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22 U.S.C. § 4083a — Rest and recuperation leave
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**(a) Definitions** In this section—
(1) the term “agency” means an Executive agency (as that term is defined in [section 105 of title 5](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title5-section105&num=0&edition=prelim)), but does not include the Government Accountability Office;
(2) the term “combat zone” means a geographic area designated by an Executive order of the President as an area in which the Armed Forces are engaging or have engaged in combat, an area designated by law to be treated as a combat zone, or a location the Department of Defense has certified for combat zone tax benefits due to its direct support of military operations;
(3) the term “employee” means an officer or an individual who is—
(A) appointed in the civil service, the Foreign Service, or any appointment authority other than the uniformed services (as that term is defined in [section 101 of title 37](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title37-section101&num=0&edition=prelim)), by one of the following acting in an official capacity:
(i) The President.
(ii) A Member or Members of Congress, or Congress.
(iii) An individual who is an employee under this section.
(iv) The head of a Government-controlled corporation;
(B) engaged in the performance of a Federal function under authority of law or an Executive act; and
(C) subject to the supervision of an individual described in subparagraph (A) while engaged in the performance of the duties of his or her position;
(4) the term “high risk, high threat post” has the meaning given that term in [section 4803 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title22-section4803&num=0&edition=prelim); and
(5) the term “leave year” means the period beginn
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**(a) Definitions** In this section—
(1) the term “agency” means an Executive agency (as that term is defined in [section 105 of title 5](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title5-section105&num=0&edition=prelim)), but does not include the Government Accountability Office;
(2) the term “combat zone” means a geographic area designated by an Executive order of the President as an area in which the Armed Forces are engaging or have engaged in combat, an area designated by law to be treated as a combat zone, or a location the Department of Defense has certified for combat zone tax benefits due to its direct support of military operations;
(3) the term “employee” means an officer or an individual who is—
(A) appointed in the civil service, the Foreign Service, or any appointment authority other than the uniformed services (as that term is defined in [section 101 of title 37](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title37-section101&num=0&edition=prelim)), by one of the following acting in an official capacity:
(i) The President.
(ii) A Member or Members of Congress, or Congress.
(iii) An individual who is an employee under this section.
(iv) The head of a Government-controlled corporation;
(B) engaged in the performance of a Federal function under authority of law or an Executive act; and
(C) subject to the supervision of an individual described in subparagraph (A) while engaged in the performance of the duties of his or her position;
(4) the term “high risk, high threat post” has the meaning given that term in [section 4803 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title22-section4803&num=0&edition=prelim); and
(5) the term “leave year” means the period beginning on the first day of the first complete pay period in a calendar year and ending on the day immediately before the first day of the first complete pay period in the following calendar year.
**(b) Leave for rest and recuperation** The Secretary or other head of an agency may prescribe regulations to grant up to 20 days of paid leave, per leave year, for the purposes of rest and recuperation to an employee of the agency serving in a combat zone, any other high risk, high threat post, or any other location presenting significant security or operational challenges.
**(c) Discretionary authority of the Secretary or other agency head** Use of the authority under subsection (b) is at the sole and exclusive discretion of the head of the agency concerned.
**(d) Records** An agency shall record leave provided under this section separately from leave authorized under any other provision of law.
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In addition to the definitions in sections 1–5 of title 1, the following definitions apply in this title:
(1)
(A) The term “United States”, in a geographic sense, means the States and the District of Columbia.
(B) The term “continental United States” means the 48 contiguous States and the District of Columbia.
(2) The term “possessions” includes Guam, American Samoa, and the guano islands.
(3) The term “uniformed services” means the Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps, Space Force, Coast Guard, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, and Public Health Service.
(4) The term “armed forces” means the Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps, Space Force,and Coast Guard.
(5) The term “Secretary concerned” means—
(A) the Secretary of the Army, with respect to matters concerning the Army;
(B) the Secretary of the Navy, with respect to matters concerning the Navy, the Marine Corps, and the Coast Guard when it is operating as a service in the Navy;
(C) the Secretary of the Air Force, with respect to matters concerning the Air Force and the Space Force;
(D) the Secretary of Homeland Security, with respect to matters concerning the Coast Guard when it is not operating as a service in the Navy;
(E) the Secretary of Commerce, with respect to matters concerning the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration; and
(F) the Secretary of Health and Human Services, with respect to matters concerning the Public Health Service.
(6) The term “National Guard” means the Army National Guard and the Air National Guard.
(7) The term “Army National Guard” means that part of the organized militia of the several States, Puerto Rico, Guam, the Canal Zone, the Virgin Islands, and the District of Columbia, active and inactive, that—
(A) is a land force;
(B)
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For the purpose of this title, “Executive agency” means an Executive department, a Government corporation, and an independent establishment.
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**(a) Initial designation** Not later than 30 days after December 16, 2016, the Department of State shall submit to the appropriate congressional committees and the Committees on Appropriations of the Senate and the House of Representatives a report, in classified form, that contains a list of diplomatic and consular posts designated as high risk, high threat posts.
**(b) Designations before opening or reopening posts** Before opening or reopening a diplomatic or consular post, the Secretary shall determine if such post should be designated as a high risk, high threat post.
**(c) Designating existing posts** The Secretary shall regularly review existing diplomatic and consular posts to determine if any such post should be designated as a high risk, high threat post if conditions at such post or the surrounding security environment require such a designation.
**(d) Definitions** In this section:
(1) **Appropriate congressional committees** — The term “appropriate congressional committees” means the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate.
(2) **High risk, high threat post** — The term “high risk, high threat post” means a United States diplomatic or consular post or other United States mission abroad, as determined by the Secretary, that, among other factors—
(A) is located in a country—
(i) with high to critical levels of political violence and terrorism; and
(ii) the government of which lacks the ability or willingness to provide adequate security; and
(B) has mission physical security platforms that fall below the Department of State’s established standards.
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TITLE 22—FOREIGN RELATIONS AND INTERCOURSE
§ 4083b
(Pub. L. 96–465, title I, § 903, Oct. 17, 1980, 94 Stat.
2127; Pub. L. 103–236, title I, § 180(a)(8), Apr. 30,
1994, 108 Stat. 416; Pub. L. 109–234, title I,
§ 1602(d)(2), June 15, 2006, 120 Stat. 442; Pub. L.
110–321, § 2(2), Sept. 19, 2008, 122 Stat. 3535; Pub.
L. 117–81, div. E, title LIII, § 5305, Dec. 27, 2021,
135 Stat. 2362.)
Editorial Notes
AMENDMENTS
2021—Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 117–81 inserted at end ‘‘In
cases in which a member of the Service has official or-
ders to an unaccompanied post and in which the family
members of the member reside apart from the member
at authorized locations outside the United States, the
member may take the leave ordered under this section
where that member’s family members reside, notwith-
standing section 10305 of title 5.’’
2008—Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 110–321 substituted ‘‘or its
territories, including American Samoa, the Common-
wealth of Puerto Rico, Guam, the Commonwealth of
the Northern Mariana Islands, and the United States
Virgin Islands’’ for ‘‘, its territories and possessions, or
the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico’’.
2006—Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 109–234, which directed sub-
stitution of ‘‘12 months’’ for ‘‘18 months’’ in section
903(a) of the Foreign Service Act, was executed to sub-
sec. (a) of this section, which is section 903 of the For-
eign Service Act of 1980, to reflect the probable intent
of Congress.
1994—Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 103–236 inserted ‘‘(other
than a member employed under section 3951 of this
title)’’ after ‘‘member of the Service’’ in two places.
§ 4083a. Rest and recuperation leave
(a) Definitions
In this section—
(1) the term ‘‘agency’’ means an Executive
agency (as that term is defined in section 105
of title 5), but do
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