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111TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 3934 
To amend title 5, United States Code, to require at least biennial review 
of the per diem allowances and the maximum reimbursement amounts 
established for official travel by Federal employees to localities that 
include, or that are adjacent to localities that include, certain military 
installations. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
OCTOBER 27, 2009 
Mr. COBLE introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee 
on Oversight and Government Reform 
A BILL 
To amend title 5, United States Code, to require at least 
biennial review of the per diem allowances and the max-
imum reimbursement amounts established for official 
travel by Federal employees to localities that include, 
or that are adjacent to localities that include, certain 
military installations. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
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SECTION 1. PERIODIC REVIEW OF CERTAIN PER DIEM AL-
LOWANCES AND MAXIMUM REIMBURSEMENT 
AMOUNTS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 5707 of title 5, United 
States Code, is amended by adding at the end the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(d)(1) Notwithstanding any other provision of this 
section, the Administrator of General Services shall, at 
least every 2 years, conduct periodic investigations to re-
view per diem allowances and maximum reimbursement 
amounts under section 5702 for covered localities. 
‘‘(2) Based on the results of each investigation under 
paragraph (1), the Administrator shall determine the ap-
propriate per diem allowances and maximum reimburse-
ment amounts for covered localities. 
‘‘(3) The Administrator shall report the respective al-
lowances and amounts determined under this subsection 
to Congress not later than 5 days after the Administrator 
makes a determination under paragraph (2). Each such 
report shall be printed in the Federal Register. 
‘‘(4) The per diem allowances and maximum reim-
bursement amounts that apply with respect to covered lo-
calities under regulations prescribed under this subsection 
shall be adjusted no earlier than 30 days following the 
submission of each report under paragraph (3). 
‘‘(5) For purposes of this subsection— 
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‘‘(A) the term ‘covered locality’ means a locality 
(as referred to in section 5702(a)(2)) that includes, 
or is adjacent to a locality that includes, a military 
installation described in subparagraph (B); 
‘‘(B) a military installation described in this 
subparagraph is any military installation, as defined 
in section 2801(c) of title 10, within the continental 
United States; and 
‘‘(C) 2 localities shall be considered adjacent to 
one another if any part of one locality is within 50 
miles of any part of the other locality.’’. 
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The Administrator of Gen-
eral Services shall issue regulations setting forth adjusted 
per diem allowances and maximum reimbursement rates, 
in accordance with the amendment made by subsection 
(a), beginning not later than the close of the fiscal year 
next beginning after the date of the enactment of this Act. 
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