SEC. 2. Section 7 of the said Act of August 2, 1946 (60 Stat. 806) is hereby amended by deleting the proviso at the end of the first sentence thereof, by deleting the second sentence, and by substituting the following therefor: "Provided, That such expenses of travel and transportation to posts of duty outside the continental United States shall not be allowed unless and until the person selected for appointment shall agree in writing to remain in the Government service for twelve months following his appointment, unless separated for reasons beyond his control and acceptable to the department or agency concerned and 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: And provided further, That expenses of return travel and transportation upon separation from the service shall be allowed whether such separation is for the purposes of the Government or for personal convenience, but shall not be allowed unless such persons selected for appointment outside the continental United States shall have served for a minimum period of not less than one nor more than three years prescribed in advance by the head of the department or agency concerned or unless separation is for reasons beyond the control of the individual and acceptable to the department or agency concerned." SEC. 3. (a) Sections 3 and 5 of the Act of June 5, 1942 (56 Stat. 314), as amended (50 App. U. S. C. 763 and 765), are hereby repealed. (b) The second proviso of section 1 (a), Act of August 2, 1946 (60 Stat. 806), is hereby amended to read as follows: "Provided further, That the allowances herein authorized shall not be applicable to officers and employees transferred in accordance with the provisions of the Foreign Service Act of 1946. SEC. 4. The Act of August 2, 1946 (60 Stat. 806), entitled "An Act to authorize certain administrative expenses in the Government service, and for other purposes", is hereby amended by adding at the end thereof a new section as follows: "SEC. 21. This Act may be cited as the 'Administrative Expenses Act of 1946"," SEC. 5. There is hereby repealed so much of the eighth full paragraph on page 216 of volume 20 of the Statutes at Large, from the Act of June 20, 1878 (44 U. S. C. 322), as reads: "; such rates to be ascertained from sworn statements to be furnished by the proprietors or publishers of the newspapers proposing so to advertise". SEC. 6. There are hereby repealed (a) Section 2, as amended, of the Act of June 30, 1906 (34 Stat. 762, 31 U. S. C. 588); and (b) Section 3661, Revised Statutes (31 U. S. C. 589). SEC. 7. There are hereby repealed (a) Section 5 of the Act of August 15, 1876 (19 Stat. 169, 5 U. S. C. 45); and (b) That portion of section 4 of the Act of August 5, 1882 (22 Stat. 255), which reads as follows: "only at such rates and in such numbers, respectively, as may be specifically appropriated for by the Congress for such clerical and other personal services for each fiscal year; and no civil officer, clerk, draughtsman, copyist, messenger, assistant messenger, mechanic, watchman, laborer, or other employee shall hereafter be employed at the seat of government in any executive department or subordinate bureau or office thereof or be paid from any appropriation made for contingent expenses, or for any specific or general purpose, unless such employment is authorized and payment therefor specifically provided in the law granting the appropriation, and then only". SEC. 8. The Act of August 8, 1946 (60 Stat. 903, 5 U. S. C. 150), is amended by striking the words "made available therefor" and substituting therefor the words "available to them". SEC. 9. The third paragraph of title 28, United States Code, section 2672, is amended by striking the words "such agency's appropriations therefor, which appropriations are hereby authorized" and substituting therefor the words "appropriations available to such agency". SEC. 10. Section 1, as amended, of the Act of December 11, 1926(44 Stat. 1346, 5 U. S. C. 21a), is further amended by striking the words "the Comptroller General of the United States" and substituting therefor the words "the oath of office required by section 1757 of the Revised Statutes, as amended (5 U. S. C. 16)". Approved September 23, 1950. C. To Amend Section 7 of the Administrative Expenses Act of 1946, as Amended (68 Stat. 1008) This act was the result of the enactment of H.R. 179, 83d Congress. It was approved on August 31, 1954, as Public Law 737, 83d Congress. The text of the act appears in volume 68, Statutes at Large, pages 1008-1009. Its provisions have been codified as 5 U.S.C. 5722, 5723, 5728, 5729, et seq. LEGISLATIVE HISTORY OF PUBLIC LAW 737, 83D CONGRESS 1. CONGRESSIONAL RECORD REFERENCES TO DEBATES, ETC. H.R. 179: To amend section 7 of the Administrative Expenses Act of 1946, as amended. Mr. Rivers; Committee on Government Operations, 56. (Page citations are to vol. 100, Congressional Record) Reported with amendment (H. Rept. 2096), 10120. Passed House, 10061. Proceedings vacated, amended, and passed House, 10100. Referred to Senate Committee on Government Operations, 10128. Reported (S. Rept. 1944), 10987. Objected to, 14013. Passed Senate, 14950. Examined and signed, 15387, 15555, Presented to the President 15560. Approved (Public Law 737), 15564. 2. SERIAL NUMBERS TO BOUND VOLUMES OF CONGRESSIONAL REPORTS RELATING TO PUBLIC LAW 737, 83D CONGRESS House Report 2096, 83d Congress, 11741. 3. CONGRESSIONAL HEARINGS RELATING TO PUBLIC LAW 737, 83D CONGRESS House Committee on Government Operations, 83d Congress: A bill to amend section 7 of the Administrative Expenses Act of 1946, as amended, April 30, 1954, on H.R. 179. August 31, 1954 (H. R. 179] employees. Travel expenses. AN ACT To amend section 7 of the Adwinistrative Expenses Act of 1940, as amended. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Oversea Federal United States of America in Congress assembled, That section 7 of the Administrative Expenses Act of 1946 (60 Stat. 806; 5 U. S. C. 731–3), as amended, is further amended by changing the period at the end of the first sentence to a colon and adding the following: "Provided further, That expenses of round trip travel of employee and transportation of immediate family but excluding household effects, from their posts of duty outside the continental United States to the places of actual residence at time of appointment or transfer to such overseas posts of duty, shall be allowed in the case of persons who have satisfactorily completed an agreed period of service overseas and are returning to their actual place of residence for the purpose of taking leave prior to serving another tour of duty at the same or some other overseas post, under a new written agreement entered into before departing from the overseas post: Provided further, That expenses of transportation of the immediate family and shipment of household effects of any employee from the post of duty of such employce outside continental United States to place of actual residence shall be allowed, not in excess of one time, prior to the return of such employee to the United States, including its Territories and possessions, when the employee has acquired eligibility for such transportation or when the public interest requires the return of the immediate family for compelling personal reasons of a humanitarian or compassionate nature, such as may involve physical or mental health, death of any member of the immediate family, or obligation imposed by authority or circumstances over which the individual has no control: And provided further, That when an einployee returns his inmediate family and household goods to the United States, including its Territories and possessions, at his own expense prior to his return and for other than reasons of public interest, the Governmen shall reimburse him for proper transportation expenses at such tim as he acquires eligibility therefor." Approved August 31, 1954. D. To Amend Section 1 of the Administrative Expenses Act of 1946, as Amended (72 Stat. 14) This act was the result of the enactment of S. 1408, 85th Congress. It was approved on February 12, 1958, as Public Law 326, 85th Congress. The text of the act appears in volume 72, Statutes at Large, page 14. Its provisions have been codified as 5 U.S.C. 5724. LEGISLATIVE HISTORY OF PUBLIC LAW 326, 85TH CONGRESS 1. CONGRESSIONAL RECORD REFERENCES TO DEBATES, ETC. (Page citations are to vol. 103, Congressional Record) S. 1408: To provide allowances for transportation of house trailers to civilian employees of the United States who are transferred from one official station to another. Mr. Johnston of South Carolina, Committee on Government Operations, 2664. Reported with amendment (S. Rept. 398), 8155. Amended and passed Senate 8466. Referred to House Committee on Government Operations, 8563. (Page citations are to vol. 104, Congressional Record) Reported (H. Rept. 1285), 680. Passed House, 1554. Examined and signed, 1590, 1691. Presented to the President, 1597. Approved (Public Law 326), 2016. 2. SERIAL NUMBERS TO BOUND VOLUMES OF CONGRESSIONAL REPORTS RELATING TO PUBLIC LAW 326, 85TH CONGRESS Senate Report 398, 85th Congress 11977. House Report 1285, 85th Congress 12072. 3. CONGRESSIONAL HEARINGS RELATING TO PUBLIC LAW 326, 85TH CONGRESS (None.) |