§16848. Compensation and travel expenses

(a) Compensation

Each member of a Commission may be compensated at not to exceed the daily equivalent of the annual rate of basic pay in effect for a position at level IV of the Executive Schedule under section 5315 of title 5 for each day during which that member is engaged in the actual performance of the duties of the Commission.

(b) Travel expenses

While away from their homes or regular places of business in the performance of services for the Commission, members of a Commission shall be allowed travel expenses, including per diem in lieu of subsistence, in the same manner as persons employed intermittently in the Government service are allowed expenses under section 5703(b) of title 5.¹

( Pub. L. 109–155, title VIII, §828, Dec. 30, 2005, 119 Stat. 2944 .)

References in Text

Section 5703 of title 5, referred to in subsec. (b), was amended generally by Pub. L. 94–22, §4, May 19, 1975, 89 Stat. 85 , and, as so amended, does not contain a subsec. (b).

¹ See References in Text note below.