An Act to increase the maximum rates of per diem allowance for employees of the Government traveling on official business, and for other purposes
PL 87-139 (H.R.3279), enacted 08/14/1961

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shows that the Medal of Honor was awarded to the applicant for 
an act described in section 560 of this title, such award or notice 
shall be sufficient to entitle the applicant to have his name entered on 
such roll without further investigation; otherwise all official corre-
spondence, orders, reports, recommendations, requests, and other 
evidence on file in any public office or department shall be considered. 
"(b) Each person whose name is entered on the Army, Navy, and 
Air Force Medal of Honor Roll shall be furnished a certificate of 
service and of the act of heroism, gallantry, bravery, or intrepidity 
for which the Medal of Honor was awarded, of enrollment on such 
roll, and, if he has indicated his desire to receive the special pension 
provided by section 562 of this title, of his right to such special 
pension. 
"(c) The Secretary concerned shall deliver to the Administrator a 
certified copy of each certificate issued by him under subsection (b) 
in which the right of the person named in the certificate to the special 
pension provided by section 562 of this title is set forth. Such copy 
shall authorize the Administrator to pay such special pension to the 
person named in the certificate." 
(b) The analysis of chapter 15 of such title is amended by striking 
out 
"."61. Certifieate entitling liolder to pension." 
and inserting in lieu thereof 
"561. Certifieate." 
SEC. 3. Subsection (a) of section 562 of title 38, United States Code, 
is amended— 
(1) by inserting after "Medal of Honor roll" the following: 
", and a copy of whose certificate has been delivered to him under 
subsection (c) of section 561 of this title,"; and 
(2) by striking out "$10" and inserting in lieu thereof "$100". 
SEC. 4. The amendments made by this Act shall take effect on the 
first day of the first month which begins after the date of the enact-
ment of this Act, except that the amendments made by subsection (b) 
of the first section and by section 2 shall not apply with respect to any 
application under section 560 of title 38, United States Code, made 
before such first day by any person who fulfilled the qualifications 
prescribed by subsection (b) of such section at the time such 
application was made. 
Approved August 14, 1961. 
Effective date. 
Public Law 87-139 
AN ACT 
To increase the maximum rates of per diem allowance for employees of the 
Government traveling on official business, and for other purposes. 
August 14, 1961 
[H. R. 3279] 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled^ That section 3 of 
the Travel Expense Act of 1949 (5 U.S.C. 836) is amended by striking 
out "$12" and inserting in lieu thereof "$16". 
SEC. 2. Section 5 of the Administrative Expenses Act of 1946 (5 
U.S.C. 73b-2) is amended by striking out "$15" and inserting in lieu 
thereof "$16". 
SEC. 3. Section 4 of the Travel Expense Act of 1949 (5 U.S.C. 837) 
is amended by striking out "6 cents" and inserting in lieu thereof "8 
cents"", and by striking out "10 cents" and inserting in lieu thereof 
"12 cents". 
Federal employ-
ees. 
Per diem allow-
ance, increase. 
63 Stat. 166; 69 
Stat. 393. 
60 St at. 808; 69 
Stat. 394. 
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SEC. 4. The second sentence of section 4 of the Travel Expense Act 
of 1949 (5 U.S.C. 837) is amended by inserting immediately after "the 
actual cost of" the following: "parking fees,". 
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^^^- ^' Paragraph (3) of section 653 of title 28, United States Code, 
is amended by striking out "10 cents" and inserting in lieu thereof 
"12 cents" and by inserting immediately after the words "the actual 
cost of" the words "parking fees,". 
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SEC. 6. The Director of the Administrative Office of the United 
States Courts shall promulgate, in accordance with section 604(a) (7) 
cfZf ^M ^°^®' ^' and section 466 of title 28 of the United States Code, such regulations 
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as he may deem necessary to enectuate the increases provided by this 
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SEC. 7. The seventh paragraph under the heading "Administrative 
Provisions" in the Senate section of the Legislative Branch Appro-
70 Stat. 360. 
priation Act, 1967 (2 U.S.C. 68b), is amended by striking out "$12" 
and inserting in lieu thereof "$16", and by striking out "$26" and in-
serting in lieu thereof "$30". 
SEC. 8. (a) Section 3 of the Travel Expense Act of 1949, as amended 
(5 U.S.C. 836), is amended— 
(1) by striking out the words "by the Director of the Bureau 
of the Budget" which appear before the first proviso and insert-
ing in lieu thereof "by the President or his delegate (who may be 
the Director of the Bureau of the Budget or any other officer of 
the Government)" and 
(2) by striking out the last proviso and inserting in lieu thereof 
the following proviso: ^^And provided further, That where due to 
the unusual circumstances of a travel assignment the maximum 
per diem allowance would be much less than the amount required 
to meet the actual and necessary expenses of the trip, the heads 
of departments and establishments may, in accordance with regu-
lations promulgated by the Director, Bureau of the Budget, 
pursuant to section 7, prescribe conditions under which reimburse-
ment for such expenses may be authorized on an actual expense 
basis not to exceed a maximum amount to be specified in the travel 
authorization, but in any event not to exceed, for each day in 
travel status, (1) the amount of $30, within the limits of the 
continental United States, or (2) the sum of the maximum per 
diem allowance plus $10, for travel outside such limits". 
(b) Section 5 of the Administrative Expenses Act of 1946, as 
amended (5 U.S.C. 73b-2), is amended— 
(1) by striking out the words "by the Director of the Bureau 
of the Budget" which appear before the proviso; and 
(2) by striking out the last proviso and inserting in lieu thereof 
the following proviso: '•^Provided, That where due to the unusual 
circumstances of a travel assignment the maximum per diem al-
lowance would be much less than the amount required to meet the 
actual and necessary expenses of the trip, the heads of depart-
ments and establishments may, in accordance with regulations 
promulgated by the Director, Bureau of the Budget, pursuant to 
section 7 of the Travel Expense Act of 1949, as amended (5 U.S.C. 
63 Stat. 167. 
840), prescribe conditions under which reimbursement for such 
expenses may be authorized on an actual expense basis not to ex-
ceed a maximum amount to be specified in the travel authorization, 
but in any event not to exceed, for each day in travel status, (1) 
the amount of $30, within the limits of the continental United 
States, or (2) the sum of the maximum per diem allowance plus 
$10, for travel outside such limits". 
(c) Section 48 of the Alaska Omnibus Act (73 Stat. 141; 48 U.S.C. 
note prec. sec. 23) shall not apply with respect to the amendments 
made by this section. 
62 Stat. 11. 
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SEC. 9. The last proviso of section 3 of the Act of July 30, 1946 
(22 U.S.C. 287o), is amended to read as follows: ''^Provided, however^ 
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That he may be paid transportation and other expenses as authorized 
by section 5 of the Administrative Expenses Act of 1946, as amended 
(5U.S.C.73b-2)". 
SEO. 10. Section 5 of the Act of July 30, 1946, as amended (22 
U.S.C. 287q), is amended by striking out "Under such regulations 
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as the Secretary of State may prescribe, the actual transportation 
expenses of experts attending such conferences shall be borne by the 
Department of State, and they shall be allowed a per diem of $10 
in lieu of subsistence and other expenses, for the period of actual 
attendance and of necessary travel.'^ and inserting in lieu thereof 
the following: "The Department of State may pay their transporta-
tion and other expenses as authorized by section 5 of the Administra-
tive Expenses Act of 1946, as amended (5 U.S.C. 73b-2), for the 
period of actual attendance and of necessary travel.". 
SEC. 11. Paragraph (6) of section 801 of the United States Informa-
tion and Educational Exchange Act of 1948 (22 U.S.C. 1471(6)) is 
amended by striking out "but he may be paid his actual transportation 
expenses, and not to exceed $10 per diem in lieu of subsistence and other 
expenses, while away from his home in attendance upon meetings 
within the United States or in consultation with the Department under 
instructions." and inserting in lieu thereof the following: "but he may 
be paid his transportation and other expenses, as authorized by sec-
tion 5 of the Administrative Expenses Act of 1946, as amended (5 
U.S.C. 73b-2).". 
Approved August 14, 1961. 
Public Law 87-140 
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August 17, 1961 
To amend section 303 of the Career Compensation Act of 1949 to autliorize 
[H. R. 4321] 
the transportation of dependents and baggage and household effects of cer-
tain retired members. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled^ That section 303(c) ^^uniformed serv-
of the Career Compensation Act of 1949, as amended (37 U.S.C. 
Retired mem-
253(c)), is amended by adding the following at the end thereof: ''^I^^ ^ ^^ j 
"Such baggage and household effects may be shipped to a location aiiowMcVl! 
other than the home selected by him. 
In any case in which the costs 
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are in excess of those which would have been incurred if shipment had ^*** ^''^' 
been made to his selected home, the member shall pay that excess cost. 
If a member authorized to select a home under subsection (a) accrues 
that right or any entitlement under this subsection but dies before 
he exercises it, that right or entitlement accrues to and may be exer-
cised by his surviving dependents, or his baggage and household ef-
fects may be shipped to the home of the person legally entitled there-
to if there are no surviving dependents. 
However, in any case in 
which the costs are in excess of those which would have been incurred 
if shipment had been made to the members' selected home, the 
surviving dependents or the person legally entitled to the baggage and 
household effects, as the case may be, shall pay that excess cost.' 
Approved August 17, 1961.