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G. To Amend Section 7 of the Administrative Expenses Act of

1946, as Amended

(74 Stat. 327)

This act was the result of the enactment of S. 3485, 86th Congress. It was approved on July 5, 1960, as Public Law 587, 86th Congress. The text of the act appears in volume 74, Statutes at Large, page 327. Its provisions have been codified as 5 U.S.C. 5722, 5723, 5728, 5729.

LEGISLATIVE HISTORY OF PUBLIC LAW 587, 86TH CONGRESS

1. CONGRESSIONAL RECORD REFERENCES TO DEBATES, ETC.

(Page citations are to vol. 106, Congressional Record)

S. 3485 to amend section 7 of the Administrative Expenses Act of 1946, as amended, to provide for the payment of travel and transportation cost for persons selected for appointment to certain positions in the United States, and for other purposes. Mr. McClellan; Committee on Government Operations, 9498. Reported (S. Rept. 1584), 12608. Passed Senate, 13205. Passed House (in lieu of H.R. 12273), 14251. Examined and signed, 14483, 14644. Presented to the President, 14541. Approved (Public Law 587), 15751.

H.R. 12273-To amend section 7 of the Administrative Expenses Act of 1946, as amended, to provide for the payment of travel and transportation cost for persons selected for appointment to certain. positions in the United States and for other purposes.

Mr. Kilgore; Committee on Government Operations, 10482.-Reported with amendment (H. Rept. 1879), 12749.-Laid on the table (S. 3485 passed in lieu), 14251.

2. SERIAL NUMBERS TO BOUND VOLUMES OF CONGRESSIONAL REPORTS RELATING TO PUBLIC LAW 587, 86TH CONGRESS

House Report 1879, 86th Congress, 12247.
Senate Report 1584, 86th Congress, 12236.

3. CONGRESSIONAL HEARINGS RELATING TO PUBLIC LAW 587, 86TH

CONGRESS

House Committee on Government Operations, 86th Congress. Travel Payments for Persons Selected for Appointment to Certain Government Positions, June 8, 1960, on H.R. 12273.

AN ACT

To amend section 7 of the Administrative Expenses Act of 1946, as amended, to provide for the payment of travel and transportation cost for persons selected for appointment to certain positions in the United States, and for other purposes.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That subsections Federal (b) to (d), inclusive, of section 7 of the Administrative Expenses Act appointees. of 1946 (60 Stat. 808, as amended, 5 U.S.C. 73b-3) are amended to read Travel costs. as follows:

"(b) Appropriations for the departments shall be available in accordance with regulations prescribed by the President, for expenses of travel of persons appointed, and of student trainees when promoted upon completion of college work, to positions in the United States for which there is determined by the Civil Service Commission to be a manpower shortage, and for expenses of transportation of their immediate families and their household goods and personal effects and for advances of funds to the extent authorized by section 1 (a) and (b) of this Act, from their places of actual residence at time of selection or promotion to their duty station. Travel and transportation expenses shall not be paid upon promotion of a student trainee after 74 STAT. 327. completion of college work if such expenses were paid upon his ap- 74 STAT. 328. pointment as a student trainee. Such travel expenses may include per diem and mileage allowance as provided for civilian officers and em

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ployees by the Travel Expense Act of 1949, as amended. Travel and 63 Stat. 166. transportation expenses may be allowed whether the person selected 5 USC 835 note. has been appointed or not at the time of such travel. However, the travel and transportation expenses authorized by this subsection shall not be allowed unless the person selected or promoted shall agree writing to remain in the Government service for twelve months following his appointment or promotion unless separated for reasons beyond his control and acceptable to the department or agency concerned. In case of violation of such agreement, any moneys expended by the United States on account of such travel and transportation shall be recoverable from the individual concerned as a debt due the United States.

"(c) The authority of the Civil Service Commission to determine for purposes of this Act positions for which there is a manpower shortage shall not be delegated.

"(d) Nothing contained in this section shall impair or otherwise affect the authority of any department under existing law to pay travel and transportation expenses of persons designated in subsection (b) hereof."

SEC. 2. This Act shall take effect as of August 25, 1960.
Approved July 5, 1960.

Effective date.

H. To Add, Inter Alia, Section 22 to the Administrative Expenses Act of 1946, as Amended

(74 Stat. 792)

This act was the result of the enactment of H.R. 7758, 86th Congress. It was approved on September 6, 1960, as Public Law 86-707, 86th Congress. The text of the act appears in volume 74, Statutes at Large, page 792. Its provisions amend 5 U.S.C. 5913 (b) (1) (2), 5724-5727; 5913(b)(1) 22 U.S.C. 287e.

LEGISLATIVE HISTORY OF PUBLIC LAW 707, 86TH CONGRESS

1. CONGRESSIONAL RECORD REFERENCES TO DEBATES, ETC.

(Page citations are to vol. 105, Congressional Record)

H.R. 7758: To improve the administration of overseas activities of the Government of the United States. Mr. Morrison; Committee on Post Office and Civil Service, 10998. Reported with amendment (H. Rept. 902), 15916. Debated, 18432. Rules suspended, amended and passed House, 18589. Referred to Senate Committee on Post Office and Civil Service, 18702.

(Page citations are to vol. 106, Congressional Record)

Reported with amendments (S. Rept. 1647), 13703. Passed over, 14670. Amended and passed Senate, 15666. House concurs in Senate amendment, 17863. Examined and signed, 18482, 18920. Presented to President, 18921. Approved (Public Law 707), 19166.

2. SERIAL NUMBERS TO BOUND VOLUMES OF CONGRESSIONAL REPORTS RELATING TO PUBLIC LAW 707, 86TH CONGRESS

House Report 902, 86th Congress, 12163.

Senate Report 1647, 86th Congress, 2236.

3. CONGRESSIONAL HEARINGS RELATING TO PUBLIC LAW 707,
86TH CONGRESS

Senate Committee on Post Office and Civil Service, 86th Congress: Providing uniformity in oversea differentials and rotation of civilian employees in oversea posts, June 2, 1960, on H.R. 7758 and H.R. 10695.

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To improve the administration of overseas activities of the Government of the
United States, and for other purposes.

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Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That titles I to V, Overseas Difinclusive, of this Act may be cited as the "Overseas Differentials and ferententials

Allowances Act".

TITLE I-PURPOSE AND DEFINITIONS

PART A-PURPOSE

SEC. 101. The Congress hereby declares that it is the purpose of this Act to improve and strengthen the administration of overseas activities of the Government by

(1) providing a means for more effectively compensating Government employees for the extra costs and hardships incident to their assignments overseas,

(2) providing for the uniform treatment of Government employees stationed overseas to the extent justified by relative conditions of employment,

(3) establishing the basis for the more efficient and equitable administration of the laws compensating Government employees for the extra costs and hardships incident to their assignments overseas, and

(4) facilitating for the Government the recruitment and retention of the best qualified personnel for civilian service over

seas.

PART B-DEFINITIONS

SEC. 111. As used in this title, title II, and section 522 of title V, the term

(1) "Government" means the Government of the United States of America;

(2) "Government agency" means (A) each executive department of the Government, (B) each independent establishment or agency in the executive branch of the Government, including each corporation wholly owned (either directly or through one or more corporations) by the Government, (C) the General Accounting Office, and (D) the Library of Congress;

(3) "Employee" means an individual employed in the civilian service of a Government agency and more specifically defined in regulations prescribed by the President, but including ambassadors, ministers, and officers of the Foreign Service of the United States under the Department of State;

(4) "United States", when used in a geographical sense, means the several States of the United States of America and the District of Columbia:

(5) "Continental United States" means the several States of the United States of America, excluding Alaska and Hawaii but including the District of Columbia; and

(6) "Foreign area" means any area (including the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands) situated outside the United States, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the Canal Zone, and the possessions of the United States.

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and Allowances

Act.

74 STAT. 793.

TITLE II—ALLOWANCES AND DIFFERENTIALS IN
FOREIGN AREAS

PART A-GENERAL PROVISIONS

SEC. 201. Notwithstanding section 1765 of the Revised Statutes (5 U.S.C. 70), the allowances and differentials provided by this title are authorized for and may be granted only to an employee officially stationed in a foreign area unless otherwise provided in this title who is a citizen of the United States, and

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(2) whose rate of basic compensation is fixed by statute or, without taking into consideration the allowance and differentials provided by this title, is fixed by administrative action pursuant to law or is fixed administratively in conformity with rates paid by the Government for work of a comparable level of difficulty and responsibility in the continental United States,

except that such allowances and differentials may be paid to an employee officially stationed in a foreign area who is not a citizen of the United States to the extent that the payment of such allowances and differentials to such noncitizen employee is authorized by any provision of law other than this title.

SEC. 202. Allowances granted under this title may be paid in advance, or advance of funds may be made therefor, through the proper disbursing officer in such sums as may be deemed advisable in consideration of the need and the period of time during which expenditures must be made in advance by the employee or employees. Any advance of funds not subsequently covered by allowances accrued to the employee or employees under this title shall be recoverable by the Government by setoff against accrued salary, pay, compensation, amount of retirement credit, or other amount due from the Government to such employee or employees and by such other method as may be provided by law for the recovery of amounts owing to the Govern

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The head of the Government agency concerned may, in accordance with regulations of the President, waive in whole or in part any right of recovery under this section, if it is shown that such recovery would be against equity and good conscience or against the public interest. SEC. 203. The allowances and differentials authorized by this title shall be paid in accordance with regulations prescribed by the President establishing rules governing payments thereof and the respective rates at which such payments shall be made, the foreign areas, the groups of positions, and the categories of employees to which such rates shall apply, and other related matters.

PART B-QUARTERS ALLOWANCES

SEC. 211. Whenever Government-owned or Government-rented quarters are not provided without charge for an employee in a foreign area, one or more of the following quarters allowances may be granted to such employee where applicable:

(1) A temporary lodging allowance for the reasonable cost of temporary quarters incurred by the employee and his family (A) for a period not in excess of three months after first arrival at a new post of assignment in a foreign area or a period ending with the Occupation of residence quarters, whichever shall be shorter, and (B) for a period of not more than one month immediately preceding final departure from the post subsequent to the necessary evacuation of residence quarters;

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