[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 17 (Tuesday, January 27, 2004)]
[Notices]
[Page 3920]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 04-1599]


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GENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION


Maximum Per Diem Rates for Georgia; G-8 Summit

AGENCY: Office of Governmentwide Policy, General Services 
Administration (GSA).

ACTION: Notice of Per Diem Bulletin 04-2, temporarily revised 
continental United States (CONUS) per diem rates.

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SUMMARY: As a result of the G-8 Summit, lodging and meal rates have 
increased in Sea Island, St. Simons Island and Jekyll Island (Glynn 
County) and Savannah (Chatham County), Georgia. A special per diem rate 
has been established that will apply to claims for reimbursement 
covering travel during the period February 1, 2004, through August 1, 
2004, for U.S. Government employees and members of the uniformed 
services attending and/or participating in the G-8 Summit. The special 
per diem rate prescribed in bulletin 04-2 may be found at http://www.gsa.gov/perdiem.

DATES: This notice is effective from February 1, 2004, to August 15, 
2004, and applies to travel during the period of February 1 through 
August 1, 2004.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For clarification of content, contact 
Patrick McConnell, Office of Governmentwide Police, Travel Management 
Policy, at (202) 501-2362. Please cite Notice of Per Diem Bulletin 04-
2.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Title 5 United States Code, section 5702 
permits the Administrator of General Services to establish per diem 
rates for official travel within the continental United States. The 
head of an agency may request the establishment of a higher rate when 
special or unusual circumstances result in an extreme increase in 
subsistence costs for a temporary period. This higher rate temporarily 
changes the maximum per diem amounts announced in the Federal Register 
at 68 FR 52035, August 29, 2003, for the following locations:

State of Georgia

    Sea Island, St. Simons Island and Jekyll Island, including Glynn 
County. Savannah, including Chatham County.

    Dated: January 8, 2004.
Becky Rhodes,
Deputy Associate Administrator.
[FR Doc. 04-1599 Filed 1-26-04; 8:45 am]
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