Traveling expenses on inter-island steamships in Hawaii as limited to lowest firstclass rate on trans-Pacific steamships, see section 73e of this title.

§ 73b-1. Travel expenses of transferred employees; transportation of families, household goods and personal effects; employees excepted; reimbursement in lieu of payment; availability of funds.-(a) Under such regulations as the President may prescribe, any civilian officer or employce of the Government who, in the interest of the Government, is transferred from one official station to another, including transfer from one department to another, for permanent duty, shall, except as otherwise provided in this section, when authorized, in the order directing the travel, by such subordinate official or officials of the department concerned as the head thereof may designate for the purpose, be allowed and paid from Government funds the expenses of travel of himself and the expenses of transportation of his immediate family (or a commutation thereof in accordance with section 73a of this title) and the expenses of transportation, packing, crating, temporary storage, drayage, and unpacking of his household goods and personal effects (not to exceed seven thousand pounds if uncrated or eight thousand seven hundred and fifty pounds if crated or the equivalent thereof when transportation charges are based on cubic measurement): Provided, That advances of funds may be made to the officer or employee in accordance with said regulations under the same safeguards as are required under section 828 of this title: Provided further, That the allowances authorized in this section shall not be applicable to civilian employees of the Department of the Army and their dependents when transferred under the provisions of section 763 of Appendix to Title 50, nor to officers and employees of the Foreign Service, Department of State: Provided further, That no part of such expenses (including those of officers and employees of the Foreign Service, Department of State) shall be allowed or paid from Government funds where the transfer is made primarily for the convenience or benefit of the officer or employee or at his request: Provided further, That in case of transfer from one department to another such expenses shall be payable from the funds of the department to which the officer or employee is transferred.

(b) In lieu of the payment of actual expenses of transportation, packing, crating, temporary storage, drayage, and unpacking of household goods and personal effects, in the case of such transfers between points in continental United States, reimbursement shall be made to the officer or employee on a commuted basis (not to exceed the amount which would be allowable for the authorized weight allowance) as such rates per one hundred pounds as may be fixed by zones in regulations prescribed by the President.

(c) Funds available for travel expenses of civilian officers and employees shall also be available for the expenses of the transportation of their immediate families, and funds available for the transportation of things shall also be available for the transportation of household goods and effects, as authorized by this section. (Aug. 2, 1946, ch. 744, § 1, 60 Stat. 806, amended July 26, 1947, ch. 343, Title II, § 205(a), 61 Stat. 501.)

Effective date.-Section 20 of Act Aug. 2, 1946, cited to text, provided that this section shall become effective on the first day of the third calendar month following its enactment.

Change of Name.-The Department of War was designated the Department of

Territory or possession, to be paid a lump sum equal in amount to the compensation he would have received for such services had he been regularly employed or reemployed and had he not been receiving pay and allowances from the armed forces.

(d) Lump sum payments for accumulated or accrued leave upon entering State service.-Any such person who enters the employment of a State, or any political subdivision thereof, shall upon application therefor filed with the Secretary of War, the Secretary of the Navy, the Secretary of Commerce, or the Federal Security Administrator, as the case may be, be entitled to be paid a lump sum equal in amount to the pay and allowances to which he is entitled for the unused portion of his accumulated and current accrued leave.

(e) Waiver.-No waiver effectuated prior to November 21, 1945, of any right to receive any payment to which a person would otherwise be entitled under this section shall operate to deny such person entitlement to such payment.

(f) Definitions.-As used in this section, the term "armed forces" includes the Army, Navy, Marine Corps, Coast Guard, the commissioned corps of the Public Health Service, and the commissioned corps of the Coast and Geodetic Survey, and their respective components. (Aug. 1, 1941, ch. 348, § 2, as added Nov. 21, 1945, ch. 489, 59 Stat. 584.) § 66. Repealed. June 25, 1948, ch. 645, § 21, 62 Stat. 862, eff. Sept. 1, 1948.

Section, relating to receiving a salary from source other than United States, is covered by section 1914 of new Title 18, Crimes and Criminal Procedure.

§ 73. Repealed. June 25, 1948, ch. 646, § 39, 62 Stat. 992. eff. Sept. 1, 1948.

Section, relating to allowable traveling expenses, is covered by section 509 of new Title 28, Judiciary and Judicial Procedure.

§ 73a. Repealed. June 9, 1949, ch. 185, § 9(a), 63 Stat. 167, eff. July 1, 1949.

Section, Acts Feb. 14, 1931, ch. 165, 46 Stat. 1103; Mar. 3, 1933, ch. 212, Title II, 9, 47 Stat. 1516; Apr. 25, 1940, ch. 156, 54 Stat. 167; Dec. 22, 1944, ch. 667, 58 Stat. 908; Aug. 2, 1946, ch. 744, 3, 60 Stat. 807, related to mileage allowance for privately owned vehicles and airplanes and is now covered by section 837 of this title.

873b. Traveling expenses limited to lowest first-class rate.-Whenever by or under authority of law actual expenses for transportation may be allowed, such allowances shall not exceed the lowest firstclass rate by the transportation facility used in such transportation unless it is certified, in accordance with regulations prescribed by the President, that lowest first-class accommodations are not available or that use of a compartment or such other accommodations as may be authorized or approved by the head of the agency concerned or such subordinates as he may designate, is required for purposes of security. (Mar. 3, 1933, ch. 212, title II, § 10, 47 Stat. 1516, as amended Aug. 2, 1946, ch. 744, § 6, 60 Stat. 808.)

Act Aug. 2, 1946, cited to text, made section applicable to expenses of transportation rather than travel, and added provisions permitting greater allowance in certain instances.

Repeal.-Insofar as the provisions of this section relating to subsistence may conflict with those of sections 821-833 of this title, they were repealed by section 829 of this title.

Traveling expenses on inter-island steamships in Hawaii as limited to lowest firstclass rate on trans-Pacific steamships, see section 73e of this title.

§ 73b-1. Travel expenses of transferred employees; transportation of families, household goods and personal effects; employees excepted; reimbursement in lieu of payment; availability of funds.-(a) Under such regulations as the President may prescribe, any civilian officer or employee of the Government who, in the interest of the Government, is transferred from one official station to another, including transfer from one department to another, for permanent duty, shall, except as otherwise provided in this section, when authorized, in the order directing the travel, by such subordinate official or officials of the department concerned as the head thereof may designate for the purpose, be allowed and paid from Government funds the expenses of travel of himself and the expenses of transportation of his immediate family (or a commutation thereof in accordance with section 73a of this title) and the expenses of transportation, packing, crating, temporary storage, drayage, and unpacking of his household goods and personal effects (not to exceed seven thousand pounds if uncrated or eight thousand seven hundred and fifty pounds if crated or the equivalent thereof when transportation charges are based on cubic measurement): Provided, That advances of funds may be made to the officer or employee in accordance with said regulations under the same safeguards as are required under section 828 of this title: Provided further, That the allowances authorized in this section shall not be applicable to civilian employees of the Department of the Army and their dependents when transferred under the provisions of section 763 of Appendix to Title 50, nor to officers and employees of the Foreign Service, Department of State: Provided further, That no part of such expenses (including those of officers and employees of the Foreign Service, Department of State) shall be allowed or paid from Government funds where the transfer is made primarily for the convenience or benefit of the officer or employee or at his request: Provided further, That in case of transfer from one department to another such expenses shall be payable from the funds of the department to which the officer or employee is transferred.

(b) In lieu of the payment of actual expenses of transportation, packing, crating, temporary storage, drayage, and unpacking of household goods and personal effects, in the case of such transfers between points in continental United States, reimbursement shall be made to the officer or employee on a commuted basis (not to exceed the amount which would be allowable for the authorized weight allowance) as such rates per one hundred pounds as may be fixed by zones in regulations prescribed by the President.

(c) Funds available for travel expenses of civilian officers and employees shall also be available for the expenses of the transportation of their immediate families, and funds available for the transportation of things shall also be available for the transportation of household goods and effects, as authorized by this section. (Aug. 2, 1946, ch. 744, § 1, 60 Stat. 806, amended July 26, 1947, ch. 343, Title II, § 205(a), 61 Stat. 501.)

Effective date.-Section 20 of Act Aug. 2, 1946, cited to text, provided that this section shall become effective on the first day of the third calendar month following its enactment.

Change of Name.-The Department of War was designated the Department of

the Army and the title of the Secretary of War was changed to Secretary of the Army by section 205(a) of Act July 26, 1947, cited to text.

Cross References.-Funds available for transportation of baggage also available for packing, crating, and unpacking such baggage during war, see section 765 of Appendix to Title 50, War and National Defense.