A bill to amend title 5 of the United States Code in order to provide that certain benefits to which employees of the United States stationed in Alaska, Hawaii, Puerto Rico, or the territories of the United States are entitled may be terminated under certain conditions.

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States that, under such regulations as the President shall prescribe, when an employee of an agency of the United States who is stationed in Alaska, Hawaii, Puerto Rico, Guam, or any territory of the United States is entitled to receive for himself or his immediate family, or both, any specified travel or relocation benefits solely as a result of his claim of actual residence outside the area in which he is stationed, the employing agency may terminate his entitlement to such benefits if: (1) qualified local residents, who are not already employees of an agency of the United States, are eligible and available for employment in the position held by the employee; (2) the initial or renewal period of the employee's current contract or agreement has expired; and (3) the employee refuses, or otherwise indicates that he would not accept, assignment to a comparable position in the continental United States or to any other area in which he claims an actual residence. Provides that the employee may continue in the same position at the same rank and pay without being separated or otherwise subject to a break in service if he certifies that he has become, or has initiated appropriate action to become, a permanent resident of the area in which stationed, and intends to maintain permanent residence in that area. (Adds 5 U.S.C. 5734)

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• Introduced in House

  summary · EN · 15 January 1973

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