Pub. L. 86-707, tit. II, pt. B, sec. 211

Sec. 211. Whenever Government-owned or Government-rented quarters are not provided without charge for an employee in a foreign area, one or more of the following quarters allowances may be granted to such employee where applicable: (1) A temporary lodging allowance for the reasonable cost of temporary quarters incurred by the employee and his family (A) for a period not in excess of three months after first arrival at a new post of assignment in a foreign area or a period ending with the occupation of residence quarters, whichever shall be shorter, and (B) for a period of not more than one month immediately preceding final departure from the post subsequent to the necessary evacuation of residence quarters; 74 Stat. 794 (2) A living quarters allowance for rent, heat, light, fuel, gas, electricity, and water, without regard to the limitations of section 3648 of the Revised Statutes, as amended (31 U.S.C. 529); and (3) Under unusual circumstances payment or reimbursement for extraordinary, necessary, and reasonable expenses, not otherwise compensated for, incurred in initial repairs, alterations, and improvements to an employee’s privately leased residence at a post of assignment in a foreign area, if such expenses are administratively approved in advance and if the duration and terms of the lease justify payment of such expenses by the Government.