[Congressional Record Volume 163, Number 148 (Wednesday, September 13, 2017)]
[Senate]
[Pages S5697-S5698]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 1043. Ms. HIRONO (for herself, Ms. Cantwell, Ms. Collins, Ms. 
Hassan, Mr. Kaine, Mr. King, Mrs. Murray, Mr. Rounds, Mr. Schatz, Mrs. 
Shaheen, and Mr. Warner) submitted an amendment intended to be proposed 
to amendment SA 1003 proposed by Mr. McCain (for himself and Mr. Reed) 
to the bill H.R. 2810, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2018 
for military activities of the Department of Defense, for military 
construction, and for defense activities of the Department of Energy, 
to prescribe military personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for 
other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

       At the end of subtitle D of title VI, add the following:

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

       (a) Members.--Section 474(d)(3) of title 37, United States 
     Code, is amended by adding at the end the following new 
     sentence: ``The Secretary of a military department shall not 
     alter the amount of the per diem allowance, or the maximum 
     amount of reimbursement,

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     for a locality based on the duration of the temporary duty 
     assignment in the locality of a member of the armed forces 
     under the jurisdiction of the Secretary.''.
       (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 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 in the locality of an employee of the 
     Department.''.
       (c) Repeals.--
       (1) Existing 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.
       (2) Attempted statutory fix.--Section 672 of the National 
     Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2017 (Public Law 
     114-328; 37 U.S.C. 474 note; 130 Stat. 2178) is repealed.
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