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# §3371. Definitions


For the purpose of this subchapter—

- (1) “State” means—
  - (A) a [State](#1) of the United States, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands, and a territory or possession of the United States; and
  - (B) an instrumentality or [authority](/usc/5/7103.md?p=a-6) of a [State](#1) or [States](#1) as defined in subparagraph (A) of this paragraph (1) and a Federal-[State](#1) [authority](/usc/5/7103.md?p=a-6) or instrumentality;
- (2) “local government” means—
  - (A) any political subdivision, instrumentality, or [authority](/usc/5/7103.md?p=a-6) of a [State](#1) or [States](#1) as defined in [subparagraph (A)](#1-A) of paragraph (1);
  - (B) any general or special purpose [agency](/usc/5/500.md?p=a-1) of such a political subdivision, instrumentality, or [authority](/usc/5/7103.md?p=a-6); and
  - (C) any Indian tribe, band, nation, or other organized group or community, including any Alaska Native village as defined in the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act (85 Stat. 688), which is recognized as eligible for the special programs and [services](/usc/5/8331.md?p=12) provided by the United States to Indians because of their status as Indians and includes any tribal organization as defined in section 4 of the Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act;
- (3) “Federal agency” means an [Executive agency](/usc/5/3330d.md?p=a-2-A), military department, a court of the United States, the Administrative Office of the United States Courts, the Library of Congress, the Botanic Garden, the Government Publishing Office, the Congressional Budget Office, the United States Postal [Service](/usc/5/8331.md?p=12), the Postal Regulatory Commission, the Office of the Architect of the Capitol, the Office of Technology Assessment, and such other similar [agencies](/usc/5/500.md?p=a-1) of the legislative and judicial branches as determined appropriate by the Office of Personnel Management; and
- (4) “other organization” means—
  - (A) a national, regional, [State](#1)-wide, area-wide, or metropolitan organization representing [member](/usc/5/5531.md?p=1) [State](#1) or [local governments](#2);
  - (B) an association of [State](#1) or local public officials;
  - (C) a nonprofit organization which has as one of its principal functions the offering of professional advisory, research, educational, or development [services](/usc/5/8331.md?p=12), or related [services](/usc/5/8331.md?p=12), to governments or universities concerned with public management; or
  - (D) a federally funded research and development center.

# §3372. General provisions

- (a) On request from or with the concurrence of a [State](/usc/5/3371.md?p=1) or [local government](/usc/5/3371.md?p=2), and with the consent of the [employee](/usc/5/5361.md?p=1) concerned, the head of a [Federal agency](/usc/5/3371.md?p=3) may arrange for the assignment of—
  - (1) an [employee](/usc/5/5361.md?p=1) of his [agency](/usc/5/500.md?p=a-1), other than a noncareer appointee, limited term appointee, or limited emergency appointee (as such terms are defined in [section 3132(a) of this title](/usc/5/3132.md?p=a)) in the Senior Executive [Service](/usc/5/8331.md?p=12) and an [employee](/usc/5/5361.md?p=1) in a [position](/usc/5/5531.md?p=2) which has been excepted from the competitive [service](/usc/5/8331.md?p=12) by reason of its confidential, policy-determining, policy-making, or policy-advocating character, to a [State](/usc/5/3371.md?p=1) or [local government](/usc/5/3371.md?p=2); and
  - (2) an [employee](/usc/5/5361.md?p=1) of a [State](/usc/5/3371.md?p=1) or [local government](/usc/5/3371.md?p=2) to his [agency](/usc/5/500.md?p=a-1);

  for work of mutual concern to his [agency](/usc/5/500.md?p=a-1) and the [State](/usc/5/3371.md?p=1) or [local government](/usc/5/3371.md?p=2) that he determines will be beneficial to both. The period of an assignment under this subchapter may not exceed two years. However, the head of a [Federal agency](/usc/5/3371.md?p=3) may extend the period of assignment for not more than two additional years. In the case of assignments made to Indian tribes or tribal organizations as defined in [section 3371(2)(C)](/usc/5/3371.md?p=2-C) of this subchapter, the head of an [executive agency](/usc/5/3330d.md?p=a-2-A) may extend the period of assignment for any period of time where it is determined that this will continue to benefit both the [executive agency](/usc/5/3330d.md?p=a-2-A) and the Indian tribe or tribal organization. If the assigned [employee](/usc/5/5361.md?p=1) fails to complete the period of assignment and there is another [employee](/usc/5/5361.md?p=1) willing and available to do so, the Secretary may assign the [employee](/usc/5/5361.md?p=1) to complete the period of assignment and may execute an agreement with the tribal organization with respect to the replacement [employee](/usc/5/5361.md?p=1). That agreement may provide for a different period of assignment as may be agreed to by the Secretary and the tribal organization.

- (b) This subchapter is [authority](/usc/5/7103.md?p=a-6) for and applies to the assignment of—
  - (1) an [employee](/usc/5/5361.md?p=1) of a [Federal agency](/usc/5/3371.md?p=3) to an institution of higher education;
  - (2) an [employee](/usc/5/5361.md?p=1) of an institution of higher education to a [Federal agency](/usc/5/3371.md?p=3);
  - (3) an [employee](/usc/5/5361.md?p=1) of a [Federal agency](/usc/5/3371.md?p=3) to any [other organization](/usc/5/3371.md?p=4); and
  - (4) an [employee](/usc/5/5361.md?p=1) of an [other organization](/usc/5/3371.md?p=4) to a [Federal agency](/usc/5/3371.md?p=3).
- (c)
  - (1) An [employee](/usc/5/5361.md?p=1) of a [Federal agency](/usc/5/3371.md?p=3) may be assigned under this subchapter only if the [employee](/usc/5/5361.md?p=1) agrees, as a condition of accepting an assignment under this subchapter, to serve in the civil [service](/usc/5/8331.md?p=12) upon the completion of the assignment for a period equal to the length of the assignment.
  - (2) Each agreement required under paragraph (1) of this subsection shall provide that in the event the [employee](/usc/5/5361.md?p=1) fails to carry out the agreement (except for good and sufficient reason, as determined by the head of the [Federal agency](/usc/5/3371.md?p=3) from which assigned) the [employee](/usc/5/5361.md?p=1) shall be liable to the United States for payment of all expenses (excluding salary) of the assignment. The amount shall be treated as a debt due the United States.
- (d) Where the [employee](/usc/5/5361.md?p=1) is assigned to a tribal organization, the [employee](/usc/5/5361.md?p=1) shall be eligible for promotions, periodic step-increases, and additional step-increases, as defined in [chapter 53](/usc/5/chptIII-sptD-ch53.md) of this title, on the same basis as other Federal [employees](/usc/5/5361.md?p=1).
- (e) Under regulations prescribed pursuant to [section 3376 of this title](/usc/5/3376.md)—
  - (1) an assignment of an [employee](/usc/5/5361.md?p=1) of a [Federal agency](/usc/5/3371.md?p=3) to an [other organization](/usc/5/3371.md?p=4) or an institution of higher education, and an [employee](/usc/5/5361.md?p=1) so assigned, shall be treated in the same way as an assignment of an [employee](/usc/5/5361.md?p=1) of a [Federal agency](/usc/5/3371.md?p=3) to a [State](/usc/5/3371.md?p=1) or [local government](/usc/5/3371.md?p=2), and an [employee](/usc/5/5361.md?p=1) so assigned, is treated under the provisions of this subchapter governing an assignment of an [employee](/usc/5/5361.md?p=1) of a [Federal agency](/usc/5/3371.md?p=3) to a [State](/usc/5/3371.md?p=1) or [local government](/usc/5/3371.md?p=2), except that the rate of pay of an [employee](/usc/5/5361.md?p=1) assigned to a federally funded research and development center may not exceed the rate of pay that such [employee](/usc/5/5361.md?p=1) would be paid for continued [service](/usc/5/8331.md?p=12) in the [position](/usc/5/5531.md?p=2) in the [Federal agency](/usc/5/3371.md?p=3) from which assigned; and
  - (2) an assignment of an [employee](/usc/5/5361.md?p=1) of an [other organization](/usc/5/3371.md?p=4) or an institution of higher education to a [Federal agency](/usc/5/3371.md?p=3), and an [employee](/usc/5/5361.md?p=1) so assigned, shall be treated in the same way as an assignment of an [employee](/usc/5/5361.md?p=1) of a [State](/usc/5/3371.md?p=1) or [local government](/usc/5/3371.md?p=2) to a [Federal agency](/usc/5/3371.md?p=3), and an [employee](/usc/5/5361.md?p=1) so assigned, is treated under the provisions of this subchapter governing an assignment of an [employee](/usc/5/5361.md?p=1) of a [State](/usc/5/3371.md?p=1) or [local government](/usc/5/3371.md?p=2) to a [Federal agency](/usc/5/3371.md?p=3).

# §3373. Assignment of employees to State or local governments

- (a) An [employee](/usc/5/5361.md?p=1) of a [Federal agency](/usc/5/3371.md?p=3) assigned to a [State](/usc/5/3371.md?p=1) or [local government](/usc/5/3371.md?p=2) under this subchapter is deemed, during the assignment, to be either—
  - (1) on detail to a regular work assignment in his [agency](/usc/5/500.md?p=a-1); or
  - (2) on leave without pay from his [position](/usc/5/5531.md?p=2) in the [agency](/usc/5/500.md?p=a-1).

  An [employee](/usc/5/5361.md?p=1) assigned either on detail or on leave without pay remains an [employee](/usc/5/5361.md?p=1) of his [agency](/usc/5/500.md?p=a-1). The Federal Tort Claims Act and any other Federal tort liability statute apply to an [employee](/usc/5/5361.md?p=1) so assigned. The supervision of the duties of an [employee](/usc/5/5361.md?p=1) on detail may be governed by agreement between the [Federal agency](/usc/5/3371.md?p=3) and the [State](/usc/5/3371.md?p=1) or [local government](/usc/5/3371.md?p=2) concerned.

- (b) The assignment of an [employee](/usc/5/5361.md?p=1) of a [Federal agency](/usc/5/3371.md?p=3) either on detail or on leave without pay to a [State](/usc/5/3371.md?p=1) or [local government](/usc/5/3371.md?p=2) under this subchapter may be made with or without reimbursement by the [State](/usc/5/3371.md?p=1) or [local government](/usc/5/3371.md?p=2) for the travel and transportation expenses to or from the place of assignment and for the pay, or supplemental pay, or a part thereof, of the [employee](/usc/5/5361.md?p=1) during assignment. Any reimbursements shall be credited to the appropriation of the [Federal agency](/usc/5/3371.md?p=3) used for paying the travel and transportation expenses or pay.
- (c) For any [employee](/usc/5/5361.md?p=1) so assigned and on leave without pay—
  - (1) if the rate of pay for his employment by the [State](/usc/5/3371.md?p=1) or [local government](/usc/5/3371.md?p=2) is less than the rate of pay he would have received had he continued in his regular assignment in the [agency](/usc/5/500.md?p=a-1), he is entitled to receive supplemental pay from the [agency](/usc/5/500.md?p=a-1) in an amount equal to the difference between the [State](/usc/5/3371.md?p=1) or [local government](/usc/5/3371.md?p=2) rate and the [agency](/usc/5/500.md?p=a-1) rate;
  - (2) he is entitled to annual and sick leave to the same extent as if he had continued in his regular assignment in the [agency](/usc/5/500.md?p=a-1); and
  - (3) he is entitled, notwithstanding other statutes—
    - (A) to continuation of his insurance under [chapter 87](/usc/5/chptIII-sptG-ch87.md) of this title, and coverage under [chapter 89](/usc/5/chptIII-sptG-ch89.md) of this title or other applicable [authority](/usc/5/7103.md?p=a-6), so long as he pays currently into the [Employee](/usc/5/5361.md?p=1)’s Life Insurance Fund and the [Employee](/usc/5/5361.md?p=1)’s Health Benefits Fund or other applicable health benefits system (through his employing [agency](/usc/5/500.md?p=a-1)) the amount of the [employee](/usc/5/5361.md?p=1) contributions;
    - (B) to credit the period of his assignment under this subchapter toward periodic step-increases, retention, and leave accrual purposes, and, on payment into the Civil [Service](/usc/5/8331.md?p=12) Retirement and Disability Fund or other applicable retirement system of the percentage of his [State](/usc/5/3371.md?p=1) or [local government](/usc/5/3371.md?p=2) pay, and of his supplemental pay, if any, that would have been deducted from a like [agency](/usc/5/500.md?p=a-1) pay for the period of the assignment and payment by the [Federal agency](/usc/5/3371.md?p=3) into the fund or system of the amount that would have been payable by the [agency](/usc/5/500.md?p=a-1) during the period of the assignment with respect to a like [agency](/usc/5/500.md?p=a-1) pay, to treat his [service](/usc/5/8331.md?p=12) during that period as [service](/usc/5/8331.md?p=12) of the type performed in the [agency](/usc/5/500.md?p=a-1) immediately before his assignment; and
    - (C) for the purpose of subchapter I of [chapter 85](/usc/5/chptIII-sptG-ch85.md) of this title, to credit the [service](/usc/5/8331.md?p=12) performed during the period of his assignment under this subchapter as Federal [service](/usc/5/8331.md?p=12), and to consider his [State](/usc/5/3371.md?p=1) or [local government](/usc/5/3371.md?p=2) pay (and his supplemental pay, if any) as Federal wages. To the extent that the [service](/usc/5/8331.md?p=12) could also be the basis for entitlement to unemployment compensation under a [State](/usc/5/3371.md?p=1) law, the [employee](/usc/5/5361.md?p=1) may elect to claim unemployment compensation on the basis of the [service](/usc/5/8331.md?p=12) under either the [State](/usc/5/3371.md?p=1) law or subchapter I of [chapter 85](/usc/5/chptIII-sptG-ch85.md) of this title.

  However, an [employee](/usc/5/5361.md?p=1) or his beneficiary may not receive benefits referred to in subparagraphs (A) and (B) of this paragraph (3), based on [service](/usc/5/8331.md?p=12) during an assignment under this subchapter for which the [employee](/usc/5/5361.md?p=1) or, if he dies without making such an election, his beneficiary elects to receive benefits, under any [State](/usc/5/3371.md?p=1) or [local government](/usc/5/3371.md?p=2) retirement or insurance law or program, which the Office of Personnel Management determines to be similar. The [Federal agency](/usc/5/3371.md?p=3) shall deposit currently in the [Employee](/usc/5/5361.md?p=1)’s Life Insurance Fund, the [Employee](/usc/5/5361.md?p=1)’s Health Benefits Fund or other applicable health benefits system, respectively, the amount of the Government’s contributions on [account](/usc/5/8401.md?p=1) of [service](/usc/5/8331.md?p=12) with respect to which [employee](/usc/5/5361.md?p=1) contributions are collected as provided in subparagraphs (A) and (B) of this paragraph (3).

- (d)
  - (1) An [employee](/usc/5/5361.md?p=1) so assigned and on leave without pay who dies or suffers disability as a result of personal injury sustained while in the performance of his duty during an assignment under this subchapter shall be treated, for the purpose of subchapter I of [chapter 81](/usc/5/chptIII-sptG-ch81.md) of this title, as though he were an [employee](/usc/5/5361.md?p=1) as defined by [section 8101 of this title](/usc/5/8101.md) who had sustained the injury in the performance of duty. When an [employee](/usc/5/5361.md?p=1) (or his dependents in case of death) entitled by reason of injury or death to benefits under subchapter I of [chapter 81](/usc/5/chptIII-sptG-ch81.md) of this title is also entitled to benefits from a [State](/usc/5/3371.md?p=1) or [local government](/usc/5/3371.md?p=2) for the same injury or death, he (or his dependents in case of death) shall elect which benefits he will receive. The election shall be made within one year after the injury or death, or such further time as the Secretary of Labor may allow for reasonable cause shown. When made, the election is irrevocable unless otherwise provided by law.
  - (2) An [employee](/usc/5/5361.md?p=1) who elects to receive benefits from a [State](/usc/5/3371.md?p=1) or [local government](/usc/5/3371.md?p=2) may not receive an annuity under subchapter III of [chapter 83](/usc/5/chptIII-sptG-ch83.md) of this title and benefits from the [State](/usc/5/3371.md?p=1) or [local government](/usc/5/3371.md?p=2) for injury or disability to himself covering the same period of time. This provision does not—
    - (A) bar the right of a claimant to the greater benefit conferred by either the [State](/usc/5/3371.md?p=1) or [local government](/usc/5/3371.md?p=2) or subchapter III of [chapter 83](/usc/5/chptIII-sptG-ch83.md) of this title for any part of the same period of time;
    - (B) deny to an [employee](/usc/5/5361.md?p=1) an annuity accruing to him under subchapter III of [chapter 83](/usc/5/chptIII-sptG-ch83.md) of this title on [account](/usc/5/8401.md?p=1) of [service](/usc/5/8331.md?p=12) performed by him; or
    - (C) deny any concurrent benefit to him from the [State](/usc/5/3371.md?p=1) or [local government](/usc/5/3371.md?p=2) on [account](/usc/5/8401.md?p=1) of the death of another individual.

# §3374. Assignments of employees from State or local governments

- (a) An [employee](/usc/5/5361.md?p=1) of a [State](/usc/5/3371.md?p=1) or [local government](/usc/5/3371.md?p=2) who is assigned to a [Federal agency](/usc/5/3371.md?p=3) under an arrangement under this subchapter may—
  - (1) be appointed in the [Federal agency](/usc/5/3371.md?p=3) without regard to the provisions of this title governing appointment in the competitive [service](/usc/5/8331.md?p=12) for the agreed period of the assignment; or
  - (2) be deemed on detail to the [Federal agency](/usc/5/3371.md?p=3).
- (b) An [employee](/usc/5/5361.md?p=1) given an appointment is entitled to pay in accordance with [chapter 51](/usc/5/chptIII-sptD-ch51.md) and subchapter III of [chapter 53](/usc/5/chptIII-sptD-ch53.md) of this title or other applicable law, and is deemed an [employee](/usc/5/5361.md?p=1) of the [Federal agency](/usc/5/3371.md?p=3) for all purposes except—
  - (1) subchapter III of [chapter 83](/usc/5/chptIII-sptG-ch83.md) of this title or other applicable retirement system;
  - (2) [chapter 87](/usc/5/chptIII-sptG-ch87.md) of this title; and
  - (3) [chapter 89](/usc/5/chptIII-sptG-ch89.md) of this title or other applicable health benefits system unless his appointment results in the loss of coverage in a group health benefits plan the premium of which has been paid in whole or in part by a [State](/usc/5/3371.md?p=1) or [local government](/usc/5/3371.md?p=2) contribution.

  The above exceptions shall not apply to non-Federal [employees](/usc/5/5361.md?p=1) who are covered by chapters [83](/usc/5/chptIII-sptG-ch83.md), [87](/usc/5/chptIII-sptG-ch87.md), and [89](/usc/5/chptIII-sptG-ch89.md) of this title by virtue of their non-Federal employment immediately before assignment and appointment under this section.

- (c) During the period of assignment, a [State](/usc/5/3371.md?p=1) or [local government](/usc/5/3371.md?p=2) [employee](/usc/5/5361.md?p=1) on detail to a [Federal agency](/usc/5/3371.md?p=3)—
  - (1) is not entitled to pay from the [agency](/usc/5/500.md?p=a-1), except to the extent that the pay received from the [State](/usc/5/3371.md?p=1) or [local government](/usc/5/3371.md?p=2) is less than the appropriate rate of pay which the duties would warrant under the applicable pay provisions of this title or other applicable [authority](/usc/5/7103.md?p=a-6);
  - (2) is deemed an [employee](/usc/5/5361.md?p=1) of the [agency](/usc/5/500.md?p=a-1) for the purpose of [chapter 73](/usc/5/chptIII-sptF-ch73.md) of this title, [chapter 131](/usc/5/chptIV-ch131.md) of this title, [chapter 21](/usc/41/chstI-dB-ch21.md) of title 41, sections [203](/usc/18/203.md), [205](/usc/18/205.md), [207](/usc/18/207.md), [208](/usc/18/208.md), [209](/usc/18/209.md), [602](/usc/18/602.md), [603](/usc/18/603.md), [606](/usc/18/606.md), [607](/usc/18/607.md), [643](/usc/18/643.md), [654](/usc/18/654.md), [1905](/usc/18/1905.md), and [1913](/usc/18/1913.md) of title 18, sections [1343](/usc/31/1343.md), [1344](/usc/31/1344.md), and [1349(b)](/usc/31/1349.md?p=b) of title 31, and the Federal Tort Claims Act and any other Federal tort liability statute; and
  - (3) is subject to such regulations as the President may prescribe.

  The supervision of the duties of such an [employee](/usc/5/5361.md?p=1) may be governed by agreement between the [Federal agency](/usc/5/3371.md?p=3) and the [State](/usc/5/3371.md?p=1) or [local government](/usc/5/3371.md?p=2) concerned. A detail of a [State](/usc/5/3371.md?p=1) or [local government](/usc/5/3371.md?p=2) [employee](/usc/5/5361.md?p=1) to a [Federal agency](/usc/5/3371.md?p=3) may be made with or without reimbursement by the [Federal agency](/usc/5/3371.md?p=3) for the pay, or a part thereof, of the [employee](/usc/5/5361.md?p=1) during the period of assignment, or for the contribution of the [State](/usc/5/3371.md?p=1) or [local government](/usc/5/3371.md?p=2), or a part thereof, to [employee](/usc/5/5361.md?p=1) benefit systems.

- (d) A [State](/usc/5/3371.md?p=1) or [local government](/usc/5/3371.md?p=2) [employee](/usc/5/5361.md?p=1) who is given an appointment in a [Federal agency](/usc/5/3371.md?p=3) for the period of the assignment or who is on detail to a [Federal agency](/usc/5/3371.md?p=3) and who suffers disability or dies as a result of personal injury sustained while in the performance of his duty during the assignment shall be treated, for the purpose of subchapter I of [chapter 81](/usc/5/chptIII-sptG-ch81.md) of this title, as though he were an [employee](/usc/5/5361.md?p=1) as defined by [section 8101 of this title](/usc/5/8101.md) who had sustained the injury in the performance of duty. When an [employee](/usc/5/5361.md?p=1) (or his dependents in case of death) entitled by reason of injury or death to benefits under subchapter I of [chapter 81](/usc/5/chptIII-sptG-ch81.md) of this title is also entitled to benefits from a [State](/usc/5/3371.md?p=1) or [local government](/usc/5/3371.md?p=2) for the same injury or death, he (or his dependents in case of death) shall elect which benefits he will receive. The election shall be made within 1 year after the injury or death, or such further time as the Secretary of Labor may allow for reasonable cause shown. When made, the election is irrevocable unless otherwise provided by law.
- (e) If a [State](/usc/5/3371.md?p=1) or [local government](/usc/5/3371.md?p=2) fails to continue the employer’s contribution to [State](/usc/5/3371.md?p=1) or [local government](/usc/5/3371.md?p=2) retirement, life insurance, and health benefit plans for a [State](/usc/5/3371.md?p=1) or [local government](/usc/5/3371.md?p=2) [employee](/usc/5/5361.md?p=1) who is given an appointment in a [Federal agency](/usc/5/3371.md?p=3), the employer’s contributions covering the [State](/usc/5/3371.md?p=1) or [local government](/usc/5/3371.md?p=2) [employee](/usc/5/5361.md?p=1)’s period of assignment, or any part thereof, may be made from the appropriations of the [Federal agency](/usc/5/3371.md?p=3) concerned.

# §3375. Travel expenses

- (a) Appropriations of a [Federal agency](/usc/5/3371.md?p=3) are available to pay, or reimburse, a Federal or [State](/usc/5/3371.md?p=1) or [local government](/usc/5/3371.md?p=2) [employee](/usc/5/5361.md?p=1) in accordance with—
  - (1) subchapter I of [chapter 57](/usc/5/chptIII-sptD-ch57.md) 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](/usc/5/3371.md?p=3) considers the travel in the interest of the United States;
  - (2) [section 5724 of this title](/usc/5/5724.md), 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](/usc/5/5724a.md?p=a), for the expenses of per diem allowances for the immediate family of the [employee](/usc/5/5361.md?p=1) to and from the assignment location;
  - (4) [section 5724a(c) of this title](/usc/5/5724a.md?p=c), for subsistence expenses of the [employee](/usc/5/5361.md?p=1) 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](/usc/5/5724a.md?p=g), to be used by the [employee](/usc/5/5361.md?p=1) 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](/usc/5/5726.md?p=c), 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)](#a) of this section, other than those in [paragraph (1)(C)](#a-1-C), may not be allowed in connection with the assignment of a Federal or [State](/usc/5/3371.md?p=1) or [local government](/usc/5/3371.md?p=2) [employee](/usc/5/5361.md?p=1) under this subchapter, unless and until the [employee](/usc/5/5361.md?p=1) 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](/usc/5/3371.md?p=3) concerned. If the [employee](/usc/5/5361.md?p=1) violates the agreement, the money spent by the United States for these expenses is recoverable from the [employee](/usc/5/5361.md?p=1) as a debt due the United States. The head of the [Federal agency](/usc/5/3371.md?p=3) concerned may waive in whole or in part a right of recovery under this subsection with respect to a [State](/usc/5/3371.md?p=1) or [local government](/usc/5/3371.md?p=2) [employee](/usc/5/5361.md?p=1) on assignment with the [agency](/usc/5/500.md?p=a-1).
- (c) Appropriations of a [Federal agency](/usc/5/3371.md?p=3) are available to pay expenses under [section 5742 of this title](/usc/5/5742.md) with respect to a Federal or [State](/usc/5/3371.md?p=1) or [local government](/usc/5/3371.md?p=2) [employee](/usc/5/5361.md?p=1) assigned under this subchapter.

# §3376. Regulations


The President may prescribe regulations for the administration of this subchapter.