{"identifier":"/us/usc/t46/s55302","title":46,"num":"\u00a7\u202f55302.","heading":"Transportation of United States Government personnel","text":"\u00a7\u202f55302.\nTransportation of United States Government personnel\n(a)\nIn General.\u2014\nAn officer or employee of the United States Government traveling by sea on official business overseas or to or from a territory or possession of the United States shall travel and transport personal effects on a vessel documented under the laws of the United Sates if such a vessel is available, unless the necessity of the mission requires the use of a foreign vessel.\n(b)\nRegulations.\u2014\nThe Administrator of General Services shall prescribe regulations under which agencies may not pay for or reimburse an officer or employee for travel or transportation expenses incurred on a foreign vessel in the absence of satisfactory proof of the necessity of using the vessel.","url":"https://projectusc.org/usc/t46/s55302.html","content":[{"t":"sec","id":"/us/usc/t46/s55302","children":[{"t":"num","text":"\u00a7\u202f55302."},{"t":"heading","text":"Transportation of United States Government personnel"},{"t":"subsec","id":"/us/usc/t46/s55302/a","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(a)"},{"t":"heading","text":"In General.\u2014"},{"t":"content","text":"An officer or employee of the United States Government traveling by sea on official business overseas or to or from a territory or possession of the United States shall travel and transport personal effects on a vessel documented under the laws of the United Sates if such a vessel is available, unless the necessity of the mission requires the use of a foreign vessel.","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"subsec","id":"/us/usc/t46/s55302/b","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(b)"},{"t":"heading","text":"Regulations.\u2014"},{"t":"content","text":"The Administrator of General Services shall prescribe regulations under which agencies may not pay for or reimburse an officer or employee for travel or transportation expenses incurred on a foreign vessel in the absence of satisfactory proof of the necessity of using the vessel.","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"text","text":"\n"},{"t":"text","text":"\n"}]}]}