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PUBLIC LAW 89-554-SEPT. 6, 1966

portation under subsection (b) of this section of his motor vehicle, the head of the agency concerned may authorize transportation under subsection (b) of this section of a replacement for that motor vehicle. (d) When the head of an agency authorizes transportation under subsection (b) of this section of a privately owned motor vehicle, the transportation may be by— (1) commercial means, if available at reasonable rates and under reasonable conditions; or (2) Government means on a space-available basis. (e)(1) This section, except subsection (a), does not apply to— (A) the Foreign Service of the United States; or (B) the Central Intelligence Agency. (2) This section, except subsection (a), does not affect— (A) section 1138 of title 22; or (B) section 403e(4) of title 50. § 5728. Travel and transportation expenses; vacation leave (a) Under such regulations as the President may prescribe, an agency shall pay from its appropriations the expenses of roundtrip travel of an employee, and the transportation of his immediate family, but not household goods, from his post of duty outside the continental United States to the place of his actual residence at the time of appointment or transfer to the post of duty, after he has satisfactorily completed an agreed period of service outside the continental United States and is returning to his actual place of residence to take leave before serving another tour of duty at the same or another post of duty outside the continental United States under a new written agreement made before departing from the post of duty. (b) Under such regulations as the President may prescribe, an agency shall pay from its appropriations the expenses of roundtrip travel of an employee of the United States appointed by the President, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, for a term fixed by statute, and of transportation of his immediate family, but not household goods, from his post of duty outside the continental United States to the place of his actual residence at the time of appointment to the post of duty, after he has satisfactorily completed each 2 years of service outside the continental United States and is returning to his actual place of residence to take leave before serving at least 2 more years of duty outside the continental United States. (c) This section does not apply to appropriations for the Foreign Service of the United States. § 5729. Transportation expenses; prior return of family (a) Under such regulations as the President may prescribe, an agency shall pay from its appropriations, not more than once before the return to the United States or its territories or possessions of an employee whose post of duty is outside the continental United States, the expenses of transporting his immediate family and of shipping his household goods and personal effects from his post of duty to his actual place of residence when— (1) he has acquired eligibility for that transportation; or (2) the public interest requires the return of the immediate family for compelling personal reasons of a humanitarian or compassionate nature, such as may involve physical or mental health, death of a member of the immediate family, or obligation imposed by authority or circumstances over which the individual has no control.

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