Travel costs for reproductive health care access

(a) In general The head of an Executive agency shall, in accordance with the regulations issued by the Director of the Office of Personnel Management under subsection (b), authorize travel and transportation allowances for Federal employees of such Executive agency and eligible dependents of such Federal employees for the costs of traveling outside of the State or territory of the United States in which such Federal employee is a resident to obtain a lawful reproductive health care service that is not accessible to such Federal employee or eligible dependent in such State or territory. (b) Regulations Not later than 90 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Director of the Office of Personnel Management shall issues regulations providing for travel and transportation allowances described in subsection (a) in the same manner, to the extent practicable, as travel and transportation allowances provided to members of the Armed Forces (as defined under section 101(a) of title 10, United States Code) with respect to travel for non-covered reproductive health care services under the Joint Travel Regulations for the Uniformed Services, as in effect on March 1, 2023, except that— (1) such travel and transportation allowances shall be granted by an Executive agency to a Federal employee of such Executive agency without consideration of the needs or requirements of such Executive agency; (2) the Federal employee shall not be required to disclose to any person other than an individual designated in accordance with subsection (c) the specific nature of the reproductive health care services with respect to which the Federal employee is seeking such travel and transportation allowances; and (3) each individual designated under subsection (c) may disclose information provided by Federal employees for the purpose of obtaining such travel and transportation allowances only to the extent necessary for the conduct of the official duties of such individual or as otherwise required by law. (c) Agency designee The head of each Executive agency shall designate one or more human resources personnel of the Executive agency to assess and approve requests for travel and transportation allowances described in subsection (a).