Sec. 301. Per diem allowance and locality pay for newly hired members of the Foreign Service
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Notwithstanding any other provision of law, and except as provided in paragraph (2), any newly hired Foreign Service employee who is in initial orientation training, or any other training expected to last less than six months before transferring to the employee’s first assignment, in the Washington, DC, area shall, for the duration of such training, receive a per diem allowance at the levels prescribed under subchapter I of chapter 57 of title 5, United States Code. A newly hired Foreign Service employee may not receive any lodging expenses under the applicable per diem allowance pursuant to paragraph
(1)if that employee— has a permanent residence in the Washington, DC, area (not including Government-supplied housing during such orientation training or other training); and does not vacate such residence during such orientation training or other training. Any newly hired Foreign Service employee who is enrolled in any training, following orientation training, that is expected to exceed six months in the Washington, DC, area prior to departing for their first assignment, shall, for the duration of such training receive locality pay applicable to Washington, DC, under section 5304 or 5304a of title 5, United States Code. In this section— the term per diem allowance has the meaning given that term under section 5701 of title 5, United States Code; and the term Washington, DC, area means the geographic area within a 50 mile radius of the Washington Monument.