An Act to amend section 607 of the Postal Field Service Compensation Act of 1955 to include employees in the Motor Vehicle Service
PL 84-886 (S.4060), enacted 08/01/1956

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PUBLIC LAW 886-AUG. 1, 1956 
[70 S T A T . 
60 Stat. 810. 
Per diem rates. 
60 Stat. 1025. 
Appropriation. 
orders issued in that year, notwithstanding the fact that such travel 
or transportation may not be completed during that same fiscal year. 
SEC. 11. Notwithstanding the provisions of section 16 (a) of the 
Act of August 2,1946 (5 U. S. C. 78 (c)), the Secretary of State may 
authorize any chief of diplomatic mission to approve the use of Gov-
ernment-owned vehicles in any foreign country for transportation of 
United States Government employees from their residence to the office 
and return when public transportation facilities are unsafe or are not 
available. 
SEC. 12. The Secretary of State, with the approval of the Bureau of 
the Budget, shall prescribe the maximum rates of per diem in lieu of 
subsistence (or of similar allowances therefor) payable while away 
from their own countries to foreign participants in any exchange of 
persons program, or in any program of furnishing technical infor-
mation and assistance, under the jurisdiction of any Government 
agency, and said rates may be fixed without regard to any provision 
of law in limitation thereof. 
SEC. 13. Allowances granted under section 901 (1) of the Foreign 
Service Act of 1946 (22 U. S. C. 1131 (1)), may include water, in 
addition to the utilities specified. 
SEC. 14. Appropriations now or hereafter made available for allow-
ances granted under the authority in part A of title I X of the Foreign 
Service Act of 1946, as amended (22 U. S. C. 1131), including an 
allowance for water as authorized in section 13 of this Act shall be 
available for the payment of such allowances in advance. 
SEC. 15. Appropriations to carry out the purposes of this Act are 
hereby authorized. 
When so provided in an appropriation law, an 
appropriation made to the Department of State may remain available 
until expended. 
Approved August 1, 1956. 
August 1, 1956 
IS. 4060] 
Public Law 886 
CHAPTER 842 
AN ACT 
To amend section 607 of the Postal Field Service Compensation Act of 1955, to 
include employees in the Motor Vehicle Service. 
39 u s e 1007. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate atid House of Representatives 
of the 
MS*o?V2hTc*i*i United States of Ajnerica in Congress assemhled^ That section 607 of 
Service enq)ioy>- \^Q^ Postal Field Service Compensation Act of 1955 is amended by 
69 Stat. 127. 
inserting after the words "Postal Transportation Service" wherever 
they appear therein the words "and the Motor Vehicle Service". The 
heading of such section is amended to read as follows: "EMPLOYEES IN 
THE POSTAL TRANSPORTATION SERVICE AND THE MOTOR VEHICLE SERVICE." 
SEC. 2. As used in this section in reference to employees in the 
Motor Vehicle Service the term "assigned to road duty" means assign-
ment to a Motor Vehicle Service route which is not less than fifty mues 
in length one way. 
SEC. 3. Subsection (b) of section 605 of the Postal Field Service 
(Compensation x\ct of 1955 is amended by inserting after the words 
"Postal Transportation Service" the words "and tTie Motor Vehicle 
Service". 
Approved August 1, 1956. 
69 Stat. 126. 
39 u s e 1005.