Travel Expense Amendments Act of 1975
Public Law 94-22 · S. 172 · 94th Congress · began in the Senate
Signed by Gerald Ford (R) on May 19, 1975 · Transportation and Public Works
Sponsor: Sen. Lee Metcalf (D-MT)
Cosponsors (1): Sen. Dee Huddleston
Passage votes
- HouseMethod not stated
- SenateMethod not stated
Data notes
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Summary
The Congressional Research Service’s plain-language summary of what the law does.
(Senate agreed to House amendments with an amendment)
Travel Expense Amendments Act - Expands the definition of "employee," for purposes of travel, subsistence and mileage allowances, to include experts and consultants who are intermittently employed by the Federal Government, and those who serve the Government without pay or for $1 a year.
Sets the per diem travel allowance at $35 for travel within the continental United States, and authorizes the President to set the per diem allowance by locality for travel outside the continental United States.
Raises the maximum reimbursement rate for travel to high rate geographical areas and for travel under unusual circumstances.
Raises the mileage allowances for the use of privately owned motorcycles, automobiles and airplanes when such modes of transportation have been approved as most advantageous to the Government.
Directs the Administrator of General Services to conduct periodic investigations of the cost of travel in privately owned vehicles, to report the results to Congress at least once a year, and to adjust the rates provided in this Act by regulation.
Sets the Senate contingent expenses rate for per diem and subsistence travel at $35 and the reimbursement rate for actual expenses for travel inside the continental United States at $50 per day.
Committees
The committees the bill was sent to, and what each did with it.
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Timeline
From introduction to signing, newest first: the committees, the floor and the president. 13 actions.
- May 19, 1975Became lawBecame law · Signed by President.
- PresidentPresident · Public law 94-22.
- May 7, 1975PresidentPresident · Measure presented to President.
- PresidentPresident · Measure enrolled in Senate.
- PresidentPresident · Measure enrolled in House.
- May 5, 1975Resolving differencesResolving differences · House agreed to Senate amendments.
- Apr 30, 1975Resolving differencesResolving differences · Senate agreed to House amendments with an amendment.
- Apr 21, 1975FloorFloor · Measure passed House, amended, in lieu of H.R. 4834.
- FloorFloor · Measure called up by unanimous consent in House.
- Mar 20, 1975FloorFloor · Measure passed Senate, amended.
- Mar 18, 1975CommitteeCommittee · Reported by Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee
- Jan 16, 1975CommitteeCommittee · Referred to Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee
- IntroducedIntroduced · Introduced in the Senate
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Official record
The bill’s full text and every action, including introduction and committee steps, are on Congress.gov. Data through Oct 7, 2026.