AUTHORITY TO TRANSPORT A PRIVATELY OWNED MOTOR VEHICLE WITHIN THE CONTINENTAL UNITED STATES.

SEC. 1715. AUTHORITY TO TRANSPORT A PRIVATELY OWNED MOTOR VEHICLE WITHIN THE CONTINENTAL UNITED STATES. (a) In General.— Section 5727 of title 5, United States Code, is amended— (1) by redesignating subsections (c) through (e) as subsections (d) through (f), respectively; (2) by inserting after subsection (b) the following new subsection: “(c) Under regulations prescribed under section 5738 of this title, the privately owned motor vehicle or vehicles of an employee, including a new appointee or a student trainee for whom travel and transportation expenses are authorized under section 5723 of this title, may be transported at Government expense to a new official station of the employee when the agency determines that such transport is advantageous and cost-effective to the Government.”; and (3) in subsection (e) (as so redesignated), by inserting “or (c)” after “subsection (b)”. (b) Availability of Appropriations.— (1) Section 5722(a) of title 5, United States Code, is amended— (A) by striking out “and” at the end of paragraph (1); (B) by striking out the period at the end of paragraph (2) and inserting in lieu thereof “; and”; and (C) by adding at the end the following: “(3) the expenses of transporting a privately owned motor vehicle as authorized under section 5727(c) of this title.”. (2) Section 5723(a) of title 5, United States Code, is amended— (A) by striking out “and” at the end of paragraph (1); (B) by inserting “and” after the semicolon at the end of paragraph (2); and 110 STAT. 2756 (C) by adding at the end the following: “(3) the expenses of transporting a privately owned motor vehicle as authorized under section 5727(c) of this title;”.