[Federal Register Volume 59, Number 247 (Tuesday, December 27, 1994)]
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[FR Doc No: 94-31791]


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[Federal Register: December 27, 1994]


GENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION

 

Report to Congress on the Costs of Operating Privately Owned 
Vehicles

    Paragraph (b)(1) of Section 5707 of Title 5, United States Code, 
requires the Administrator of General Services to periodically 
investigate the cost to Government employees of operating privately 
owned vehicles (automobiles, airplanes, and motorcycles) while on 
official travel, to report the results of the investigations to 
Congress, and to publish the report in the Federal Register. This 
report is being published to comply with the requirements of the law.
    Dated: December 15, 1994.
Julia M. Stasch,
Acting Administrator of General Services.

Report to Congress

    Paragraph (b)(1) of Section 5707 of Title 5, United States Code, 
requires that the Administrator of General Services, in consultation 
with the Comptroller General of the United States, the Secretary of 
Defense, the Secretary of Transportation, and representatives of 
Government employee organizations, conduct periodic investigations of 
the cost of operating privately owned vehicles (automobiles, airplanes, 
and motorcycles) to Government employees while on official travel and 
report the results to Congress at least once a year. The law further 
requires that a determination of the average, actual cost per mile be 
made based on the results of the investigation. Such figures must be 
reported to Congress within 5 working days after the determination has 
been made.
    Pursuant to the requirements of 5 U.S.C. Sec. 5707(b)(1), the 
General Services Administration (GSA) conducted an investigation of the 
calendar year 1994 costs of operating privately owned automobiles, 
airplanes, and motorcycles and consulted with representatives of 
employee organizations, the Comptroller General, the Secretary of 
Defense, the Secretary of Transportation on the results. As required, 
GSA is reporting the results of the investigation and the cost per mile 
determination. GSA's cost studies show and I have determined the per-
mile operating costs of POV's to be 30.0 cents for automobiles, 88.5 
cents for airplanes, and 24.5 cents for motorcycles.
    I will issue a regulation to increase the current 25-cent rate for 
automobiles to 30 cents per mile, the current 45-cent rate for 
airplanes to 88.5 cents per mile, and the current 20-cent rate for 
motorcycles to 24.5 cents per mile.
    This report on the cost of operating privately owned vehicles will 
be published in the Federal Register.
[FR Doc. 94-31791 Filed 12-23-94; 8:45 am]
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