§5710 Authority for Travel Expenses Test Programs

Summary

An agency may, with approval from the Administrator of General Services, run a test program that pays necessary travel costs instead of other payments for up to 24 months. The agency’s request for approval must include a cost‑and‑benefit analysis and clear criteria for judging whether the test worked. The tests must aim to save money or make operations more efficient, and agencies still keep any other authority they already have to run tests. The Administrator must send a copy of any approved test to the proper Congressional committees at least 30 days before it starts. The agency must send results to the Administrator and those committees within 3 months after the test ends. No more than 10 such tests can run at the same time. The authority to run these tests ends 7 years after the Travel and Transportation Reform Act of 1998 became law.