{"identifier":"/us/usc/t10/s1591","title":10,"num":"\u00a7\u202f1591.","heading":"Reimbursement for travel and transportation expenses when accompanying Members of Congress","text":"\u00a7\u202f1591.\nReimbursement for travel and transportation expenses when accompanying Members of Congress\n(a) Subject to subsection (b), the Secretary concerned may authorize reimbursement to a civilian employee who is accompanying a Member of Congress or a congressional employee on official travel for actual travel and transportation expenses incurred for such travel.\n(b) The allowance provided in subsection (a) may be paid\u2014\n(1) at a rate that does not exceed the rate approved for official congressional travel; and\n(2) only when the travel of the member is directed or approved by the Secretary concerned.\n(c) In this section:\n(1) The term \u201cMember of Congress\u201d means a member of the Senate or the House of Representatives, a Delegate to the House of Representatives, and the Resident Commissioner from Puerto Rico.\n(2) The term \u201ccongressional employee\u201d means an employee of a Member of Congress or an employee of Congress.\n(3) The term \u201cSecretary concerned\u201d includes the Secretary of Defense with respect to civilian employees of the Department of Defense other than a military department.","url":"https://projectusc.org/usc/t10/s1591.html","content":[{"t":"sec","id":"/us/usc/t10/s1591","children":[{"t":"num","text":"\u00a7\u202f1591."},{"t":"heading","text":"Reimbursement for travel and transportation expenses when accompanying Members of Congress"},{"t":"subsec","id":"/us/usc/t10/s1591/a","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(a)"},{"t":"content","text":" Subject to subsection (b), the Secretary concerned may authorize reimbursement to a civilian employee who is accompanying a Member of Congress or a congressional employee on official travel for actual travel and transportation expenses incurred for such travel.","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"subsec","id":"/us/usc/t10/s1591/b","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(b)"},{"t":"chapeau","text":" The allowance provided in subsection (a) may be paid\u2014"},{"t":"para","id":"/us/usc/t10/s1591/b/1","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(1)"},{"t":"content","text":" at a rate that does not exceed the rate approved for official congressional travel; and","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"para","id":"/us/usc/t10/s1591/b/2","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(2)"},{"t":"content","text":" only when the travel of the member is directed or approved by the Secretary concerned.","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"subsec","id":"/us/usc/t10/s1591/c","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(c)"},{"t":"chapeau","text":" In this section:"},{"t":"para","id":"/us/usc/t10/s1591/c/1","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(1)"},{"t":"content","text":" The term \u201cMember of Congress\u201d means a member of the Senate or the House of Representatives, a Delegate to the House of Representatives, and the Resident Commissioner from Puerto Rico.","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"para","id":"/us/usc/t10/s1591/c/2","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(2)"},{"t":"content","text":" The term \u201ccongressional employee\u201d means an employee of a Member of Congress or an employee of Congress.","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"para","id":"/us/usc/t10/s1591/c/3","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(3)"},{"t":"content","text":" The term \u201cSecretary concerned\u201d includes the Secretary of Defense with respect to civilian employees of the Department of Defense other than a military department.","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"text","text":"\n"},{"t":"text","text":"\n"}]}]}