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PUBLIC LAW 89-749-NOV. 3, 1966

[80 STAT.

meiit by the State for the coiupeiisHtion (or supplementrtrv coiiipeiisarion), travel and transportation expenses (to or from the place of assignment), and allowances, or any part thereof, of such officer or employee dnrhig the period of assigimient, and any such reimbursement shall be credited to the appropriation utilized for payinj>- such compensation, travel or transportation expenses, or allowances. of\o^usThoid*^°" '^i^) Appropriations to the Department shall IMJ available, in acgoods. cordance with the standardized Government travel reg"ulations or, with respect to commissioned officers of the Service, the joint travel regulations, the expenses of travel of officers and employees assigned to States under an arrangement under this subsection on either a detail or leave-vvithout-pay basis and, in accordance with applicable law, orders, and regulations, for expenses of transportation of their immediate families and expenses of transportation of their household goods and personal eHects, in connection with the travel of such officers and employees to the location of their posts of assignment and their return to their official stations. "(6) Officers and employees of States who aiv assigned to the Department under an arrangement under this subsection may (A) be given appointments in the Department covering the periods of such assignments, or (B) be considered to be on detail to the Department. Appointments of persons so assigned jnay be made without regard to the civil service laws. Pereons so appointed in the Depailment shall be paid at rates of compensation determined in accordance with the Ante, p. 288. Classitication Act of 1949, and shall not be considered to be officers oi' employees of the Service for the purposes of (A) the Civil Service 5°us*c*225\^ Ketirement Act, (B) the Federal Employees' Group Life Insurance 68 Stat. 736.° Act of 1954, or (C) unless their appointments result in the loss of 5 USC 2091 note, oovcrage in a group health benefits plan whose premium has been paid in whole or in part by a State contribution, the Federal Employees rus*c*3ooTnote ^l^^^l^^h l^ciiefits Act of 1959. State officers and employees who are. assigned to the Department without appointment shall not be considered to be officers or employees of the Department, except as provided in subsection (7), nor shall they be paid a salary or wage by the Service during the period of their assigimient. The supervision of the duties of such persons during the assignment may be governed by agreement between the Secretary and the State involved. int^e°ei^t''tovi"(^) ^"^) "^^^^ State officcr or employee who is assigned to the Des^on^.^^piTcapartment without appointment shall nevertheless be subject to the wiity. provisions of sections 208, 205, 207, 208, and 209 of title 18 of the 76 Stat. 1121. United States Code. " (B) Any State officer or employee who is given an appointment while assigned to the Department, or who is assigned to the Department without appointment, under an arrangement under this subsection, and who suffers disability or death as a result of personal injury sustained while in the performance of his duty during such assignment shall be treated, for the purpose of the Federal Employees" Com6 3^stat^*854^^' peusation Act, as though he were an employee, as defined in such Act, 5 USC 751 note, who had sustained such injury in the performance of duty. When such person (or his dependents, in case of death) entitled by reason of injury or death to benefits under that Act is also entitled to benefits from a State for the same injury or death, he (or his dependents, in case of death) shall elect which benefits he will receive. Such election shall be made within one year after the injury or death, or such further time as the Secretary of Labor may for good cause allow, and when made shall be irrevocable unless otherwise provided by law. to^laris^oT^"^^^ "(^) ^^^ appropriations to the Department shall be available, in a°srignmen°t. accordance with the standardized Government travel regulations,

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