Travel and Transportation Reform Act of 1998
Official title: “To require Federal employees to use Federal travel charge cards for all payments of expenses of official Government travel, to amend title 31, United States Code, to establish requirements for prepayment audits of Federal agency transportation expenses, to authorize reimbursement of Federal agency employees for taxes incurred on travel or transportation reimbursements, and to authorize test programs for the payment of Federal employee travel expenses and relocation expenses.”
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The Senate passed it without objection on September 1, 1998. No individual votes are recorded.
The House passed it by voice vote on October 5, 1998. A voice vote records no individual votes.
It became law on October 19, 1998.
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