[Congressional Bills 114th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1193 Introduced in House (IH)]

114th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 1193

 To prohibit any reduction in the amount of the per diem allowance to 
 which members of the uniformed services or civilian employees of the 
 Department of Defense are entitled based on the duration of temporary 
      duty assignments or official travel, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             March 2, 2015

 Mr. Kilmer (for himself, Mr. Jones, Ms. Norton, Mr. Takai, Ms. Titus, 
 Mr. Vargas, Ms. Gabbard, Mr. Higgins, Mr. Bishop of Utah, Ms. Kuster, 
 Mr. Connolly, Mr. Rangel, Mr. McGovern, Mr. Meehan, Mr. Norcross, Ms. 
Pingree, Mr. LoBiondo, Mr. Tonko, Mr. Cole, Mr. Cartwright, Mr. Beyer, 
    Mr. Scott of Virginia, Mr. Peters, Mr. Pocan, and Mr. Brady of 
Pennsylvania) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
   Committee on Armed Services, and in addition to the Committee on 
   Oversight and Government Reform, for a period to be subsequently 
   determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such 
 provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned

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                                 A BILL


 
 To prohibit any reduction in the amount of the per diem allowance to 
 which members of the uniformed services or civilian employees of the 
 Department of Defense are entitled based on the duration of temporary 
      duty assignments or official travel, and for other purposes.

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

SECTION 1. PROHIBITION ON PER DIEM ALLOWANCE REDUCTIONS BASED ON THE 
              DURATION OF TEMPORARY DUTY ASSIGNMENT OR CIVILIAN TRAVEL 
              .

    (a) Members of the Uniformed Services.--Section 474(d)(3) of title 
37, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following 
new sentence: ``The Secretaries concerned shall not alter the amount of 
the per diem allowance, or the maximum amount of reimbursement, for a 
locality based on the duration of the temporary duty assignment of a 
member of the uniformed services in the locality.''.
    (b) Civilian Employees.--Section 5702(a)(2) of title 5, United 
States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following new 
sentence: ``The Secretary of the Department of Defense shall not alter 
the amount of the per diem allowance, or the maximum amount of 
reimbursement, for a locality based on the duration of the travel of an 
employee of the Department in the locality.''.
    (c) Repeal of Policy and Regulations.--The policy, and any 
regulations issued pursuant to such policy, implemented by the 
Secretary of the Department of Defense on November 1, 2014, with 
respect to reductions in per diem allowances based on duration of 
temporary duty assignment or civilian travel shall have no force or 
effect.
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