To prohibit any reduction in the amount of the per diem allowance to which members of the uniformed services or civilian employees of the Department of Defense are entitled based on the duration of temporary duty assignments or official travel, and for other purposes.

Bill: 114-hr-1193
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Kilmer, Derek [D-WA-6]
Introduced: 2015-03-02
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures

Department of Defense

Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management

Military personnel and dependents

Transportation costs
Latest action: action_date: 2015-08-13
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel.

Summaries:
action_date: 2015-03-02
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p>Prohibits uniformed service agencies or the Department of Defense (DOD) from altering the amount of the locality-based travel and transportation per diem allowances or reimbursements to which certain uniformed service members or civilian DOD employees are entitled based on the duration of temporary duty assignments or official travel in a locality.</p> <p>Nullifies the DOD policy implemented on November 1, 2014, regarding reductions in per diem allowances based on the duration of temporary duty assignments or civilian travel.</p>

tv_txt: I 114th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 1193 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES March 2, 2015 Mr. Kilmer (for himself, Mr. Jones , Ms. Norton , Mr. Takai , Ms. Titus , Mr. Vargas , Ms. Gabbard , Mr. Higgins , Mr. Bishop of Utah , Ms. Kuster , Mr. Connolly , Mr. Rangel , Mr. McGovern , Mr. Meehan , Mr. Norcross , Ms. Pingree , Mr. LoBiondo , Mr. Tonko , Mr. Cole , Mr. Cartwright , Mr. Beyer , Mr. Scott of Virginia , Mr. Peters , Mr. Pocan , and Mr. Brady of Pennsylvania ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Armed Services , and in addition to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform , for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned A BILL To prohibit any reduction in the amount of the per diem allowance to which members of the uniformed services or civilian employees of the Department of Defense are entitled based on the duration of temporary duty assignments or official travel, and for other purposes.

1. Prohibition on per diem allowance reductions based on the duration of temporary duty assignment or civilian travel (a) Members of the uniformed services Section 474(d)(3) of title 37, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following new sentence: The Secretaries concerned shall not alter the amount of the per diem allowance, or the maximum amount of reimbursement, for a locality based on the duration of the temporary duty assignment of a member of the uniformed services in the locality. . (b) Civilian employees Section 5702(a)(2) of title 5, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following new sentence: The Secretary of the Department of Defense shall not alter the amount of the per diem allowance, or the maximum amount of reimbursement, for a locality based on the duration of the travel of an employee of the Department in the locality. . (c) Repeal of policy and regulations The policy, and any regulations issued pursuant to such policy, implemented by the Secretary of the Department of Defense on November 1, 2014, with respect to reductions in per diem allowances based on duration of temporary duty assignment or civilian travel shall have no force or effect.