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``(c) An agency authorized to conduct a test program under
subsection (a) shall provide to the Administrator and the appropriate
committees of the Congress a report on the results of the program no
later than 3 months after completion of the program.
``(d) No more than 10 test programs under this section may be
conducted simultaneously.
``(e) The authority to conduct test programs under this section
shall expire 7 years after the date of the enactment of the Travel and
Transportation Reform Act of 1998.''.
(b) Relocation Expenses Test Programs.--Subchapter II of chapter 57
of title 5, United States Code, is further amended by adding at the end
the following new section:
``Sec. 5739. Authority for relocation expenses test programs
``(a)(1) Notwithstanding any other provision of this subchapter,
under a test program which the Administrator of General Services
determines to be in the interest of the Government and approves, an
agency may pay through the proper disbursing official for a period not
to exceed 24 months any necessary relocation expenses in lieu of any
payment otherwise authorized or required under this subchapter. An
agency shall include in any request to the Administrator for approval
of such a test program an analysis of the expected costs and benefits
and a set of criteria for evaluating the effectiveness of the program.
``(2) Any test program conducted under this section shall be
designed to enhance cost savings or other efficiencies that accrue to
the Government.
``(3) Nothing in this section is intended to limit the authority of
any agency to conduct test programs.
``(b) The Administrator shall transmit a copy of any test program
approved by the Administrator under this section to the appropriate
committees of the Congress at least 30 days before the effective date
of the program.
``(c) An agency authorized to conduct a test program under
subsection (a) shall provide to the Administrator and the appropriate
committees of the Congress a report on the results of the program no
later than 3 months after completion of the program.
``(d) No more than 10 test programs under this section may be
conducted simultaneously.
``(e) The authority to conduct test programs under this section
shall expire 7 years after the date of the enactment of the Travel and
Transportation Reform Act of 1998.''.
(c) Clerical Amendments.--The table of sections for chapter 57 of
title 5, United States Code, is further amended by--
(1) inserting after the item relating to section 5709 the
following new item:
``5710. Authority for travel expenses test programs.'';
and
(2) inserting after the item relating to section 5738 the
following new item:
``5739. Authority for relocation expenses test programs.''.
SEC. 6. DEFINITION OF UNITED STATES.
Chapter 57 of title 5, United States Code, is amended--
(1) in section 5721--
(A) in paragraph (4), by striking ``and'' following the
semicolon at the end;
(B) in paragraph (5), by striking the period at the end and
inserting a semicolon; and
(C) by adding at the end the following new paragraphs:
``(6) `United States' means the several States, the District of
Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the Commonwealth of the
Northern Mariana Islands, the territories and possessions of the
United States, and the areas and installations in the Republic of
Panama that are made available to the United States pursuant to the
Panama Canal Treaty of 1977 and related agreements (as described in
section 3(a) of the Panama Canal Act of 1979); and
``(7) `Foreign Service of the United States' means the Foreign
Service as constituted under the Foreign Service Act of 1980.'';
(2) in section 5722--
(A) in subsection (a)(2), by striking ``outside the United
States'' and inserting ``outside the continental United
States''; and
(B) in subsection (b), by striking ``United States'' each
place it appears and inserting ``Government'';
(3) in section 5723(b), by striking ``United States'' each
place it appears and inserting ``Government'';
(4) in section 5724--
(A) in subsection (a)(3), by striking ``, its territories
or possessions'' and all that follows through ``1979''; and
(B) in subsection (i), by striking ``United States'' each
place it appears in the last sentence and inserting
``Government'';
(5) in section 5724a, by striking subsection (j);
(6) in section 5725(a), by striking ``United States'' and
inserting ``Government'';
(7) in section 5727(d), by striking ``United States'' and
inserting ``continental United States'';
(8) in section 5728(b), by striking ``an employee of the United
States'' and inserting ``an employee of the Government'';
(9) in section 5729, by striking ``or its territories or
possessions'' each place it appears;
(10) in section 5731(b), by striking ``United States'' and
inserting ``Government''; and
(11) in section 5732, by striking ``United States'' and
inserting ``Government''.
SEC. 7. TECHNICAL CORRECTIONS TO THE FEDERAL EMPLOYEE TRAVEL REFORM ACT
OF 1996.
Section 5724a of title 5, United States Code, is amended--
(1) in subsections (a) and (d)(1) and (2), by striking ``An
agency shall pay'' each place it appears and inserting ``Under
regulations prescribed under section 5738, an agency shall pay'';
(2) in subsections (b)(1), (c)(1), (d)(8), and (e), by striking
``An agency may pay'' each place it appears and inserting ``Under
regulations prescribed under section 5738, an agency may pay'';
(3) by amending subsection (b)(1)(B)(ii) to read as follows:
``(ii) an amount for subsistence expenses, that may not
exceed a maximum amount determined by the Administrator of
General Services.'';
(4) in subsection (c)(1)(B), by striking ``an amount for
subsistence expenses'' and inserting ``an amount for subsistence
expenses, that may not exceed a maximum amount determined by the
Administrator of General Services,'';
(5) in subsection (d)(2)(A), by striking ``for the sale'' and
inserting ``of the sale'';
(6) in subsection (d)(2)(B), by striking ``for the purchase''
and inserting ``of the purchase'';
(7) in subsection (d)(8), by striking ``paragraph (2) or (3)''
and inserting ``paragraph (1) or (2)'';
(8) in subsection (f)(1), by striking ``Subject to paragraph
(2),'' and inserting ``Under regulations prescribed under section
5738 and subject to paragraph (2),''; and
(9) by striking subsection (i).
Speaker of the House of Representatives.
Vice President of the United States and
President of the Senate.
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