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PUBLIC LAW 89-554-SEPT. 6, 1966

[80 STAT.

§ 5913. Official residence expenses (a) For the purpose of this section, "agency" has the meaning given it by section 5721 of this title. (b) Under such regulations as the President may prescribe, funds available to an agency for administrative expenses may be allotted to posts in foreign countries to defray the unusual expenses incident to the operation and maintenance of official residences suitable for— (1) the chief representatives of the United States at the posts; and (2) such other senior officials of the Government of the United States as the President may designate. SUBCHAPTER III—OVEKSEAS DIFFEKENTIALS AND ALLOWANCES § 5921. Definitions. For the purpose of this subchapter— (1) "Government" means the Government of the United States; (2) "agency" means an Executive agency and the Library of Congress, but does not include a Government controlled corporation; (3) "employee" means an employee in or under an agency and more specifically defined by regulations prescribed by the President; (4) "United States", when used in a geographical sense, means the several States and the District of Columbia; (5) "continental United States" means the several States and the District of Columbia, but does not include Alaska or Hawaii; and (6) "foreign area" means— (A) the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands; and (B) any other area outside the United States, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the Canal Zone, and territories and possessions of the United States. § 5922. General provisions (a) Notwithstanding section 5536 of this title and except as otherwise provided by this subchapter, the allowances and differentials authorized by this subchapter may be granted to an employee officially stationed in a foreign area— (1) who is a citizen of the United States; and (2) whose rate of basic pay is fixed by statute or, without taking into consideration the allowances and differentials provided by this subchapter, is fixed by administrative action pursuant to law or is fixed administratively in conformity with rates paid by the Government for work of a comparable level of difficulty and responsibility in the continental United States. To the extent authorized by a provision of statute other than this subchapter, the allowances and differentials provided by this subchapter may be paid to an employee officially stationed in a foreign area who is not a citizen of the United States. (b) Allowances granted under this subchapter may be paid in advance, or advance of funds may be made therefor, through the proper disbursing official in such sums as are considered advisable in consideration of the need and the period of time during which expenditures must be made in advance by the employee. An advance of funds

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