TRANSFER ALLOWANCE FOR FAMILIES OF DECEASED FOREIGN SERVICE PERSONNEL.

SEC. 335. TRANSFER ALLOWANCE FOR FAMILIES OF DECEASED FOREIGN SERVICE PERSONNEL. Section 5922 of title 5, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following: “(f)(1) If an employee dies at post in a foreign area, a transfer allowance under section 5924(2)(B) may be granted to the spouse or dependents of such employee (or both) for the purpose of providing for their return to the United States. “(2) A transfer allowance under this subsection may not be granted with respect to the spouse or a dependent of the employee unless, at the time of death, such spouse or dependent was residing— “(A) at the employee's post of assignment; or “(B) at a place, outside the United States, for which a separate maintenance allowance was being furnished under section 5924(3). “(3) The President may prescribe any regulations necessary to carry out this subsection.” .