[Congressional Bills 116th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2544 Introduced in House (IH)]

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116th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 2544

To amend title 31, United States Code, to clarify that, during a lapse 
  in appropriations beginning on or after October 1, 2020, positions 
   relating to providing services for paying or reimbursing Federal 
  employees for official travel are excepted services under the Anti-
                Deficiency Act, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              May 7, 2019

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

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                                 A BILL


 
To amend title 31, United States Code, to clarify that, during a lapse 
  in appropriations beginning on or after October 1, 2020, positions 
   relating to providing services for paying or reimbursing Federal 
  employees for official travel are excepted services under the Anti-
                Deficiency Act, 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. DESIGNATING TRAVEL REIMBURSEMENT SERVICES AS EXCEPTED 
              SERVICES UNDER THE ANTI-DEFICIENCY ACT.

    (a) In General.--Section 1342 of title 31, United States Code, is 
amended--
            (1) by striking ``An officer'' and inserting ``(1) An 
        officer''; and
            (2) by adding at the end the following:
    ``(2) Any services by an officer or employee relating to paying or 
reimbursing Federal employees for official travel expenses shall be 
deemed, for purposes of paragraph (1), services for emergencies 
involving the safety of human life or the protection of property.''.
    (b) Application.--The amendments made by subsection (a) shall apply 
to any lapse in appropriations beginning on or after October 1, 2020.
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