Chapter 457. To regulate subsistence expenses of civilian officers and employees while absent from their designated posts of duty on official business
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CHAP. 457.— An Act To regulate subsistence expenses of civilian officers and employees while absent from their designated posts of duty on official business.June 3, 1926.[[H. R. 7889](/us/bill/69/hr/7889).][[Public, No. 328](/us/pl/69/328).] *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*,Subsistence Expense Alt of 1926. That this Act may be cited as the “Subsistence Expense Act of 1926.” 689 Sec. 2. When used in this Act—Meaning of terms.
The term “departments and establishments” means any executive“Departments and establishments?” department independent commission, board, bureau, office, agency, or other establishment of the Government, including the municipal government of the District of Columbia. The term “ subsistence ” means lodging, meals, and other necessary“Subsistence.” expenses incidental to the personal sustenance or comfort of the traveler. The term “ actual expenses ” means the actual amounts necessarily“Actual expenses.” expended by the traveler for subsistence and itemized in accounts for reimbursement.
The term “per diem allowance” means a daily flat rate of payment“ Per diem allowance.” in lieu of actual expenses. Sec. 3. Civilian, officers and employees of the departments andActual expenses allowed civilians traveling on official business away from posts. establishments while traveling on official business and away from their designated posts of duty shall be allowed their actual necessary expenses in an amount not to exceed $7 each for any one calendar day. Sec. 4. The heads of departments and establishments, in lieu ofPer diem allowance instead of actual expenses. the actual expenses authorized by section 3. may prescribe a per diem allowance not to exceed $6 for any one calendar day or portions thereof for absences of less than twenty-four hours.
Sec. 5. Civilian officers and employees of the departments andActual expense allowance to civilians traveling outside United States. establishments while traveling on official business beyond the limits of the continental United States shall be allowed their actual expenses in an amount to be prescribed by the heads of departments and establishments not to exceed an average of $8 per day during the travel, exclusive of absence on leave. Actual expenses and per diem allowance under this section forRates for travel with-in continental United States. any travel performed within the limits of continental United States shall be in accordance with the rates prescribed in sections 3 and 4 of this Act.
Sec. 6. The heads of departments and establishments may prescribePer diem instead of actual expenses. a per diem allowance of not to exceed $7, in lieu of the actual expenses authorized by section 5. Sec. 7. The allowance and payment of actual expenses and theRegulations to be promulgated. fixing and payment of per diem allowance, or portions thereof, shall be in accordance with regulations which shall be promulgated by the heads of departments and establishments and which shall be standardized as far as practicable and shall not be effective until approved by the President of the United States.
Sec. 8. The heads of departments and establishments, under regulationsAdvances permitted to arsons entitled. which shall be prescribed by the Secretary of the Treasury for the protection of the United States, may advance through the proper disbursing officers from applicable appropriations to any person entitled to actual expenses or per diem allowance under this Act such sums as may be deemed advisable considering the character and probable duration of the travel to be performed.
Any sums soRecovery. advanced shall be recovered from the person to whom advanced, or his estate, by deduction from any amount due from the United States or by such other legal method of recovery as may be necessary. Sec. 9. All laws or parts of laws which are inconsistent with or in conflict with the provisions of this Act except such laws or partsRepeal or modification of inconsistent laws. of law as specially fix or now permit rates higher than the maxi-mum rates established in this Act are hereby repealed or modified only to the extent of such inconsistency or conflict.
Sec. 10. This Act shall not be construed to modify or repeal theTraveling expenses of the President, and specific mileage and subsistence rates, not affected. Act providing for the traveling expenses of the President of the United States or any Acts (including appropriations for the fiscal 690 year 1927) specifically fixing or permitting mileage rates for travel and/or subsistence expenses. Sec. 11.Per diem to railway postal clerks, not affected. This Act shall not be construed to modify or repeal the per diem travel allowances granted railway postal clerks, acting railway postal clerks, and substitute railway postal clerks in section 7, Title I, of the Act approved February 28, 1925 (Forty-third Statutes, page 1062).
Sec. 12.Inconsistent provisions of appropriations for fiscal year 1927, modified. Appropriations for the fiscal year 1927 which contain specific rates of actual expenses or per diem allowance inconsistent with the rates permitted by this Act are hereby modified to the extent required to permit the application of the provisions of this Act to such appropriations. Sec. 13.Effective July 1,192th increases not to incur deficiency. This Act shall take effect on July 1, 1926, but any increases deemed necessary to be made in the rates of actual expenses or per diem allowance under the authority of this Act shall not be authorized by heads of departments and establishments to the extent of incurring a deficiency in appropriations available for the payment thereof during the fiscal year 1927.
Approved, June 3, 1926.