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 1924 80 Stat, 5 3 1. 5 USC 8101.

80 Stat. 497. 5 USC 5701.

80 Stat. 502; 51 Stat. 204,

Nonallowable expenses.

Expenses recoverable by U.S.

PUBLIC LAW 91-648-JAN. 5, 1971

[84 STAT.

subchapter I of chapter 81 of this title, as though he were an employee as defined by section 8101 of this title who had sustained the injury in the performance of duty. When an employee (or his dependents in case of death) entitled by reason of injury or death to benefits under subchapter I of chapter 81 of this title is also entitled to benefits from a State or local government for the same injury or death, he (or his dependents in case of death) shall elect which benefits he will receive. The election shall be made within 1 year after the injury or death, or such further time as the Secretary of Labor may allow for reasonable cause shown. When made, the election is irrevocable unless otherwise provided by law. "(e) If a State or local government fails to continue the employer's contribution to State or local government retirement, life insurance, and health benefit plans for a State or local government employee who is given an appointment in an executive agency, the employer's contributions covering the State or local government employee's period of assignment, or any part thereof, may be made from the appropriations of the executive agency concerned. "§ 3375. Travel expenses " (a) Appropriations of an executive agency are available to pay, or reimburse, a Federal or State or local government employee in accordance with—• "(1) subchapter I of chapter 57 of this title, for the expenses of— " (A) travel, including a per diem allowance, to and from the assignment location; " (B) a per diem allowance at the assignment location during the period of the assignment; and " (C) travel, including a per diem allowance, while traveling on official business away from his designated post of duty during the assignment when the head of the executive agency considers the travel in the interest of the United States; "(2) section 5724 of this title, for the expenses of transportation of his immediate family and of his household goods and personal effects to and from the assignment location; "(3) section 5724a(a)(1) of this title, for the expenses of per diem allowances for the immediate family of the employee to and from the assignment location; "(4) section 5724a(a)(3) of this title, for subsistence expenses of the employee and his immediate family while occupying temporary quarters at the assignment location and on return to his former post of duty; and "(5) section 5726(c) of this title, for the expenses of nontemporary storage of household goods and personal effects in connection with assignment at an isolated location. "(b) Expenses specified in subsection (a) of this section, other than those in paragraph (1)(C), may not be allowed in connection with the assignment of a Federal or State or local government employee under this subchapter, unless and until the employee agrees in writing to complete the entire period of his assignment or one year, whichever is shorter, unless separated or reassigned for reasons beyond his control that are acceptable to the executive agency concerned. If the employee violates the agreement, the money spent by the United States for these expenses is recoverable from the employee as a debt due the United States. The head of the executive agency concerned may waive in whole or in part a right of recovery under this subsection with

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