A bill to prohibit any reduction in the amount of the per diem allowance to which members of the Army, Navy, Air Force, and Marine Corps 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: 115-s-901
Sponsor: full_name: Sen. Hirono, Mazie K. [D-HI]
Introduced: 2017-04-07
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: 2017-04-07
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services.

Summaries:
action_date: 2017-04-07
action_desc: Introduced in Senate
text: <p> This bill 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> The bill 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> <p> The National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2017 is amended to repeal the modifications to the flat rate per diem requirements for DOD military and civilian personnel on long-term temporary duty assignments. </p>

tv_txt: II 115th CONGRESS 1st Session S. 901 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES April 7, 2017 Ms. Hirono (for herself, Mr. Rounds , Ms. Cantwell , Ms. Hassan , Mrs. Murray , Mrs. Shaheen , Mr. Schatz , Mr. Warner , Ms. Collins , and Mr. Kaine ) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services A BILL To prohibit any reduction in the amount of the per diem allowance to which members of the Army, Navy, Air Force, and Marine Corps 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 Section 474(d)(3) of title 37, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following new sentence: The Secretary of a military department 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 in the locality of a member of the armed forces under the jurisdiction of the Secretary. . (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 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 in the locality of an employee of the Department. . (c) Repeals (1) Existing 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. (2) Attempted statutory fix Section 672 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2017 ( Public Law 114–328 ; 37 U.S.C. 474 note; 130 Stat. 2178) is repealed.