Sec. 9717. Locality pay for Federal employees working overseas under Domestic Employee Teleworking Overseas agreements

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In this section: The term civil service has the meaning given the term in section 2101 of title 5, United States Code. The term covered employee means an employee who— occupies a position in the civil service; and is working overseas under a Domestic Employee Teleworking Overseas agreement. The term locality pay means a locality-based comparability payment paid in accordance with subsection (b). The term nonforeign area has the meaning given the term in section 591.205 of title 5, Code of Federal Regulations, or any successor regulation.

The term overseas means any geographic location that is not in— the continental United States; or a nonforeign area. Each covered employee shall be paid locality pay in an amount that is equal to the lesser of— the amount of a locality-based comparability payment that the covered employee would have been paid under section 5304 or 5304a of title 5, United States Code, had the official duty station of the covered employee not been changed to reflect an overseas location under the applicable Domestic Employee Teleworking Overseas agreement; or the amount of a locality-based comparability payment that the covered employee would be paid under section 1113 of the Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2009 ( Public Law 111–32 ), as limited under section 9802(c)(2) of this Act, if the covered employee were an eligible member of the Foreign Service (as defined in subsection

(b)of such section 1113). Locality pay paid to a covered employee under this section— shall begin to be paid not later than 60 days after the date of the enactment of this Act; and shall be treated in the same manner, and subject to the same terms and conditions, as a locality-based comparability payment paid under section 5304 or 5304a of title 5, United States Code.

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Locality pay for Federal employees working overseas under Domestic Employee Teleworking Overseas agreements

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