PUBLIC LAW 105-264—OCT. 19, 1998 112 STAT. 2355 Reports. Deadline. of the expected costs and benefits and a set of criteria for evaluating the effectiveness of the program. "(2) Any test program conducted under this section shall be designed to enhance cost savings or other efficiencies that accrue to the Government. "(3) Nothing in this section is intended to limit the authority of any agency to conduct test programs. "(b) The Administrator shall transmit a copy of any test program approved by the Administrator under this section to the appropriate committees of the Congress at least 30 days before the effective date of the program. "(c) An agency authorized to conduct a test program under subsection (a) shall provide to the Administrator and the appropriate committees of the Congress a report on the results of the program no later than 3 months after completion of the program. "(d) No more than 10 test programs under this section may be conducted simultaneously. "(e) The authority to conduct test programs under this section Ejqriration date, shall expire 7 years after the date of the enactment of the Travel and Transportation Reform Act of 1998.". (b) RELOCATION EXPENSES TEST PROGRAMS. —Subchapter II of chapter 57 of title 5, United States Code, is further amended by adding at the end the following new section:
- § 5739. Authority for relocation expenses test programs
"(a)(1) Notwithstanding any other provision of this subchapter, under a test program which the Administrator of General Services determines to be in the interest of the Government and approves, an agency may pay through the proper disbursing official for a period not to exceed 24 months any necessary relocation expenses in heu of any payment otherwise authorized or required under this subchapter. An agency shall include in any request to the Administrator for approval of such a test program an analysis of the expected costs and benefits and a set of criteria for evaluating the effectiveness of the program. "(2) Any test progreun conducted under this section shall be designed to enhance cost savings or other efficiencies that accrue to the Government. "(3) Nothing in this section is intended to limit the authority of any agency to conduct test programs. "(b) The Administrator shall transmit a copy of any test program approved by the Administrator under this section to the appropriate committees of the Congress at least 30 days before the effective date of the program. "(c) An agency authorized to conduct a test program under subsection (a) shall provide to the Administrator and the appropriate committees of the Congress a report on the results of the program no later than 3 months after completion of the program. "(d) No more than 10 test programs under this section may be conducted simultaneously. "(e) The authority to conduct test programs under this section E3q)iration date, shall expire 7 years after the date of the enactment of the Travel and Transportation Reform Act of 1998.". (c) CLERICAL AMENDMENTS,— The table of sections for chapter 57 of title 5, United States Code, is further amended by— Reports. Deadline.
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