Us Code § 5737a - Employees temporarily deployed in contingency operations
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§ 5737a. Employees temporarily deployed in contingency operations
(a)
(1) the term "covered employee" means an individual who—
(A) is an employee of an Executive agency or a military department, excluding a Government controlled corporation; and
(B) is assigned on a temporary change of station in support of a contingency operation;
(2) the term "temporary change of station", as used with respect to an employee, means an assignment—
(A) from the employee's official duty station to a temporary duty station; and
(B) for which such employee is eligible for expenses under section 5737; and
(3) the term "contingency operation" has the meaning given such term by section 1482a(c) of title 10.
(b)
(c)
(1) with respect to storage during the period of the employee's temporary assignment (as described in subsection (a)(1)(B)); and
(2) in the case of a covered employee, with respect to not more than one motor vehicle as of any given time.
(d)
(Added Pub. L. 110–181, div. A, title XI, §1104(a), Jan. 28, 2008, 122 Stat. 346.)
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