Executive Order 9834—Regulations Governing the Payment of Expenses of Transportation of Civilian Officers and Employees Transferred to the Return of Departmental Functions to the Seat of Government

By virtue of and pursuant to the authority vested in me by the Second Deficiency Appropriation Act, 1946, approved May 18, 1946 (Public Law 384, 79th Congress), under the heading "Federal Works Agency - Public Buildings Administration," and in the interest of the internal management of the Government, it is hereby ordered as follows: Section 1. The provisions of Executive Order No. 9805 of November 25, 1946, prescribing regulations governing the payment of travel expenses of civilian officers and employees of the United States and transportation expenses of their immediate families, household goods, and personal effects when transferred from one official station to another for permanent duty, are hereby made applicable with respect to the payment of such expenses incident to the return of departmental functions to the seat of government as authorized by the said Second Deficiency Appropriation Act, 1946, and as may be authorized by subsequent legislation. Sec. 2. The provisions of said Act shall apply only to those officers and employees whose positions were transferred to the seat of government subsequent to October 11, 1944. Sec. 3. Executive Order No. 9739 of June 20, 1946, is hereby revoked, except that it shall continue to be applicable, so long as necessary, with respect to the payment of expenses incident to any return of departmental functions to the seat of government ordered prior to November 1, 1946, and incomplete on that date. Sec. 4. This order shall become effective as of November 1, 1946, and shall be published in the Federal Register. HARRY S. TRUMAN THE WHITE HOUSE, March 20, 1947