§4028a — Title 22 Foreign Relations and Intercourse | U.S. Code

Summary

Newly hired Foreign Service employees who are in initial orientation or other training in the Washington, D.C. area that is expected to last less than 6 months must get a per diem allowance for the time they are in training. They do not get lodging pay if they already have a permanent home in the Washington, D.C. area (not counting government housing) and they do not leave that home while training. Per diem allowance: the payment defined under section 5701 of title 5. Washington, D.C. area: the area within a 50-mile radius of the Washington Monument.

Title 22, §4028a

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(a)(1)Except as provided in paragraph (2), any newly hired Foreign Service employee who is in initial orientation training, or any other training expected to last less than 6 months in the Washington, D.C. area before transferring to the employee’s first assignment overseas or domestically outside the Washington, D.C. area shall, for the duration of such training, receive a per diem allowance at the levels prescribed under subchapter I of chapter 57 of title 5.

(2)A newly hired Foreign Service employee may not receive any lodging expenses under the applicable per diem allowance pursuant to paragraph (1) if that employee—

(A)has a permanent residence in the Washington, D.C., area (not including government-supplied housing during such orientation training or other training); and

(B)does not vacate such residence during such orientation training or other training.

(b)In this section—

(1)the term “per diem allowance” has the meaning given such term in section 5701 of title 5; and

(2)the term “Washington, D.C., area” means the geographic area within a 50-mile radius of the Washington Monument.

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Editorial Notes

Codification Section was enacted as part of the Department of State Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2025, and also as part of the Servicemember Quality of Life Improvement and National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2025, and not as part of the Foreign Service Act of 1980 which comprises this chapter.

§4028a Per diem allowance for newly hired members of the Foreign Service

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Title 22, §4028a

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