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PUBLIC LAW 8 9 - 5 5 4 - S E P T. 6, 1966

(F) the Botanic Garden; (G) the Government Printing Office; and (H) the government of the District of Colmnbia; but does not include a Government controlled corporation; (2) "employee" means an individual employed in or under an agency; (3) "continental United States" means the several States and the District of Columbia, but does not include Alaska or Hawaii; (4) "Government" means the Government of the United States and the government of the District of Columbia; and (5) "appropriation" includes funds made available by statute under section 849 of title 31. §5722. Travel and transportation expenses of new appointees; posts of duty outside the continental United States (a) Under such regulations as the President may prescribe and subject to subsections (b) and (c) of this section, an agency may pay from its appropriations— (1) travel expenses of a new appointee and transportation expenses of his immediate family and his household goods and personal effects from the place of actual residence at the time of appointment to the place of employment outside the continental United States; and (2) these expenses on the return of an employee from his post of duty outside the continental United States to the place of his actual residence at the time of assignment to duty outside the United States. (b) An agency may pay expenses under subsection (a)(1) of this section only after the individual selected for appointment agrees in writing to remain in the Government service for a minimum period of— (1) one school year as determined under chapter 25 of title 20, if selected for appointment to a teaching position, except as a substitute, in the Department of Defense under that chapter; or (2) 12 months after his appointment, if selected for appointment to any other position; unless separated for reasons beyond his control which are acceptable to the agency concerned. If the individual violates the agreement, the money^ spent by the United States for the expenses is recoverable from the individual as a debt due the United States. (c) An agency may pay expenses under subsection (a)(2) of this section only after the individual has served for a minimum period of— (1) one school year as determined under chapter 25 of title 20, if employed in a teaching position, except as a substitute, in the Department of Defense under that chapter; or (2) not less than one nor more than 3 years prescribed in advance by the head of the agency, if employed in any other position; unless separated for reasons beyond his control which are acceptable to the agency concerned. These expenses are payable whether the separation is for Government purposes or for personal convenience. (d) This section does not apply to appropriations for the Foreign Service of the United States.

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