[Congressional Record Volume 164, Number 96 (Monday, June 11, 2018)]
[Senate]
[Page S3638]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 2662. Mr. WARNER (for himself, Mr. Kaine, and Ms. Collins) 
submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by him to the bill H.R. 
5515, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2019 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 appropriate place, insert the following:

     SEC. ___. REIMBURSEMENT OF FEDERAL EMPLOYEES FOR FEDERAL, 
                   STATE AND LOCAL INCOME TAXES INCURRED DURING 
                   TRAVEL, TRANSPORTATION, AND RELOCATION.

       (a) In General.--5724b of title 5, United States Code, is 
     amended--
       (1) in the section heading by striking ``of employees 
     transferred'';
       (2) in subsection (a)--
       (A) in the first sentence, by striking ``employee, or by an 
     employee and such employee's spouse (if filing jointly), for 
     any moving or storage'' and inserting ``individual, or by an 
     individual and such individual's spouse (if filing jointly), 
     for any travel, transportation, and relocation''; and
       (B) in the second sentence, by striking ``employee'' and 
     inserting ``individual, or the individual''; and
       (3) by striking subsection (b) and inserting the following:
       ``(b) For purposes of this section, the term `travel, 
     transportation, and relocation expenses' means all travel, 
     transportation, and relocation expenses reimbursed or 
     furnished in kind pursuant to subchapter II of this chapter 
     or chapter 41.''.
       (b) Technical and Conforming Amendment.--The table of 
     sections for chapter 57 of title 5, United States Code, is 
     amended by striking the item relating to section 5724b and 
     inserting the following:

``5724b. Taxes on reimbursements for travel, transportation, and 
              relocation expenses.''.
       (c) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this section 
     shall--
       (1) take effect on the date of enactment of this Act; and
       (2) apply to travel, transportation, or relocation expenses 
     incurred on or after the date of enactment of this Act.
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