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PUBLIC LAW 89-516-JULY 21. 1966

[80 STAT.

be extended for an additional thirty days when the officer or employee moves to or from Hawaii, Alaska, the territories and possessions, the Commonwealth of Puerto Eico, and the Canal Zone: Provided further, That reimbursement for subsistence expenses actually incurred may not exceed an amount determined from such average daily rates per person as may be prescribed in such regulations, but not in excess of the maximum per diem rates prescribed in or pursuant to section 3 of the Travel Expense Act of 1949 (63 Stat. 166, as amended; 5 U.S.C. 836), for the localities in which the temporary quarters are located, for the first ten days of such period, two-thirds of such rates for the second ten days, and one-half for the balance of such period, including the additional thirty days. Sale of resi"(4) The expenses of the sale of the residence (or the settlement dence. of an unexpired lease) of the officer or employee at the old official station and purchase of a home at the new official station required to be paid by him when the old and new official stations are located within the United States (including the District of Columbia), its territories and possessions, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, and the Can£\,l Zone, but reimbursement for brokerage fees on the sale of the residence and other expenses under this subsection shall not exceed those customarily charged in the locality where the residence is located and no reimbursement shall be made for losses on the sale of the residence. This provision applies regardless of whether the title to the residence or the unexpired lease is m the name of the officer or employee alone, in the joint names of the officer or employee and a member of his immediate family, or in the name of a member of his immediate family alone. aiu>^"L^^c "^ ^^^^' " "SEC. 24. Under such regulations as the President may prescribe °^ "''^' and to the extent deemed necessary and appropriate, as provided therein, and notwithstanding other reimbursement authorized under this Act, an officer or employee who is reimbursed under section 1(a) or section 23 of this Act shall, if he has an immediate family, receive an amount not to exceed two weeks' basic compensation, or, if he does not have an immediate family, an amount not to exceed one week's basic compensation: Provided, That such amounts shall not exceed amounts determined from the maximum rate of grade GS-13 in the Ante, p. 288 General Schedule of the Classification Act of 1949, as amended. "SEC. 25. Under such regulations as the President may prescribe— storage. {^) Wheucver any civilian officer or employee (including any new s\fs*c*73^b-3' appointee in accordance with section 7(b) of this Act, as amended) is assigned to a permanent duty station at an isolated location in the continental United States, excluding Alaska, to which he cannot take or at which he is unable to use his household goods and personal effects because of the absence of residence quarters at such location, nontemporary storage expenses or storage at Government expense in Government-owned facilities (including related transportation and ether expenses), whichever is more economical, may be allowed such officer or employee under regulations issued by the head of the Executive Department or agency concerned. In no instance shall the weight of the property stored under this subsection, together with the weight 60 Stat. 80 6. transported under section 1 or section 7(b) of this Act, exceed the total 5 USC 73b-1. maximum weight the officer or employee would be entitled to have moved, and the period of nontemporary storage shall not exceed three years. "(b) This section does not authorize reimbursement to officers and employees traveling under orders issued more than sixty days prior to the effective date of this section. Transfers be"SEC. 26. Under such regulations as the President may prescribe and tween departments, notwithstanding the provisions of the fourth proviso of section 1(a)

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