tive branches of the Federal Government and in the District of Columbia government," for "service performed as a civilian officer or employee of the Government" in par. (1) and inserted "and honorable" in par. (2).

Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 86-723, § 40(a), substituted "prior civilian service credit in accordance with the provisions of subsection (a) (1) of this section" for "credit for prior service", "and prior to the effective date of the Foreign Service Act Amendments of 1960, and at 62 per centum thereafter with interest compounded annually at 4 per centum per annum to the date of payment" for "with interest thereon to date of payment compounded annually at 4 per centum, except that no special contributions shall be required for periods of active military or naval service in the Army, Navy, Marine Corps, Air Force, or Coast Guard of the United States prior to becoming a participant" and "Any such person" for "Any such participant", inserted the word "basic" and deleted "during the continuance of his service" following "installments."

Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 86-723, § 40(a), substituted the provisions relating to the transfer of retirement benefits from one retirement system to the Foreign Service retirement system for former provisions declaring participant's right to additional retired pay, pension, or compensation under other provisions unaffected but prohibiting the duplication of prior service credit under the Foreign Service Retirement and Disability System and some other retirement system, which latter provisions are now incorporated in subsecs. (d) and (e) of this section. Subsecs. (d), (e). Pub. L. 86-723, § 40(b), added subsecs. (d) and (e).

1955-Subsec. (a) (2). Act Apr. 5, 1955, § 8(a), inserted "Air Force," after "Marine Corps."

Subsec. (b). Act Apr. 5, 1955, § 8(b), deleted the period at the end of the first sentence thereof and added except that no special contributions shall be required for periods of active military or naval service in the Army, Navy, Marine Corps, Air Force, or Coast Guard of the United States prior to becoming a participant."

EFFECTIVE DATE OF 1960 AMENDMENT Amendment of section by Pub. L. 86-723 effective the first day of first pay period which begins more than thirty days after Sept. 8, 1960, see section 56(a) of Pub. L. 86-723, set out as a note under section 809 of this title.

EFFECTIVE DATE

Section effective three months after Aug. 13, 1946, see note set out under section 801 of this title.

TRANSFER OF FUNCTIONS

All functions of all officers of the Department of the Treasury, and all functions of all agencies and employees of the Department, were transferred, with certain exceptions, to the Secretary of the Treasury, with power vested in him to authorize their performance or the performance of any of his functions, by any officers, agencies, and employees, by 1950 Reorg. Plan No. 26, §§ 1, 2, eff. July 31, 1950, 15 F. R. 4935, 64 Stat. 1280, set out in note under section 241 of Title 5, Executive Departments and Government Officers and Employees. The Coast Guard, referred to in this section, is generally a service in the Treasury Department, but the Plan excepted, from the transfer, the functions of the Coast Guard, and of the Commandant thereof, when the Coast Guard is operating as a part of the Navy under sections 1 and 3 of Title 14, Coast Guard.

REFUND OF CONTRIBUTIONS MADE TO OBTAIN RETIREMENT CREDIT FOR PRIOR MILITARY SERVICE Section 8 (c) of act Apr. 5, 1955, provided that: "A special contribution to the Foreign Service Retirement and Disability Fund made by any participant on or after April 1, 1948 for the purpose of obtaining service credit in accordance with the provisions of section 852 (a) (2) of the Foreign Service Act of 1946 [subsec. (a) (2) of this section] for periods of active military or naval service in the Army, Navy, Marine Corps, Air Force, or Coast Guard of the United States shall be refunded. Such refund shall not include any interest covering the period such special contribution, or any part thereof, was on deposit in the fund."

§ 1093. Extra credit for service at unhealthful posts.

The President may from time to time establish a list of places which by reason of climatic or other extreme conditions are to be classed as unhealthful posts, and each year of duty subsequent to January 1, 1900, at such posts inclusive of regular leaves of absence, of participants thereafter retired, shall be counted as one year and a half, and so on in like proportion in reckoning the length of service for the purpose of retirement, fractional months being considered as full months in computing such service, but no such extra credit for service at such unhealthful posts shall be credited to any participant who shall have been paid a salary differential in accordance with section 888 of this title for such service performed subsequent to April 5, 1955, (Aug. 13, 1946, ch. 957, title VIII, § 853, 60 Stat. 1024; Apr. 5, 1955, ch. 23, § 9, 69 Stat. 27.)

REFERENCES IN TEXT

Section 888 of this title, referred to in the text, was repealed by section 511(a)(1) of act Sept. 6, 1960 and its subject matter is covered by chapter 37 of Title 5, Executive Departments and Government Officers and Employees. AMENDMENTS

1955-Act. Apr. 5, 1955, added provision that no extra credit toward retirement for service at unhealthful posts shall be credited to any Foreign Service officer who shall have been paid a salary differential in accordance with section 888 of this title, and by eliminating the last sentence of this section which provided that the President could cancel the designation of places as unhealthful without affecting accrued credit for service at such posts prior to the date of cancellation.

EFFECTIVE DATE

Section effective three months after Aug. 13, 1946, see note set out under section 801 of this title.

DELEGATION OF FUNCTIONS

Secretary of State empowered to establish from time to time a list of places which by reason of climatic or other extreme conditions are to be classed as unhealthful posts, and to cancel the designation of any place as unhealthful, see section 1(f) of Ex. Ord. No. 10903, Jan. 9, 1961, 26 F.R. 217, set out as a note under section 3031 of Title 5, Executive Departments and Government Officers and Employees.

CROSS REFERENCES

Foreign Service Retirement and Disability System, extra service credit of chief of mission as excluded from required period of service for purposes of participation in, see section 1063 of this title.

§ 1094. Credit while on military leave.

Contributions shall not be required covering periods of leave of absence from the Service granted a participant while performing active military or naval service in the Army, Navy, Marine Corps, Air Force, or Coast Guard of the United States. (Aug. 13, 1946, ch. 957, title VIII, § 854, 60 Stat. 1024.)

CODIFICATION

Air Force was inserted on the authority of section 207 (a), (f) of act July 26, 1947, ch. 343, title II, 61 Stat. 502, which established a separate Department of the Air Force. Section 207 (a), (f) of act July 26, 1947, was repealed by section 53 of act Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 641. Section 1 of act Aug. 10, 1956, enacted "Title 10. Armed Forces", which in sections 8011-8013 continued the military Department of the Air Force under the administrative supervision of a Secretary of the Air Force.

EFFECTIVE DATE

Section effective three months after Aug. 13, 1946, see note set out under section 801 of this title.

TRANSFER OF FUNCTIONS

All functions of all officers of the Department of the Treasury, and all functions of all agencies and employees of the Department, were transferred, with certain exceptions, to the Secretary of the Treasury, with power vested in him to authorize their performance or the performance of any of his functions, by any officers, agencies, and employees, by 1950 Reorg. Plan No. 26, §§ 1, 2, eff. July 31, 1950, 15 F. R. 4935, 64 Stat. 1280, set out in note under section 241 of Title 5, Executive Departments and Government Officers and Employees. The Coast Guard, referred to in this section, is generally a service in the Treasury Department, but the Plan excepted, from the transfer, the functions of the Coast Guard, and of the Commandant thereof, when the Coast Guard is operating as a part of the Navy under sections 1 and 3 of Title 14, Coast Guard.

§ 1095. Recomputation of annuities of certain former participants.

The annuity of each former participant under the System, who retired prior to July 28, 1956, and who at the time of his retirement had creditable service in excess of thirty years, shall be recomputed on the basis of actual years of creditable service not in excess of thirty-five years. Service which was not creditable under the System on the date a former participant retired, shall not be included as creditable service for the purpose of this recomputation. The annuities payable to such persons shall, when recomputed, be paid at the rates so determined, but no such recomputation or any other action taken pursuant to this section shall operate to reduce the rate of the annuity any such person is entitled to receive under the System. (Aug. 13, 1946, ch. 957, title VIII, § 855, as added Sept. 8, 1960, Pub. L. 86-723, § 41, 74 Stat. 845.)

EFFECTIVE DATE

Section effective on the first day of the first month which begins more than thirty days after Sept. 8, 1960, see section 56(d) of Pub. L. 86-723, set out as a note under section 809 of this title.

PART G.-MONEYS

§ 1101. Estimate of needed appropriations.

The Secretary of the Treasury shall prepare the estimates of the annual appropriations required to be made to the Fund, and shall make actuarial valuations of such funds at intervals of five years, or oftener if deemed necessary by him. The Secretary of State may expend from money to the credit of the Fund an amount not exceeding $5,000 per annum for the incidental expenses necessary in administering the provisions of this subchapter, including actuarial advice. (Aug. 13, 1946, ch. 957, title VIII, § 861, 60 Stat. 1024.)

EFFECTIVE DATE

Section effective three months after Aug. 13, 1946, see note set out under section 801 of this title.

§ 1102. Report to Congress.

The Secretary shall submit annually to the President and to the Congress a comparative report showing the condition of the Fund and estimates of appropriations necessary to continue this subchapter in full force. (Aug. 13, 1946, ch. 957, title VIII, § 862, 60 Stat. 1024.)

EFFECTIVE DATE

Section effective three months after Aug. 13, 1946, see note set out under section 801 of this title.

§ 1103. Investment of Fund.

The Secretary of the Treasury shall invest from time to time in interest-bearing securities of the United States such portions of the Fund as in his judgment may not be immediately required for the payment of annuities, cash benefits, refunds, and allowances, and the income derived from such investments shall constitute a part of such Fund. (Aug. 13, 1946, ch. 957, title VIII, § 863, 60 Stat. 1024.) EFFECTIVE DATE

Section effective three months after Aug. 13, 1946. see note set out under section 801 of this title.

§ 1104. Attachment of moneys.

None of the moneys mentioned in this subchapter shall be assignable either in law or equity, or be subject to execution, levy, attachment, garnishment, or other legal process, except as provided in section 1004 (c) of this title. (Aug. 13, 1946, ch. 957, title VIII, § 864, 60 Stat. 1024; Apr. 5, 1955, ch. 23, § 13 (3), 69 Stat. 27.)

1960-Pub. L. 86-723, § 42, Sept. 8, 1960, 74 Stat. 845, substituted "Annuitants recalled, reinstated or reappointed in service or reemployed in Government" for "Officers reinstated in service" in part heading.

§ 1111. Contributions to Fund; recomputation of annuity.

Any annuitant recalled to duty in the Service in accordance with the provisions of section 915(b) of this title or reinstated or reappointed in accordance with the provisions of section 1081 (b) of this title shall, while so serving, be entitled in lieu of his annuity to the full salary of the class in which he is serving. During such service, he shall make contributions to the Fund in accordance with the provisions of section 1071 of this title. When he reverts to his retired status, his annuity shall be determined anew in accordance with the provisions of section 1076 of this title. (Aug. 13, 1946, ch. 957, title VIII § 871, 60 Stat. 1025; July 28, 1956, ch. 770, § 10, 70 Stat. 705; Sept. 8, 1960, Pub. L. 86-723, § 43, 74 Stat. 845.)

AMENDMENTS

1960-Pub. L. 86-723 entitled any annuitant reinstated or reappointed in the Service to the full salary of the class in which he is serving in lieu of his annuity and provided for the redetermination of the annuity, upon reversion to retired status, as provided in section 1076 of this title instead of recomputation on the basis of total service credit if the annuity he was receiving prior to reinstatement in the Service was based on less than thirtyfive years of service credit.

1956 Act July 28, 1956, substituted "thirty-five" for "thirty" preceding "years of service credit,".

EFFECTIVE DATE OF 1960 AMENDMENT Amendment of section by Pub. L. 86-723 effective the first day of first pay period which begins more than thirty days after Sept. 8, 1960, see section 56(a) of Pub. L 86-723, set out as a note under section 809 of this title.

EFFECTIVE DATE

Section effective three months after Aug. 13, 1946, see note set out under section 801 of this title.

§ 1112. Reemployment.

(a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, any officer or employee of the Service, who has retired under this chapter and is receiving an annuity pursuant thereto, and who is reemployed in the Federal Government service in any appointive position either on a part-time or full-time basis, shall be entitled to receive the salary of the position in which he is serving plus so much of his annuity payable under this chapter which when combined with such salary does not exceed during any calendar year the basic salary such officer or employee was entitled to receive under sections 867 or 870 of this title, on the date of his retirement from the Service. Any such reemployed officer or employee who receives salary during any calendar year in excess of the maximum amount which he may be entitled to receive under this subsection shall be entitled to such salary in lieu of benefits hereunder.

(b) When any such retired officer or employee of the Service is reemployed, the employer shall send a notice to the Department of State of such reemployment together with all pertinent information relating thereto, and shall pay directly to such officer or employee the salary of the position in which he is serving.

(c) In the event of any overpayment under this section, such overpayment shall be recovered by withholding the amount involved from the salary payable to such reemployed officer or employee, or from any other moneys, including his annuity, payable in accordance with the provisions of this subchapter. (Aug. 13, 1946, ch. 957, title VIII, § 872, as added Sept. 8, 1960, Pub. L. 86-723, § 44, 74 Stat. 846, and amended Sept. 4, 1961, Pub. L. 87–195, pt. IV, § 708(2), 75 Stat. 464.)

AMENDMENTS

1961-Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 87-195 authorized payment of the salary directly to the officer or employee.

Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 87-195 substituted "such overpayment shall be recovered by withholding the amount involved from the salary payable to such reemployed officer or employee, or from any other moneys, including his annuity, payable in accordance with the provisions of this subchapter" for "the Secretary of State is authorized to withhold the amount of such overpayment from the salary payable to such reemployed officer or employee or from his annuity."

EFFECTIVE Date

Section effective the first day of first pay period which begins more than thirty days after Sept. 8, 1960, see section 56(a) of Pub. L. 86-723, set out as a note under section 809 of this title.

REPEALS

Section 708 (2) of Pub. L. 87-195, which amended this section, was repealed by section 401 of Pub. L. 87-565, pt. IV, Aug. 1, 1962, 76 Stat. 263, except insofar as section 708 (2) affected this section.

REINSTATEMENT TO ACTIVE STATUS OF CERTAIN OFFICERS RETIRED FOR AGE

Section 53 of Pub. L. 86-723 provided that: "Any person who occupies a position in the Department of State to which he was appointed by the President, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, at the time that he was an active Foreign Service officer, and who while

holding this position has retired for age as a Foreign Service officer, and who on the effective date of this section, continues to hold such position is hereby reinstated, effective as of the date of such retirement, to active status as a Foreign Service officer and shall be entitled to all the provisions of the Foreign Service Act of 1946, as amended [this chapter], as though he had never retired."

Section 53 of Pub. L. 86-723 effective the first day of first pay period which begins more than thirty days after Sept. 8, 1960, see section 56(a) of Pub. L. 86-723, set out as a note under section 809 of this title.

PART I.

VOLUNTARY CONTRIBUTIONS

§ 1116. Amount allowable; return to contributor; computation of benefits; benefits as additional.

(a) Any participant may, at his option and under such regulations as may be prescribed by the President, deposit additional sums in multiples of 1 per centum of his basic salary, but not in excess of 10 per centum of such salary, which amounts together with interest at 3 per centum per annum, compounded annually at the end of each fiscal year through June 30, 1960; semiannually as of December 31, 1960; annually thereafter as of December 31, and proportionately for the period served during the year of his retirement, including all contributions made during or for such period, shall, at the date of his retirement and at his election, be—

(1) returned to him in a lump sum; or

(2) used to purchase an additional life annuity; or

(3) used to purchase an additional life annuity for himself and to provide for a cash payment on his death to a beneficiary whose name shall be notified in writing to the Secretary by the participant; or

(4) used to purchase an additional life annuity for himself and a life annuity commencing on his death payable to a beneficiary whose name shall be notified in writing to the Secretary by the participant with a guaranteed return to the beneficiary or his legal representative of an amount equal to the cash payment referred to in paragraph (3) of this subsection.

(b) The benefits provided by paragraphs (2) —(4) of subsection (a) of this section shall be actuarially equivalent in value to the payment provided for by subsection (a) (1) of this section and shall be calculated upon such tables of mortality as may be from time to time prescribed for this purpose by the Secretary of the Treasury.

(c) In case a participant shall become separated from the Service for any reason except retirement on an annuity, the amount of any additional deposits with interest at 3 per centum per annum, compounded as is provided in subsection (a) of this section, made by him under the provisions of this subsection shall be refunded in the manner provided in section 1086 of this title for the return of contributions and interest in the case of death or separation from the Service.

(d) Any benefits payable to an officer or to his beneficiary in respect to the additional deposits provided under this subsection shall be in addition to the benefits otherwise provided under this subchapter. (Aug. 13, 1946, ch. 957, title VIII, § 881, 60 Stat. 1025; Sept. 8, 1960, Pub. L. 86-723, § 45, 74 Stat. 846.)

1960-Subsec. (a).

AMENDMENTS

Pub. L. 86-723, § 45(a), substituted

in the opening paragraph "compounded annually at the end of each fiscal year through June 30, 1960; semiannually as of December 31, 1960; annually thereafter as of December 31, and proportionately for the period served during the year of his retirement, including all contributions made during or for such period," for "compounded on June 30 of each year."

Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 86-723, § 45(b), substituted "as is provided in subsection (a) of this section" and "separation from the Service" for "annually" and "withdrawal from active service", respectively.

EFFECTIVE DATE OF 1960 AMENDMENT

Amendment of section by Pub. L. 86-723 effective the first day of first pay period which begins more than thirty days after Sept. 8, 1960, see section 56(a) of Pub. L. 86-723, set out as a note under section 809 of this title.

EFFECTIVE DATE

Section effective three months after Aug. 13, 1946, see note set out under section 801 of this title.

DELEGATION OF RULE-MAKING AUTHORITY Authority of the President under subsec. (a) of this section delegated to the Secretary of State, see section 1(c) of Ex. Ord. No. 10897, Dec. 2, 1960, 25 F.R. 12429, set out as a note under section 1061 of this title.

INCREASED ANNUITIES

Annuities of annuitants and survivorship annuitants retired prior to Nov. 13, 1950, increased, see sections 1077 and 1078, respectively, of this title.

Exclusion of additional annuities purchased with voluntary contributions pursuant to this section from computation of increase in annuities of annuitants retired or survivor annuitants receiving annuities, on or before June 30, 1962, see section 10791 of this title.

CROSS REFERENCES

Payment of contributions, upon death in service, without payable claim, see section 1082 of this title.

Return of contributions to separated personnel, except as provided in this section, see section 1086 of this title.

SUBCHAPTER IX.—ALLOWANCES AND

BENEFITS

PART A.-ALLOWANCES AND SPECIAL ALLOTMENTS

§ 1131. Representation allowances.

In accordance with such regulations as the President may prescribe and notwithstanding the provisions of section 70 of Title 5, the Secretary is authorized to grant to any officer or employee of the Service who is a citizen of the United States allowances in order to provide for the proper representation of the United States by officers or employees of the Service. (Aug. 13, 1946, ch. 957, title IX, § 901, 60 Stat. 1025; Apr. 5, 1955, ch. 23, §10, 69 Stat 27; Sept. 6, 1960, Pub. L. 86-707, title V, § 511 (c) (7), 74 Stat. 801.)

AMENDMENTS

1960-Pub. L. 86-707 amended section generally and eliminated provisions which authorized the payment of quarters and cost-of-living allowances, which provisions are now covered by sections 3036 and 3037 of Title 5, Executive Departments and Government Officers and Employees.

1955 Subd. (2). Act Apr. 5, 1955, substituted "any post of assignment abroad or at a post of assignment in the continental United States between assignments to posts abroad;" for "his post of assignment" at the end of par. (ii), and added par. (iv).

EFFECTIVE DATE

Section effective three months after Aug. 13, 1946, see note set out under section 801 of this title.

DELEGATION OF FUNCTIONS

Secretary of State empowered to prescribe regulations governing allowances in order to provide for the proper representation of the United States by officers or employees of the Foreign Service, see section 1(d) of Ex. Ord. No. 10903, Jan. 9, 1961, 26 F.R. 217, set out as a note under section 3031 of Title 5, Executive Departments and Government Officers and Employees.

EXECUTIVE Order No. 10624

Ex. Ord. No. 10624, July 28, 1955, 20 F. R. 5445, set out as a note under section 1762 of Title 7, Agriculture, provides that rules and regulations prescribed by the Secretary of State under authority vested in him by this subchapter shall be applicable to persons assigned abroad under sections 1761-1768 of Title 7.

CROSS REFERENCES

Advancement of funds for payment of allowances; recovery of excess; waiver, see section 3034 of Title 5, Executive Departments and Government Officers and Employees. Benefits to Veterans' Administration employees in the Philippines who are United States citizens, similar to those provided in this section, see section 235 of Title 38, Veterans' Benefits.

Quarters allowances; payment or reimbursement for repairs, alterations, and improvements to leased residences, see section 3036 of Title 5, Executive Departments and Government Officers and Employees.

Reserve officers as entitled to allowances, privileges, and benefits of this subchapter, see section 926 of this title.

§§ 1132, 1133. Repealed. Pub. L. 86-707, title V, § 511 (a)(1), Sept. 6, 1960, 74 Stat. 800.

Section 1132, acts Aug. 13, 1946, ch. 957, title IX, § 902, 60 Stat. 1026; July 28, 1956, ch. 770, § 11, 70 Stat. 705, authorized the Secretary of State to allot funds to defray the unusual expenses incident to the operation and maintenance of official residences suitable for principal representatives of the United States, and is now covered by section 3039 of Title 5, Executive Departments and Government Officers and Employees.

Section 1133, act Aug. 13, 1946, ch. 957, title IX, § 903, 60 Stat. 1026, required the Secretary of State to account for all allowances and allotments.

FART B.-TRAVEL AND RELATED EXPENSES

§ 1136. Travel expenses of officers and employees and their families; transportation and storage of furniture and household and personal effects; bringing home remains of personnel and family dying abroad.

The Secretary may, under such regulations as he shall prescribe, pay—

(1) the travel expenses of officers and employees of the Service, including expenses incurred while traveling pursuant to orders issued by the Secretary in accordance with the provisions of section 1148 of this title with regard to the granting of home leave;

(2) the travel expenses of the members of the family of an officer or employee of the Service when proceeding to or returning from his post of duty; accompanying him on authorized home leave; accompanying him for representational purposes on authorized travel within the country of his assignment or, at the discretion of the Secretary, outside the country of his assignment, but in no case to exceed one member of his family; or otherwise traveling in accordance with authority granted pursuant to the terms of this chapter or any other Act;

(3) the cost of transporting the furniture and household and personal effects of an officer or

employee of the Service to his successive posts of duty and, on the termination of his services, to the place where he will reside;

(4) the cost of packing and unpacking, transporting to and from a place of storage, and storing the furniture and household and personal effects of an officer or employee of the Service, when he is absent from his post of assignment under orders, or when he is assigned to a post to which he cannot take or at which he is unable to use such furniture and household and personal effects, or when it is in the public interest or more economical to authorize storage; but in no instance shall the weight or volume of the effects stored together with the weight or volume of the effects transported exceed the maximum limitations fixed by regulations, when not otherwise fixed by law;

(5) the cost of packing and unpacking, transporting to and from a place of storage, and storing the furniture and household and personal effects of an officer or employee of the Service in connection with assignment or transfer to a new post, from the date of his departure from his last post or from the date of his departure from his place of residence in the case of a new officer or employee and for not to exceed three months after arrival at the new post, or until the establishment of residence quarters, whichever shall be shorter; and, in connection with separation of an officer or employee of the Service, the cost of packing and unpacking, transporting to and from a place of storage, and storing for a period not to exceed three months, his furniture and household and personal effects; but in no instance shall the weight or volume of the effects stored together with the weight or volume of the effects transported exceed the maximum limitations fixed by regulations, when not otherwise fixed by law.

(6) the travel expenses of the members of the family and the cost of transporting the personal effects and automobile of an officer or employee of the Service, whenever the travel of such officer or employee is occasioned by changes in the seat of the government whose capital is his post;

(7) the travel expenses and transportation costs incident to the removal of the members of the family of an officer or employee of the Service and his furniture and household and personal effects, including automobiles, from a post at which, because of the prevalence of disturbed conditions, there is imminent danger to life and property, and the return of such persons, furniture, and effects to such post upon the cessation of such conditions; or to such other post as may in the meantime have become the post to which such officer or employee has been assigned;

(8) the cost of preparing and transporting to their former homes in the continental United States or to a place not more distant, the remains of an officer or employee of the Service who is a citizen of the United States and of the members of his family who may die abroad or while in travel status;

(9) the travel expenses of officers and employees of the Service who are citizens of the United States, and members of their families, 36-500 0-65-vol. 5-50

while serving at posts specifically designated by the Secretary for purposes of this paragraph, for rest and recuperation to other locations abroad having different environmental conditions than those at the post at which such officers and employees are serving, provided that such travel expenses shall be limited to the cost for each officer or employee and members of his family of one round trip during any continuous two-year tour unbroken by home leave and two round trips during any continuous three-year tour unbroken by home leave;

(10) the travel expenses of members of the family accompanying, preceding, or following an officer or employee if, while he is en route to his post of assignment, he is ordered temporarily for orientation and training or is given other temporary duty.

(Aug. 13, 1946, ch. 957, title IX, § 911, 60 Stat. 1026; Apr. 5, 1955, ch. 23, § 11, 69 Stat. 27; Sept. 6, 1960, Pub. L. 86-707, title III, § 301(a), title V, § 511(a) (1), 75 Stat. 795, 800; Sept. 4, 1961, Pub. L. 87-195, pt. IV, § 708 (3), 75 Stat. 464; Dec. 16, 1963, Pub. L. 88–205, pt. IV, § 404(b), 77 Stat. 391.)

AMENDMENTS

1963-Par. (2). Pub. L. 88-205 authorized the Secretary to pay travel expenses of families accompanying the employee for representational purposes on authorized travel, but in no case for more than one family member.

1961-Pars. (9), (10). Pub. L. 87-195 added pars. (9) and (10). A prior par. (9) was repealed by section 511(a) (1) of Pub. L. 86-707.

1960-Par. (4). Pub. L. 86-707, § 301(a), authorized payment of the cost of packing and unpacking and transporting to and from a place of storage, extended the authority to pay storage costs for an officer or employee assigned to a post to which he cannot take or at which he is unable to use his furniture and household personal effects by eliminating provisions which restricted such payment only to cases where an emergency exists, empowered the Secretary to pay storage costs when it is in the public interest or more economical to authorize storage, and limited the weight or volume of the effects stored or the weight or volume of the effects transported to not more than the maximum limitations fixed by regulations, when not otherwise fixed by law.

Par. (5). Pub. L. 86-707, § 301(a), authorized payment of the cost of packing and unpacking and transporting to and from a place of storage, permitted payment from the date of departure from the officer's or employee's last post or from the date of departure from the place of residence in the case of a new officer or employee, empowered the Secretary to pay the storage costs in connection with the separation of an officer or employee from the Service, and limited the weight or volume of the effects stored or the weight or volume of the effects transported to not more than the maximum limitations fixed by regulations, when not otherwise fixed by law.

Par. (9). Pub. L. 86-707, § 511(a)(1), repealed former par. (9), which authorized the payment of travel expenses incurred by an officer or employee of the Service assigned to a foreign post, in transporting dependents to and from the United States to obtain an American secondary or college education, and is now covered by section 3037 of Title 5, Executive Departments and Government Officers and Employees.

1955-Par. (9). Act Apr. 5, 1955 added par. (9).

EFFECTIVE DATE

Section effective three months after Aug. 13, 1946, see note set out under section 801 of this title.

REPEALS

Section 708 (3) of Pub. L. 87-195, which amended this section, was repealed by section 401 of Pub. L. 87-565,