Title 28 — Judiciary and Judicial ProcedureRelease 119-73

§530A Authorization of appropriations for travel and related expenses and for health care of personnel serving abroad

Title 28 › Part PART II— - DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE › Chapter CHAPTER 31— - THE ATTORNEY GENERAL › § 530A

Last updated Apr 6, 2026|Official source

Summary

Allows the Department of Justice to use whatever money from its budget is needed each fiscal year to pay travel and related costs for DOJ employees working overseas and their families. Those payments must follow the same rules listed in paragraphs (2), (3), (5), (6), (8), (9), (11), and (15) of section 901 of the Foreign Service Act of 1980 and the State Department’s regulations. Also allows the Department to pay for health care for those employees and their families under section 904 of the Foreign Service Act of 1980.

Full Legal Text

Title 28, §530A

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There are authorized to be used from appropriations, for any fiscal year, for the Department of Justice, such sums as may be necessary—

(1)for travel and related expenses of employees of the Department of Justice serving abroad and their families, to be payable in the same manner as applicable with respect to the Foreign Service under paragraphs (2), (3), (5), (6), (8), (9), (11), and (15) of section 901 of the Foreign Service Act of 1980, and under the regulations issued by the Secretary of State; and

(2)for health care for such employees and families, to be provided under section 904 of that Act.

Legislative History

Notes & Related Subsidiaries

Editorial Notes

References in Text

section 901 and 904 of the Foreign Service Act of 1980, referred to in pars. (1) and (2), are classified to section 4081 and 4084, respectively, of Title 22, Foreign Relations and Intercourse.

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Amendments

2011—Pub. L. 112–55 substituted “used from appropriations” for “appropriated” in introductory provisions and inserted “(2),” before “(3)” in par. (1).

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Citation

28 U.S.C. § 530A

Title 28 — Judiciary and Judicial Procedure

Last Updated

Apr 6, 2026

Release point: 119-73