# § 5703. Per diem, travel, and transportation expenses; experts and consultants; individuals serving without pay
An employee serving intermittently in the Government service as an expert or consultant and paid on a daily when-actually-employed basis, or serving without pay or at $1 a year, may be allowed travel or transportation expenses, under this subchapter, while away from his home or regular place of business and at the place of employment or service.
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**Source Credit**: (Pub. L. 89–554, Sept. 6, 1966, 80 Stat. 499; Pub. L. 91–114, § 2, Nov. 10, 1969, 83 Stat. 190; Pub. L. 94–22, § 4, May 19, 1975, 89 Stat. 85.)
| Derivation | U.S. Code | Revised Statutes andStatutes at Large |
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| | 5 U.S.C. 73b–2. | Aug. 2, 1946, ch. 744, § 5, 60 Stat. 808. |
| | | July 28, 1955, ch. 424, § 2, 69 Stat. 394. |
| | | Aug. 14, 1961, Pub. L. 87–139, §§ 2, 8(b), 75 Stat. 339, 340. |
Subsection (a) is added on authority of , .
In subsection (b), the words “in lieu of subsistence” are omitted as unnecessary in view of the definition of “per diem allowance” in section 5701(4). The words “this subchapter” are substituted for “the Standardized Government Travel Regulations, Subsistence Expense Act of 1926, as amended () and the Act of , as amended by this Act” as the Subsistence Expense Act of 1926 and the Act of , were repealed by section 9(a) of the Travel Expense Act of 1949, , part of which appeared in former section 842 and is carried into section 5708, and as the authority for the Standardized Government Travel Regulations in former section 840 is carried into section 5707.
In subsection (c), the words “this subchapter” are substituted for “said regulations and said Act of , as so amended” as the Act of , was repealed by section 9(a) of the Travel Expense Act of 1949, , part of which appeared in former section 842 and is carried into section 5708, and as the authority for the Standardized Government Travel Regulations in former section 840 is carried into section 5707. The words “in lieu of subsistence” are omitted as unnecessary in view of the definition of “per diem allowance” in section 5701(4).
In subsection (d), the words “Under regulations prescribed under ” are substituted for “in accordance with regulations promulgated by the Director, Bureau of the Budget, pursuant to ”.
Standard changes are made to conform with the definitions applicable and the style of this title as outlined in the preface to the report.
## Editorial Notes
### Amendments
1975— struck out separate provisions for per diem allowances of employees serving as experts, consultants, or serving without pay or at $1 a year.
1969—Subsec. (c)(1). increased the per diem allowance for travel inside continental United States from not to exceed the rate of $16 to not to exceed the rate of $25.
Subsec. (d). in cl. (1) increased amount authorized to be named in travel authorization for each day in a travel status inside continental United States from not to exceed $30 to not to exceed $40, and in cl. (2) increased amount authorized to be named in travel authorization for each day in a travel status outside continental United States from not to exceed maximum per diem allowance plus $10 to not to exceed the maximum per diem allowance plus $18.