PUBLIC LAW 103-270—JUNE 30, 1994 108 STAT. 733 to an independent counsel's expenditures, personnel, or administrative acts or arrangements without the authorization of the independent coiuisel. "(3) OFFICE SPACE.—The Administrator of General Services, in consultation Vidth the Director of the Administrative Office of the United States Courts, shall promptly provide appropriate office space for each independent coimsel. Such office space shall be within a Federal building unless the Administrator of General Services determines that other arrangements would cost less. Until such office space is provided, the Administrative Office of the United States Courts shall provide newly appointed independent counsels immediately upon appointment with appropriate, temporary office space, equipment, and supplies.", (b) INDEPENDENT COUNSEL PER DIEM EXPENSES.—Section 594(b) of title 28, United States Code, is amended— (1) by striking "(b) COMPENSATION. —An" and inserting the following: "(b) COMPENSATION. — "(1) IN GENERAL.—An"; and (2) by adding at the end the following new paragraphs: "(2) TRAVEL EXPENSES. — Except as provided in paragraph (3), an independent counsel and persons appointed under subsection (c) shall be entitled to the payment of travel expenses as provided by subchapter I of chapter 57 of title 5, United States Code, including travel, per diem, and subsistence expenses in accordance with section 5703 of title 5. " (3) TRAVEL TO PRIMARY OFFICE.— "(A) IN GENERAL.— After 1 year of service under this chapter, an independent coiuisel and persons appointed under subsection (c) shall not be entitled to the payment of travel, per diem, or subsistence expenses under subchapter I of chapter 57 of title 5, United States Code, for the purpose of commuting to or from the city in which the primary office of the independent counsel or person is located. The 1-year period may be extended by 6 months if the employee assigned duties tinder subsection (l)(l)(A)(iii) certifies that the payment is in the public interest to carry out the purposes of this chapter. "(B) RELEVANT FACTORS.—In making any certification under this paragraph with respect to travel and subsistence expenses of an independent counsel or person appointed under subsection (c), such employee shall consider, among other relevant factors— "(i) the cost to the Government of reimbursing such travel and subsistence expenses; "(ii) the period of time for which the independent coiuisel anticipates that the activities of the independent counsel or person, as the case may be, will continue; "(iii) the personal and financial burdens on the independent counsel or person, as the case may be, of relocating so that such travel and subsistence expenses would not be incurred; and "(iv) the burdens associated with appointing a new independent counsel, or appointing another person under subsection (c), to replace the individual involved who is unable or unwilHng to so relocate.".
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