Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 94 Part 2.djvu/849

 PUBLIC LAW 96-465—OCT. 17, 1980

94 STAT. 2127

similar to that required by section 3375(b) of such title is executed by the member of the Service); and (15) 1 round-trip per year for each child below age 21 of a member of the Service assigned abroad— (A) to visit the member abroad if the child does not regularly reside with the member and the member is not receiving an education allowance or educational travel allowance for the child under section 5924(4) of title 5, United States Code; or (B) to visit the other parent of the child if the other parent resides in a country other than the country to which the member is assigned and the child regularly resides with the member and does not regularly attend school in the country in which the other parent resides, except that a payment under this paragraph may not exceed the cost of round-trip travel between the post to which the member is assigned and the port of entry in the contiguous 48 States which is nearest to that post. SEC. 902. LOAN OF HOUSEHOLD EFFECTS.—The Secretary may, as a means of eliminating transportation costs, provide members of the Service with basic household furnishing and equipment for use on a loan basis in personally owned or leased residences. SEC. 903. REQUIRED LEAVE IN THE UNITED STATES.—(a) The Secretary may order a member of the Service who is a citizen of the United States to take a leave of absence under section 6305 of title 5, United States Code (without regard to the introductory clause of subsection (a) of that section), upon completion by that member of 18 months of continuous service abroad. The Secretary shall order on such a leave of absence a member of the Service who is a citizen of the United States as soon as possible after completion by that member of 3 years of continuous service abroad. (b) Leave ordered under this section may be taken in the United States, its territories and possessions, or the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico. (c) While on a leave of absence ordered under this section, the services of any member of the Service shall be available for such work or duties in the Department or elsewhere as the Secretary may prescribe, but the time of such work or duties shall not be counted as leave. SEC. 904. HEALTH CARE.—(a) The Secretary of State may establish a health care program to promote and maintain the physical and mental health of members of the Service, and (when incident to service abroad) other designated eligible Government employees, and members of the families of such members and employees. (b) Any such health care program may include (1) medical examinations for applicants for employment, (2) medical examinations and inoculations or vaccinations for members of the Service and employees of the Department who are citizens of the United States and for members of their families, and (3) examinations necessary in order to establish disability or incapacity of participants in the Foreign Service Retirement and Disability System or to provide survivor benefits under chapter 8. (c) The Secretary of State may establish health care facilities and provide for the services of physicians, nurses, or other health care personnel at Foreign Service posts abroad at which, in the opinion of the Secretary of State, a sufficient number of Government employees are assigned to warrant such facilities or services.

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5 USC 3375.

22 USC 4082.

22 USC 4083.

22 USC 4084.

Program services.

Ante, p. 2102.

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