5 U.S.C. § 5707: Regulations and reports

The Administrator of General Services shall prescribe regulations necessary for the administration of this subchapter, except that the Director of the Administrative Office of the United States Courts shall prescribe such regulations with respect to official travel by employees of the judicial branch of the Government. Regulations promulgated to implement section 5702 or 5706a of this title shall be transmitted to the appropriate committees of the Congress and shall not take effect until 30 days after such transmittal. The Administrator of General Services shall conduct periodic investigations of the cost of travel and the operation of privately owned airplanes and privately owned motorcycles by employees while engaged on official business, and shall report the results of such investigations to Congress at least once a year. depreciation of original vehicle cost; gasoline and oil (excluding taxes); maintenance, accessories, parts, and tires; insurance; and State and Federal taxes. shall provide that the mileage reimbursement rate for privately owned automobiles, as provided in section 5704(a)(1), is the single standard mileage rate established by the Internal Revenue Service referred to in that section, and shall prescribe mileage reimbursement rates which reflect the current costs as determined by the Administrator of operating privately owned airplanes and motorcycles. At least once each year after the issuance of the regulations described in subparagraph (A) of this paragraph, the Administrator shall determine, based upon the results of the cost investigation, specific figures, each rounded to the nearest half cent, of the average, actual cost per mile during the period for the use of a privately owned airplane, automobile, and motorcycle. The Administrator shall report the specific figures to Congress not later than five working days after the Administrator makes the cost determination. Each such report shall be printed in the Federal Register. The mileage reimbursement rates contained in the regulations prescribed under this section shall be adjusted within thirty days following the submission of the report under subparagraph (C) of this paragraph. data on total agency payments for such items as travel and transportation of people, average costs and durations of trips, and purposes of official travel; data on estimated total agency payments for employee relocation; and an analysis of the total costs of transportation service by type, and the total number of trips utilizing each transportation type for purposes of official travel. The Administrator of General Services shall make the data submitted pursuant to paragraph (1) publicly available upon receipt. an analysis of the data submitted pursuant to paragraph (1) for the agencies listed in section 901(b) of title 31 and a survey of such data for each other agency; and a description of any new regulations promulgated or changes to existing regulations authorized under this section. Not later than 90 days after the date of enactment of this Act [ May 16, 2017 ], the Administrator of General Services shall prescribe regulations under section 5707 of title 5 , United States Code, to provide for the reimbursement for the use of a transportation network company or innovative mobility technology company by any Federal employee traveling on official business under subchapter I of chapter 57 of such title, except that the Director of the Administrative Office of the United States Courts shall prescribe such regulations with respect to employees of the judicial branch of the Government. The term ‘innovative mobility technology company’ means an organization, including a corporation, limited liability company, partnership, sole proprietorship, or any other entity, that applies technology to expand and enhance available transportation choices, better manages demand for transportation services, or provides alternatives to driving alone. means a corporation, partnership, sole proprietorship, or other entity, that uses a digital network to connect riders to drivers affiliated with the entity in order for the driver to transport the rider using a vehicle owned, leased, or otherwise authorized for use by the driver to a point chosen by the rider; and does not include a shared-expense carpool or vanpool arrangement that is not intended to generate profit for the driver.” Except as provided in subsection (e), none of the funds authorized to be appropriated for the Department of State for fiscal year 2000 or 2001 may be used to pay for the expenses of foreign travel by an officer or employee of an Executive branch agency to attend an international conference, or for the routine services that a United States diplomatic mission or consular post provides in support of foreign travel by such an officer or employee to attend an international conference, unless that officer or employee has submitted a preliminary report with respect to that foreign travel in accordance with subsection (b), and has not previously failed to submit a final report with respect to foreign travel to attend an international conference required by subsection (c). the name and employing agency of the officer or employee; the name of the official who authorized the travel; and the purpose and duration of the travel. setting forth the actual duration and cost of the travel; and updating any other information included in the preliminary report. the names and employing agencies of all officers and employees of Executive branch agencies who attended the international conference; the names of all officials who authorized travel to the international conference, and the total number of officers and employees who were authorized to travel to the conference by each such official; and the total cost of travel by officers and employees of Executive branch agencies to the international conference. the President or the Vice President; any officer or employee who is carrying out an intelligence or intelligence-related activity, who is performing a protective function, or who is engaged in a sensitive diplomatic mission; or any officer or employee who travels prior to January 1, 1999 . The term ‘Director’ means the Director of the Office of International Conferences of the Department of State. an entity or entities, other than the Government Accountability Office, defined in section 105 of title 5 , United States Code; and the Executive Office of the President (except as provided in subsection (e)). The term ‘international conference’ means any meeting held under the auspices of an international organization or foreign government, at which representatives of more than two foreign governments are expected to be in attendance, and to which United States Executive branch agencies will send a total of ten or more representatives. the total Federal expenditure of all official international travel in each Executive branch agency during the previous fiscal year; and the total number of individuals in each agency who engaged in such travel.”