within the continental United 
        States; and
            ``(C) 2 localities shall be considered adjacent to one 
        another if any part of one locality is within 50 miles of any 
        part of the other locality.''.
    (b) Effective Date.--The Administrator of General Services shall 
issue regulations setting forth adjusted per diem allowances and 
maximum reimbursement rates, in accordance with the amendment made by 
subsection (a), beginning not later than the close of the fiscal year 
next beginning after the date of the enactment of this Act.
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