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PUBLIC LAW 90-83-SEPT. 11, 1967

[81 STAT.

"SUBCHAPTER IX—SEVERANCE PAY AND BACK PAY";

80 Stat. 502.

^"''•Post, p. 206.

80 Stat. 497. ^^5^use 5701 et

(B) by Striking out items 5591, 5592, 5593, and 5594; and (C) by inserting the following new items at the end thereof: "5595. Severance pay. "5596. Back pay due to unjustified personnel action." (gg) Section 5724 is amended— (A) by amending subsection (a)(2) thereof by striking out the figure "7,000" and inserting the figure "11,000" in place thereof; (B) by amending subsection (c) by inserting the following new sentence at the end thereof: "However, under regulations prescribed by the President, payment of actual expenses may be made when the head of the agency determines that payment of actual expenses is more economical to the Government."; (C) by amending subsection (e) by inserting the following new sentence at the end thereof: "However, under regulations prescribed by the President, in a transfer from one agency to another because of a reduction in force or transfer of nmction, expenses authorized by this section and sections 5726(b) and 5727 of this title (other than expenses authorized in connection with a transfer to a foreign country) and by section 5724(a), (b) of this title may be paid in whole or in part by the agency from which the employee transfers or by the agency to which he transfers, as may be agreed on by the heads of the agencies concerned, "j and (D) by inserting the following new subsection at the end thereof: " (i) An agency may pay travel and transportation expenses (including storage of household goods and personal effects) and other relocation allowances under this section and sections 5724a and 5726 (c) of this title when an employee is transferred within the continental United States only after the employee agrees in writing to remain in the Government service for 12 months after his transfer, unless separated for reasons beyond his control that are acceptable to the agency concerned. If the employee violates the agreement, the money spent by the United States for the expenses and allowances is recoverable from the employee as a debt due the United States." (37)(A) Chapter 57 is amended by inserting the following new gection after section 5724: " (a) Under such regulations as the President may prescribe and to the extent considered necessary and appropriate, as provided therein, appropriations or other funds available to an agency for administrative expenses are available for the reimbursement of all or part of the following expenses of an employee for whom the Government pays expenses of travel and transportation under section 5724 (a) of this title: " (1) Expenses of per diem allowance instead of the subsistence expenses oi the immediate family of the employee while en route between his old and new official stations, not m excess of the maximum per diem rates prescribed by or under section 5702 of this title. "(2) Expenses of per diem allowance instead of subsistence of the employee and his spouse, not in excess of the maximum per diem rates prescribed by or under section 5702 of this title. Expenses of transportation to seek permanent residence quarters at a new official station when both the old and new stations are located
 * § 5724a. Relocation expenses of employees transferred or reemployed

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