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             TITLE 5--GOVERNMENT ORGANIZATION AND EMPLOYEES
 
                           PART III--EMPLOYEES
 
                   Subpart B--Employment and Retention
 
            CHAPTER 33--EXAMINATION, SELECTION, AND PLACEMENT
 
              SUBCHAPTER VI--ASSIGNMENTS TO AND FROM STATES
 
Sec. 3375. Travel expenses

    (a) Appropriations of a Federal agency are available to pay, or 
reimburse, a Federal or State or local government employee in accordance 
with--
        (1) subchapter I of chapter 57 of this title, for the expenses 
    of--
            (A) travel, including a per diem allowance, to and from the 
        assignment location;
            (B) a per diem allowance at the assignment location during 
        the period of the assignment; and
            (C) travel, including a per diem allowance, while traveling 
        on official business away from his designated post of duty 
        during the assignment when the head of the Federal agency 
        considers the travel in the interest of the United States;

        (2) section 5724 of this title, for the expenses of 
    transportation of his immediate family and of his household goods 
    and personal effects to and from the assignment location;
        (3) section 5724a(a) of this title, for the expenses of per diem 
    allowances for the immediate family of the employee to and from the 
    assignment location;
        (4) section 5724a(c) of this title, for subsistence expenses of 
    the employee and his immediate family while occupying temporary 
    quarters at the assignment location and on return to his former post 
    of duty;
        (5) section 5724a(g) of this title, to be used by the employee 
    for miscellaneous expenses related to change of station where 
    movement or storage of household goods is involved; and
        (6) section 5726(c) of this title, for the expenses of 
    nontemporary storage of household goods and personal effects in 
    connection with assignment at an isolated location.

    (b) Expenses specified in subsection (a) of this section, other than 
those in paragraph (1)(C), may not be allowed in connection with the 
assignment of a Federal or State or local government employee under this 
subchapter, unless and until the employee agrees in writing to complete 
the entire period of his assignment or one year, whichever is shorter, 
unless separated or reassigned for reasons beyond his control that are 
acceptable to the Federal agency concerned. If the employee violates the 
agreement, the money spent by the United States for these expenses is 
recoverable from the employee as a debt due the United States. The head 
of the Federal agency concerned may waive in whole or in part a right of 
recovery under this subsection with respect to a State or local 
government employee on assignment with the agency.
    (c) Appropriations of a Federal agency are available to pay expenses 
under section 5742 of this title with respect to a Federal or State or 
local government employee assigned under this subchapter.

(Added Pub. L. 91-648, title IV, Sec. 402(a), Jan. 5, 1971, 84 Stat. 
1924; amended Pub. L. 95-454, title VI, Sec. 603(b), (e), Oct. 13, 1978, 
92 Stat. 1190, 1191; Pub. L. 104-201, div. A, title XVII, 
Sec. 1723(a)(1)(A), Sept. 23, 1996, 110 Stat. 2758.)


                               Amendments

    1996--Subsec. (a)(3). Pub. L. 104-201, Sec. 1723(a)(1)(A)(i), 
substituted ``section 5724a(a)'' for ``section 5724a(a)(1)''.
    Subsec. (a)(4). Pub. L. 104-201, Sec. 1723(a)(1)(A)(ii), substituted 
``section 5724a(c)'' for ``section 5724a(a)(3)''.
    Subsec. (a)(5). Pub. L. 104-201, Sec. 1723(a)(1)(A)(iii), 
substituted ``section 5724a(g)'' for ``section 5724a(b)''.
    1978--Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 95-454, Sec. 603(b), (e), substituted ``a 
Federal agency'' for ``an executive agency'' in introductory text, 
substituted ``Federal'' for ``executive'' in cl. (1), added cl. (5), and 
redesignated former cl. (5) as (6).
    Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 95-454, Sec. 603(b), substituted ``the 
Federal'' for ``the executive''.
    Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 95-454, Sec. 603(b), substituted ``a Federal 
agency'' for ``an executive agency''.


                    Effective Date of 1996 Amendment

    Amendment by Pub. L. 104-201 effective 180 days after Sept. 23, 
1996, see section 1725(a) of Pub. L. 104-201, set out as a note under 
section 5722 of this title.


                    Effective Date of 1978 Amendment

    Amendment by Pub. L. 95-454 effective 90 days after Oct. 13, 1978, 
see section 907 of Pub. L. 95-454, set out as a note under section 1101 
of this title.

                  Section Referred to in Other Sections

    This section is referred to in title 22 section 4081.
