Sec. 283. travel expenses and expense of transporting remains of officers and employees who die outside the united states

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## Sec. 283 travel expenses and expense of transporting remains of officers and employees who die outside the united states **[**[8 U.S.C. 1353](/us/usc/t8/s1353)**]** When officers, inspectors, or other employees of the Service are ordered to perform duties in a foreign country, or are transferred from one station to another, in the United States or in a foreign country, or while performing duties in any foreign country become eligible for voluntary retirement and return to the United States, they shall be allowed their traveling expenses in accordance with such regulations as the Attorney General may deem advisable, and they may also be allowed, within the discretion and under written orders of the Attorney General, the expenses incurred for the transfer of their wives and dependent children, their household effects and other personal property, including the expenses for packing, crating, freight, unpacking, temporary storage, and drayage thereof in accordance with subchapter II of chapter 57 of title 5, United States Code.

The expense of transporting the remains of such officers, inspectors, or other employees who die while in, or in transit to, a foreign country in the discharge of their official duties to their former homes in this country for interment, and the ordinary and necessary expenses of such interment and of preparation for shipment, are authorized to be paid on the written order of the Attorney General. [Note.—The following provisions, relating to payment for overtime services for immigration officers and employees and printed in 8 point type, are included at this point in title 8, United States Code, but are *not* part of the Immigration and Nationality Act:The Act of March 2, 1931 (ch. 368, 46 Stat. 1467) as amended **[**[8 U.S.C. 1353a](/us/usc/t8/s1353a), 1353b**]** provides as follows:That the Secretary of Labor **[**Attorney General**]** shall fix a reasonable rate of extra compensation for overtime services of immigration officers and employees of the Immigration **[**and Naturalization**]** Service who may be required to remain on duty between the hours of five o'clock postmeridian and eight o'clock antemeridian, or on Sundays or holidays, to perform duties in connection with the examination and landing of passengers and crews of steamships, trains, airplanes, or other vehicles, arriving in the United States from a foreign port by water, land, or air, such rates to be fixed on a basis of one-half day's additional pay for each two hours or fraction thereof of at least one hour that the overtime extends beyond five o'clock postmeridian (but not to exceed two and one-half days' pay for the full period from five o'clock postmeridian to eight oclock antemeridian) and two additional days' pay for Sunday and holiday duty; in those ports where the customary working hours are other than those heretofore mentioned, the Secretary of Labor **[**Attorney General**]** is vested with authority to regulate the hours of immigration employees so as to agree with the prevailing working hours in said ports, but nothing contained in this section shall be construed in any manner to affect or alter the length of a working day for immigration employees or the overtime pay herein fixed.

Sec. 2. The said extra compensation shall be paid by the master, owner, agent, or consignee of such vessel or other conveyance arriving in the United States from a foreign port to the Secretary of Labor **[**Attorney General**]** who shall pay the same to the several immigration officers and employees entitled thereto as provided in this Act. Such extra compensation shall be paid if such officers or employees have been ordered to report for duty and have so reported, whether the actual inspection or examination of passengers or crew takes place or not: *Provided, *That this section shall not apply to the inspection at designated ports of entry of passengers arriving by international ferries, bridges, or tunnels, or by aircraft, railroad trains, or vessels on the Great Lakes and connecting waterways, when operating on regular schedules.][Note.—The restrictions on premium pay under subchapter V of chapter 55 of title 5, U.S.

Code, do not prevent payment for overtime under these previous sections pursuant to §5549 of that title.Part of section 1 of the Act of March 4, 1921 (41 Stat. 1424, as amended; 8 U.S.C. 1353c):Nothing in section 1914 of Title 18, United States Code, relative to augmenting salaries of Government officials from outside sources shall prevent receiving reimbursements for services of immigration officials incident to the inspection of aliens in foreign contiguous territory, and such reimbursement shall be credited to the appropriation, “Immigration and Naturalization Service—Salaries and Expenses”.] **[** Note.—Under §2 of Pub. L. 87–849, the exemption from §1914 of title 18, U.S.

Code, provided above is deemed an exemption from §209 of title 18, U.S. Code.**]** **[** Note.—Section 80503(a)(2) of title 49, U.S. Code effectively limits the maximum charge for overtime to $25 per private plane or vessel.**]** The Act of August 22, 1940 (ch. 688, 54 Stat. 858), as amended **[**[8 U.S.C. 1353d](/us/usc/t8/s1353d)**]** provides as follows:That moneys collected on or after July 1, 1941, as extra compensation for overtime service of immigration officers and employees of the Immigration Service pursuant to the Act of March 2, 1931 (46 Stat. 1467), shall be deposited in the Treasury of the United States to the credit of the appropriation for the payment of salaries, field personnel of the Immigration and Naturalization Service, and the appropriation so credited shall be available for the payment of such compensation.

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