COMMERCIAL TRAVEL OF RESERVES AT FEDERAL SUPPLY SCHEDULE RATES FOR ATTENDANCE AT INACTIVE-DUTY TRAINING ASSEMBLIES.

SEC. 635. COMMERCIAL TRAVEL OF RESERVES AT FEDERAL SUPPLY SCHEDULE RATES FOR ATTENDANCE AT INACTIVE-DUTY TRAINING ASSEMBLIES. (a) Authority.— Chapter 1217 of title 10, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following new section: 112 STAT. 2045 “§ 12603. Attendance at inactive-duty training assemblies: commercial travel at Federal supply schedule rates “(a) Federal Supply Schedule Travel.— Commercial travel under Federal supply schedules is authorized for the travel of a Reserve to the location of inactive duty training to be performed by the Reserve and from that location upon completion of the training. “(b) Regulations.— The Secretary of Defense shall prescribe in regulations such requirements, conditions, and restrictions for travel under the authority of subsection (a) as the Secretary considers appropriate. The regulations shall include policies and procedures for preventing abuses of that travel authority. “(c) Reimbursement Not Authorized.— A Reserve is not entitled to Government reimbursement for the cost of travel authorized under subsection (a). “(d) Treatment of Transportation as Use by Military Departments.— For the purposes of section 201(a) of the Federal Property and Administrative Services Act of 1949 (40 U.S.C. 481(a)), travel authorized under subsection (a) shall be treated as transportation for the use of a military department.”. (b) Clerical Amendment.— The table of sections at the beginning of such chapter is amended by adding at the end the following new item: “12603. Attendance at inactive-duty training assemblies: commercial travel at Federal supply schedule rates.”.