118 STAT. 1036 PUBLIC LAW 108–293—AUG. 9, 2004 ‘‘(d) For purposes of this section, ‘active duty’ does not include active duty for training, duty on a board, or duty of a limited or temporary nature if assigned to active duty from an inactive duty status.’’. SEC. 210. TRAVEL CARD MANAGEMENT. (a) IN GENERAL.—Chapter 13 of title 14, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following: ‘‘§ 517. Travel card management ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary may require that travel or transportation allowances due a civilian employee or military member of the Coast Guard be disbursed directly to the issuer of a Federal contractor issued travel charge card, but only in an amount not to exceed the authorized travel expenses charged by that Coast Guard member to that travel charge card issued to that employee or member. ‘‘(b) WITHHOLDING OF NONDISPUTED OBLIGATIONS.—The Sec retary may also establish requirements similar to those established by the Secretary of Defense pursuant to section 2784a of title 10 for deduction or withholding of pay or retired pay from a Coast Guard employee, member, or retired member who is delinquent in payment under the terms of the contract under which the card was issued and does not dispute the amount of the delinquency.’’. (b) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—The chapter analysis for chapter 13 of title 14, United States Code, is amended by inserting after the item relating to section 516 the following: ‘‘517. Travel card management.’’. SEC. 211. COAST GUARD FELLOWS AND DETAILEES. The Secretary of the department in which the Coast Guard is operating, in consultation with the Attorney General, shall by not later than 6 months after the date of the enactment of this Act— (1) review the Coast Guard Commandant Instruction 5730.3, regarding congressional detailees (COMDTINST 5370.3), dated April 18, 2003, and compare the standards set forth in the instruction to the standards applied by other execu tive agencies to congressional detailees; (2) determine if any changes to such instruction are nec essary to protect against conflicts of interest and preserve the doctrine of separation of powers; and (3) submit a report to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate and the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of Representa tives on the findings and conclusions of the review. SEC. 212. LONG TERM LEASE OF SPECIAL USE REAL PROPERTY. (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 672 of title 14, United States Code, is amended by— (1) striking the heading and inserting the following: ‘‘§ 672. Long term lease of special purpose facilities’’; (2) in subsection (a), inserting ‘‘special purpose facilities, including,’’ after ‘‘automatic renewal clauses, for’’ ; and (3) striking ‘‘(b) The’’ and inserting: Reports. Deadline.
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