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5 U.S.C. § 5912 — Quarters in Government owned or rented buildings; employees in foreign countries
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Under regulations prescribed by the head of the agency concerned and approved by the President, an employee who is a citizen of the United States permanently stationed in a foreign country may be furnished, without cost to him, living quarters, including heat, fuel, and light, in a Government owned or rented building. The rented quarters may be furnished only within the limits of appropriations made therefor.
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Under regulations prescribed by the head of the agency concerned and approved by the President, an employee who is a citizen of the United States permanently stationed in a foreign country may be furnished, without cost to him, living quarters, including heat, fuel, and light, in a Government owned or rented building. The rented quarters may be furnished only within the limits of appropriations made therefor.
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**(a) Entitlement** Under regulations which shall be prescribed by or under authority of the President, each teacher (other than a teacher employed in a substitute capacity) shall be entitled, in addition to basic compensation, to quarters, quarters allowance, and storage as provided by this section.
**(b) Furnishing of living quarters or grant of allowance** Each teacher (other than a teacher employed in a substitute capacity) shall be entitled, for each school year for which he performs services as a teacher, to quarters or a quarters allowance equal to those authorized by [section 5912 of title 5](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title5-section5912&num=0&edition=prelim).
**(c) Recess periods** Each teacher (other than a teacher employed in a substitute capacity) who is performing services as a teacher at the close of a school year and agrees in writing to serve as a teacher for the next school year may be authorized, for the recess period immediately preceding such next school year—
(1) quarters or a quarters allowance equal to those authorized by [section 5912 of title 5](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title5-section5912&num=0&edition=prelim), or
(2) in lieu of such quarters or quarters allowance, storage (including packing, drayage, unpacking, and transportation to and from storage) of his household effects and personal possessions.
**(d) Failure to report for service; liability to United States** If a teacher does not report for service at the beginning of the next school year, he shall, except for reasons beyond his control and acceptable to the Department of Defense, be obligated to the United States in an amount equal to any quarters allowance which he may have received under subsection (c) of this
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In carrying out the provisions of this chapter, the Secretary, or any Government agency authorized to administer such provisions, may—
(1) employ, without regard to the civil service and classification laws, aliens within the United States and abroad for service in the United States relating to the translation or narration of colloquial speech in foreign languages or the preparation and production of foreign language programs when suitably qualified United States citizens are not available when job vacancies occur, and aliens so employed abroad may be admitted to the United States, if otherwise qualified, as nonimmigrants under [section 1101(a)(15) of title 8](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title8-section1101/a/15&num=0&edition=prelim) for such time and under such conditions and procedures as may be established by the Director of the United States Information Agency and the Attorney General;
(2) pay travel expenses of aliens employed abroad for service in the United States and their dependents to and from the United States;
(3) incur expenses for entertainment within the United States within such amounts as may be provided in appropriations Acts;
(4) obtain insurance on official motor vehicles operated by the Secretary or such agency in foreign countries, and pay the expenses incident thereto;
(5) notwithstanding the provisions of [section 2680(k) of title 28](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title28-section2680/k&num=0&edition=prelim), pay tort claims in the manner authorized in the first paragraph of section 2672 of such title, when such claims arise in foreign countries in connection with operations conducted abroad under this chapter;
(6) employ aliens by contract for services abroad;
(7) provide ice a
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There is hereby authorized to be appropriated annually to the Department of State, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated such sums as may be necessary for the payment by the United States of its share of the expenses of the Organization as apportioned by the General Conference of the Organization in accordance with article IX of the constitution of the Organization, and such additional sums as may be necessary to pay the expenses of participation by the United States in the activities of the Organization, including: (a) salaries of the representatives provided for in [section 287n of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title22-section287n&num=0&edition=prelim), of their appropriate staffs, and of members of the secretariat of the National Commission provided for in section 287o of this title, including personal services in the District of Columbia and elsewhere, without regard to the civil-service laws and chapter 51 and subchapter III of chapter 53 of title 5; (b) travel expenses without regard to the Standardized Government Travel Regulations, as amended, the Subsistence Expense Act of 1926, as amended, and [section 5731 of title 5](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title5-section5731&num=0&edition=prelim), and, under such rules and regulations as the Secretary of State may prescribe, travel expenses of families and transportation of effects of United States representatives and other personnel in going to and returning from their post of duty; (c) allowances for living quarters, including heat, fuel, and light, as authorized by [section 5912 of title 5](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title5-section5912&num=0&edition=prelim); (d) cost of living allowances
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There is hereby authorized to be appropriated annually to the Department of State, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, such sums as may be necessary for the payment by the United States of its share of the expenses of the United Nations as apportioned by the General Assembly in accordance with article 17 of the Charter, and for all necessary salaries and expenses of the representatives provided for in [section 287 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title22-section287&num=0&edition=prelim), and of their appropriate staffs, including personal services in the District of Columbia and elsewhere, without regard to the civil-service laws and chapter 51 and subchapter III of chapter 53 of title 5; travel expenses without regard to the Standardized Government Travel Regulations, as amended, subchapter I of chapter 57 and [section 5731 of title 5](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title5-section5731&num=0&edition=prelim) and, under such rules and regulations as the Secretary of State may prescribe, travel expenses of families and transportation of effects of United States representatives and other personnel in going to and returning from their post of duty; allowances for living quarters, including heat, fuel, and light, as authorized by [section 5912 of title 5](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title5-section5912&num=0&edition=prelim); cost-of-living allowances for personnel stationed abroad under such rules and regulations as the Secretary of State may prescribe; communications services; stenographic reporting, translating, and other services, by contract; hire of passenger motor vehicles and other local transportation; rent of offices; printing and binding
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For the purpose of this subchapter—
(1) “Government” means the Government of the United States;
(2) “agency” means an Executive agency and the Library of Congress, but does not include a Government controlled corporation;
(3) “employee” means an employee in or under an agency and more specifically defined by regulations prescribed by the President;
(4) “United States”, when used in a geographical sense, means the several States and the District of Columbia;
(5) “continental United States” means the several States and the District of Columbia, but does not include Alaska or Hawaii; and
(6) “foreign area” means—
(A) the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands; and
(B) any other area outside the United States, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the Canal Zone, and territories and possessions of the United States.
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TITLE 5—GOVERNMENT ORGANIZATION AND EMPLOYEES
§ 5912
(Pub. L. 89–554, Sept. 6, 1966, 80 Stat. 508; Pub. L.
99–145, title VIII, § 809(c), Nov. 8, 1985, 99 Stat.
681.)
HISTORICAL AND REVISION NOTES
Derivation
U.S. Code
Revised Statutes and
Statutes at Large
(a) .............
5 U.S.C. 3121.
Aug. 20, 1964, Pub. L. 88–459,
§ 1, 78 Stat. 557.
(b) .............
5 U.S.C. 3122.
Aug. 20, 1964, Pub. L. 88–459,
§ 2, 78 Stat. 557.
(c) .............
5 U.S.C. 3123.
Aug. 20, 1964, Pub. L. 88–459,
§ 3, 78 Stat. 557.
(d) .............
5 U.S.C. 3124.
Aug. 20, 1964, Pub. L. 88–459,
§ 4, 78 Stat. 557.
(e) .............
5 U.S.C. 3125.
Aug. 20, 1964, Pub. L. 88–459,
§ 5, 78 Stat. 557.
(f) ..............
5 U.S.C. 3126.
Aug. 20, 1964, Pub. L. 88–459,
§ 6, 78 Stat. 558.
(g) .............
5 U.S.C. 3127.
Aug. 20, 1964, Pub. L. 88–459,
§ 7, 78 Stat. 558.
In subsection (a)(2), the term ‘‘Executive agency’’ is
coextensive with and substituted for ‘‘each executive
department of the Government’’, ‘‘each agency or inde-
pendent establishment in the executive branch of the
Government’’, ‘‘each corporation owned or controlled
by the Government’’, and ‘‘the General Accounting Of-
fice’’ in view of the definition of ‘‘Executive agency’’ in
section 105.
In subsection (a)(3), the term ‘‘employee’’ is sub-
stituted for ‘‘civilian officer or employee’’ in view of
the definition of ‘‘employee’’ in section 2105.
Subsection (a)(7) of former section 3121 is omitted as
unnecessary in view of the definition of ‘‘uniformed
services’’ in section 2101.
Standard changes are made to conform with the defi-
nitions applicable and the style of this title as outlined
in the preface to the report.
Editorial Notes
AMENDMENTS
1985—Subsec. (h). Pub. L. 99–145 added subsec. (h).
St
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