REGULATIONS GOVERNING THE PAYMENT OF ACTUAL AND NECESSARY EXPENSES, OR PER DIEM IN LIEU THEREOF, TO COMMISSIONED OFFICERS OF THE COAST AND GEODETIC SURVEY ON DUTY OUTSIDE THE CONTINENTAL UNITED STATES OR IN ALASKA
By virtue of the authority vested in me by section 12 of the Pay Readjustment Act of 1942 (56 Stat. 364), as amended by section 203 of the act of August 2, 1946 (60 Stat. 859), and in the interest of the internal management of the Government, it is hereby ordered as follows:
1. Commissioned officers of the Coast and Geodetic Survey on duty outside the continental United States or in Alaska, whether or not in a travel status, may be paid actual and necessary expenses, or per diem in lieu thereof, equal to those authorized from time to time by the Secretary of the navy to be paid to commissioned officers of the Navy.
2. This order shall be effective as of August 2, 1946.
HARRY S. TRUMAN
THE WHITE HOUSE,
May 15, 1947.