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[CITE: 22USC3657a]

 
               TITLE 22--FOREIGN RELATIONS AND INTERCOURSE
 
                        CHAPTER 51--PANAMA CANAL
 
              SUBCHAPTER I--ADMINISTRATION AND REGULATIONS
 
                            Part 2--Employees
 
                subpart ii--wage and employment practices
 
Sec. 3657a. Quarters allowances


(a) ``Position'' and ``employee'' defined

    Notwithstanding paragraphs (2) and (3) of section 3651 of this 
title, as used in this section--
        (1) ``position'' means a civilian position; and
        (2) ``employee'' means an individual serving in a position in 
    the Department of Defense whose permanent duty station is in the 
    area which, before October 1, 1979, was known as the Canal Zone.

(b) Covered employees

    Under regulations prescribed by or under authority of the President, 
the Department of Defense may grant a quarters allowance in the case 
of--
        (1) any employee who is a citizen of the United States and who, 
    before October 1, 1979, was employed by the Panama Canal Company, 
    the Canal Zone Government, or any other agency, in the area then 
    known as the Canal Zone; and
        (2) any other employee who is a citizen of the United States and 
    who (before, on, or after the effective date of this section) is or 
    was recruited within the United States;

for whom adequate Government owned or leased quarters are not made 
available.

(c) Determination of amount

    The amount of any quarters allowance granted to an employee under 
this section shall be determined in accordance with the regulations 
prescribed under subsection (b) of this section, except that such 
allowance for any period may not exceed the amount, if any, by which--
        (1) the lesser of--
            (A) the actual expenses for rent and utilities incurred by 
        the employee during such period while occupying quarters other 
        than Government owned or leased quarters; or
            (B) the maximum amount which would be authorized for such 
        employee with respect to such period under the Department of 
        State Standardized Regulations (Government Civilians, Foreign 
        Areas) if such employee were covered by those regulations;

    exceeds
        (2) the estimated total cost of rent and utilities which the 
    employee would have been charged if Government owned or leased 
    quarters had been provided on a rental basis during such period.

(d) Inapplicability of election under section 3652(b) of this title

    The provisions of this section shall apply without regard to whether 
any election by the Department of Defense under section 3652(b) of this 
title is then in effect.

(Pub. L. 96-70, title I, Sec. 1217a, as added Pub. L. 98-600, Sec. 1(a), 
Oct. 30, 1984, 98 Stat. 3145.)

                       References in Text

    For effective date of this section, referred to in subsec. (b)(2), 
see section 2 of Pub. L. 98-600, set out below.


                             Effective Date

    Section 2 of Pub. L. 98-600 provided that: ``The amendments made by 
this Act [enacting this section] shall take effect on October 1, 1984, 
and shall apply with respect to utility costs incurred, and rent payable 
for any period beginning, on or after that date.''

    Ex. Ord. No. 12520. Quarters Allowance to Department of Defense 
                           Employees in Panama

    Ex. Ord. No. 12520, June 19, 1985, 50 F.R. 25683, provided:
    By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and 
the laws of the United States of America, including section 1217a of the 
Panama Canal Act of 1979 (22 U.S.C. 3657a), it is hereby ordered as 
follows:
    Section 1. The Secretary of Defense is authorized to prescribe the 
regulations referred to in section 1217a of the Panama Canal Act of 1979 
[22 U.S.C. 3657a], relating to quarters allowances.
    Sec. 2. The regulations prescribed under Section 1 shall be 
consistent with Article VII(4) of the Agreement in Implementation of 
Article IV of the Panama Canal Treaty and with all other relevant 
provisions of the Panama Canal Treaty and related agreements.
                                                          Ronald Reagan.
