104 STAT. 750 PUBLIC LAW 101-391—SEPT. 25, 1990 age employees traveling on official business to stay at places of public accommodation that meet the requiremente of the fire prevention and control guidelines described in section 29 of the Federal Fire Prevention and Control Act of 1974.". (b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sections at the beginning of chapter 57 of title 5, United States Code, is amended by inserting immediately after the item relating to section 5707 the following new item: "5707a. Adherence to fire safety guidelines in establishing rates and discounts for lodging expenses.". 5 USC 5707a (c) EFFECTIVE DATE. —The amendments made by this section shall note. take effect 60 days after the date of the publication in the Federal Register of the master list of certified places of public accommodation maintained by the Director of the Federal Emergency Management Agency pursuant to section 280b) of the Federal Fire Prevention and Control Act of 1974 (as added by section 3 of this Act). SEC. 5. ESTABLISHMENT OF APPROVED ACCOMMODATIONS PERCENT- AGE FOR FEDERAL AGENCIES. (a) APPROVED ACCOMMODATIONS PERCENTAGE. — (1) IN GENERAL.— Section 5707 of title 5, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following new subsection: "(d)(1) Each agency shall ensure that its approved accommodations percentage for a fiscal year shall be not less than— "(A) 65 percent, for the first fiscal year that begins 4 years after the date of enactment of this subsection; "(B) 75 percent, for the fiscal year that begins 5 years after the date of enactment of this subsection; and "(C) 90 percent, for the fiscal year that begins 6 years after the date of enactment of this subsection and for each subsequent fiscal year. "(2) In this subsection, an agency's 'approved accommodations percentage' for a fiscal year is the percentage determined by multiplying 100 by the quotient of— "(A) the total number of nights spent by civilian employees of the agency (as described in section 5702(a)) for which payment was made under this chapter for lodging expenses incurred in any State at any approved hotel, motel, or other place of public accommodation not owned by the Federal Government; divided by "(B) the total number of nights spent by such employees for which payment was made under this chapter for lodging expenses incurred in any State at any hotel, motel, or other place of public accommodation not owned by the Federal Government. "(3) For purposes of this subsectipn, a hotel, motel, or other place of public accommodation is approved if it meets the requirements of the fire prevention and control guidelines described in section 29 of the Federal Fire Prevention and Control Act of 1974. "(4) For purposes of this subsection— "(A) the term 'agency' does not include the government of the District of Columbia; and "(B) the term 'State' means any State, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands, the Virgin Islands, the Canal Zone, Guam, American Samoa, or any other territory or possession.".
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