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[CITE: 5USC5923]

 
             TITLE 5--GOVERNMENT ORGANIZATION AND EMPLOYEES
 
                           PART III--EMPLOYEES
 
                      Subpart D--Pay and Allowances
 
                         CHAPTER 59--ALLOWANCES
 
          SUBCHAPTER III--OVERSEAS DIFFERENTIALS AND ALLOWANCES
 
Sec. 5923. Quarters allowances

    (a) When Government owned or rented quarters are not provided 
without charge for an employee in a foreign area, one or more of the 
following quarters allowances may be granted when applicable:
        (1) A temporary subsistence allowance for the reasonable cost of 
    temporary quarters (including meals and laundry expenses) incurred 
    by the employee and his family--
            (A) for a period not in excess of 90 days after first 
        arrival at a new post of assignment in a foreign area or a 
        period ending with the occupation of residence quarters, 
        whichever is shorter; and
            (B) for a period of not more than 30 days immediately before 
        final departure from the post after the necessary evacuation of 
        residence quarters.

        (2) A living quarters allowance for rent, heat, light, fuel, 
    gas, electricity, and water, without regard to section 3324(a) and 
    (b) of title 31.
        (3) Under unusual circumstances, payment or reimbursement for 
    extraordinary, necessary, and reasonable expenses, not otherwise 
    compensated for, incurred in initial repairs, alterations, and 
    improvements to the privately leased residence of an employee at a 
    post of assignment in a foreign area, if--
            (A) the expenses are administratively approved in advance; 
        and
            (B) the duration and terms of the lease justify payment of 
        the expenses by the Government.

    (b) The 90-day period under subsection (a)(1)(A) and the 30-day 
period under subsection (a)(1)(B) may each be extended for not more than 
60 additional days if the head of the agency concerned or his designee 
determines that there are compelling reasons beyond the control of the 
employee for the continued occupancy of temporary quarters.

(Pub. L. 89-554, Sept. 6, 1966, 80 Stat. 511; Pub. L. 97-258, 
Sec. 3(a)(15), Sept. 13, 1982, 96 Stat. 1063; Pub. L. 102-138, title I, 
Sec. 147(d), Oct. 28, 1991, 105 Stat. 669.)

                      Historical and Revision Notes
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                                                    Revised Statutes and
     Derivation                U.S. Code             Statutes at Large
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                     5 U.S.C. 3036.                Sept. 6, 1960, Pub.
                                                    L. 86-707, Sec.
                                                    211, 74 Stat. 793.
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    Standard changes are made to conform with the definitions applicable 
and the style of this title as outlined in the preface to the report.


                               Amendments

    1991--Pub. L. 102-138 designated existing provisions as subsec. (a), 
substituted ``subsistence'' for ``lodging'' and inserted ``(including 
meals and laundry expenses)'' after ``quarters'' in par. (1), 
substituted ``90 days'' for ``3 months'' in par. (1)(A), substituted 
``30 days'' for ``1 month'' in par. (1)(B), and added subsec. (b).
    1982--Par. (2). Pub. L. 97-258 substituted ``section 3324(a) and 
(b)'' for ``section 529''.

                  Section Referred to in Other Sections

    This section is referred to in section 5924 of this title; title 22 
sections 1474, 2506; title 26 section 912.
