38 U.S.C. § 7424: Travel expenses of certain…

Summary

The Secretary can pay travel and other expenses, but not membership fees, for people named in sections 7306 and 7401(1), including those appointed under section 7405, when the Under Secretary for Health sends them to meetings of groups that promote medical and related science. The Secretary can make rules that let nationally recognized principal investigators accept travel and reasonable living‑expense payments from non‑Federal groups for meetings, advisory work, or major awards tied to Department duties. Under those rules, the payments may be kept to cover the costs or returned to the agency account that paid them.

Title 38, §7424

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(a)The Secretary may pay the expenses (other than membership fees) of persons described in section 7306 and 7401(1) of this title (including persons in positions described in section 7401(1) of this title who are appointed on a temporary full-time basis or a part-time basis under section 7405 of this title) who are detailed by the Under Secretary for Health to attend meetings of associations for the promotion of medical and related science.

(b)(1)The Secretary may prescribe regulations establishing conditions under which officers and employees of the Administration who are nationally recognized principal investigators in medical research may be permitted to accept payment, in cash or in kind, from non-Federal agencies, organizations, and individuals for travel and such reasonable subsistence expenses as are approved by the Secretary pursuant to such regulations—

(A)in connection with their attendance at meetings or in performing advisory services concerned with the functions or activities of the Department; or

(B)in connection with acceptance of significant awards or with activity related thereto concerned with functions or activities of the Department.

(2)Any such payment may be retained by such officers and employees to cover the cost of such expenses or shall be deposited to the credit of the appropriation from which the cost of such expenses is paid, as may be provided in such regulations.

Notes & Related Subsidiaries

Editorial Notes

Prior Provisions

Provisions similar to those in this section were contained in section 4108(d) and 4113 of this title prior to the repeal of those sections as part of the complete revision of chapter 73 of this title by Pub. L. 102–40.

Amendments

1992—Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 102–405 substituted “Under Secretary for Health” for “Chief Medical Director”.

§7424 Travel Expenses of Certain Employees