22 U.S.C. § 4028a — Per diem allowance for newly hired members of the Foreign Service
submitted 2 years ago by Pub. L. 118-159 to r/title-22-FOREIGN-RELATIONS-AND-INTERCOURSE · 189 words · no verdicts yet
Qualifying newly hired Foreign Service employees in short-term Washington-area training receive the applicable per diem allowance. Lodging is excluded when the employee keeps a permanent local residence.
(a)(1) A newly hired Foreign Service employee in initial orientation or other training expected to last less than six months in the Washington, D.C., area before a first overseas or outside-area assignment must receive, throughout the training, the per diem levels under title 5, chapter 57, subchapter I. (2) No lodging expenses are allowed if the employee has a permanent Washington-area residence, excluding government housing, and does not vacate it. (b) “Per diem allowance” has the meaning in 5 U.S.C. 5701. “Washington, D.C., area” means within 50 miles of the Washington Monument. This section does not define other quoted terms.
Except as provided in paragraph (2), any newly hired Foreign Service employee who is in initial orientation training, or any other training expected to last less than 6 months in the Washington, D.C. area before transferring to the employee’s first assignment overseas or domestically outside the Washington, D.C. area shall, for the duration of such training, receive a per diem allowance at the levels prescribed under subchapter I of chapter 57 of title 5.
A newly hired Foreign Service employee may not receive any lodging expenses under the applicable per diem allowance pursuant to paragraph (1) if that employee—
has a permanent residence in the Washington, D.C., area (not including government-supplied housing during such orientation training or other training); and
does not vacate such residence during such orientation training or other training.
In this section—
the term “per diem allowance” has the meaning given such term in section 5701 of title 5; and
the term “Washington, D.C., area” means the geographic area within a 50-mile radius of the Washington Monument.
Source credit: (Pub. L. 118–159, div. G, title LXXI, § 7109, Dec. 23, 2024, 138 Stat. 2525.)
- 2024Enacted · Pub. L. 118-159 · 138 Stat. 2525
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