Title 51, National and Commercial Space ProgramsRelease 119-110
§70708 Compensation and Travel Expenses
Title 51 › Subtitle VII — Access to Space › CHAPTER 707 — HUMAN SPACE FLIGHT INDEPENDENT INVESTIGATION COMMISSION › § 70708
Summary
Commission members may be paid up to the daily equivalent of Executive Schedule Level IV pay (section 5315, title 5) for each day they work, and they can get travel costs and per diem under section 5703, title 5.
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Title 51, §70708
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(a)Compensation.—
Each member of a Commission may be compensated at a rate not to exceed the daily equivalent of the annual rate of basic pay in effect for positions 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 of title 5.
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Historical and Revision Notes
Revised SectionSource (U.S. Code)Source (Statutes at Large) 7070842 U.S.C. 16848.Pub. L. 109–155, title VIII, § 828, Dec. 30, 2005, 119 Stat. 2944. In subsection (a), the words “at a rate not to exceed the daily equivalent of the annual rate” for “at not to exceed the daily equivalent of the annual rate” for consistency in title 51. In subsection (b), the words “section 5703 of title 5” are substituted for “section 5703(b) of title 5” to correct an error in the law. Section 5703 of title 5, United States Code, does not contain a subsection (b).
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51 U.S.C. § 70708
Title 51, National and Commercial Space Programs
Last Updated
Sep 22, 2026
Release point: 119-110