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72d CONGRESS . SESS. I. CH. 314. JUNE 30, 1932 .

405 Temporary reduc- tion of travel allow- ances . SEC. 206 . During the fiscal year ending June 30, 1933- (a) all provisions of law which authorize the payment of mileage Ju Ary, tc . Pay Ad. d. Act of to officers of the services mentioned in the Pay Adjustment Act of mileage allowance 1 922 [U . S . C ., title 37] are hereby suspended and in lieu thereof ,,let, suspended . 631 ; such officers shall be entitled to allowances for travel, only as provided ';is,- el allowances in for civilian employees of the Government, and the . Subsistence lieu Expense Act of 1926, as modified by this Act, and by the Act of 96V ol . 144 p.688; Vol. February 14, 1931 (Supp. V, U. S . Code, Title 5, sec. 73a), shall U .s .c.,Supp.V,pp . apply to such travel : Provided, That all ap

18 90 frhe payment of such mileage during the fisealy year 1933 shall be Funds available . co nstrue d as being avail able for t he pay ment of the allowances herein provided ; (b) the mileage allowance of Senators, . Representatives in Con- gress, and the Delegate from Hawaii is reduced 25 per centum ° the all owance t o the De legate f rom Alas ka provi ded by s ection 1 of the Act of May 7, 1906, the allowance to the Resident Commissioners from the Philippine Islands provided by section 8 of the Act of July 1, 1902, and the allowance to the Resident Commissioner from Porto Rico provided by section 36 of the Act of March 2, 19 17, are reduced by 25,p er centu m ; and (c) the traveling allowances provided for in the Act entitled "An Act rec lassifyi ng the s alaries of postm asters a nd emplo yees of the Postal Service, readjusting their salaries and compensation on an equ itable basis, in creasing postal rates to provide for such read- justment and for other purposes," approv ed February 28, 1925 [U. S. d ., title 39, ƒ 633], shal l not exceed $2 per day . TE MPOR ARY REDU CTIO N OF TRA VEL ALLO WANC ES PERMANENT REDUCTION OF TRAVEL ALLOWANCES Mileage allowance of Senators, etc . Vol . 34, p. 169. Resident Commis . sioners . Vol. 32, p. 694 . Vol. 39, p. 963 . Tr avel allowances, postal service . Vol .

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p. 1273 . Permanent reduction of travel allowances. Subsistence Expense Act of 1926, amended. Vol . 44, p. 689, amended . Per diem allowance substituted . SEC . 207. Section 3 of the Subsistence Expense Act of 1926 approved June 3, 1926 (44 Stat . 688, 689), is hereby amended to read as follows " SEC. 3 . Civilian officers and employees of the departments and establishments, while traveling on official business and away from their designated posts of duty, shall be allowed, in lieu of their actual expenses for subsistence and all fees or tips to porters and stewards, a per diem allowance to be prescribed by the head of the department or establishment concerned, not to exceed the rate of $5 within the limits of continental United States, and not to exceed an average of $6 beyond the limits of continental United States ."

Recunns repealed SEC . 208. Sections 4, 5, and 6 of the said Subsistence Expense Act a men ded . of 1926 are hereby repealed, and section 7 thereof is hereby amended Vol.44,p.689. by striking out the reference therein to actual expenses so that the section, as amended, will read as follows "SEC. 7. The fixing and payment, under section 3, of per diem allowance, or portions thereof, shall be in accordance with regula- tions 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." Automobiles . SEC. 209. Hereafter, no law or regulation authorizing or ermit- Tran ,pertingatGov. ting the transportation at Government expense of the effects of eminent e,peuse. officers, employees, or other persons, shall be construed or appUed as including or authorizing the transportation of an automobile

Pro- „ :;r` SO ;d Navy Do. vided, That not more than $5,000 in any fiscal year may be expended p` rtnie •" . for such purposes by the War Department, anti not more than $5,000 in any fiscal year by the Navy Department . Rates . or Reg ulatio ns gov ern . ing modif ied . Approval required .