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| | APPENDIX I - STATE DEPARTMENT STANDARDIZED REGULATIONS | 
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| | PART A - Payments During Ordered Authorized Departure | 
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| | State Department Standardized Regulations
(Government Civilian, Foreign Areas)
Chapter 600
Payments During Ordered Authorized Departure
DEPARTMENTAL REGULATIONS | 
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| | (These regulations, effective 2-24-91, are prescribed by the Secretary of State for adoption by departments in the Executive Branch of the Federal Government.� See Section 640.) | 
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| | 600�� GENERAL | 
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| | 610� DEFINITIONS.� | 
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| | As used in these regulations, the following terms are defined as follows: | 
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| | a.� "Adult dependent" | 
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| | For the purpose of this chapter includes the employee's spouse and any of the relatives defined in Sections 040m as family members who are 21 years of age or older.� (Section 040m is included on last page of this Appendix.) | 
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| | b.� "Advance payment" | 
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| | means the monetary amount payable to an employee ordered/authorized to depart or his/her designated representative in advance of the date on which the employee would otherwise be entitled to be paid. | 
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| | c.� "Day" | 
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| | means calendar day except when otherwise specified. | 
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| | d.� "Department" | 
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| | means any department of the Government of the United States of America, any agency or independent establishment in the executive branch of the Government, and any corporation in the executive branch wholly owned or controlled by the Government. | 
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| | e.� "Dependent" | 
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| | means a member of the employee's family as defined in Section 040m of the Standardized Regulations (Government Civilians, Foreign Areas).� (Section 040m is included on last page of this Appendix.)� Special factors include: | 
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| | (1)� neither member of an assigned career or probationary career married working (tandem) couple should be forced to be evacuated in dependent status.� However, a career or probationary career employee in leave without pay status (LWOP) may be ordered/authorized to depart as a dependent; | 
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| | (2)� locally hired dependent employees should be evacuated or authorized to depart as dependents unless the Chief of Mission decides the position is essential, and the Department of State concurs in the decision. | 
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| | f.�� "Designated representative" | 
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| | means a person 18 years of age or over who is named by an employee for the purpose of caring for, escorting, or receiving monetary payments on behalf of a dependent. | 
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| | g.� "Evacuation" | 
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| | means the authorized or ordered departure of an employee or dependent(s), or any of the circumstances outlined in Section 610j herein.� The terms "evacuated" and "ordered/authorized to depart" are used interchangeably in these regulations. | 
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| | h.� "Evacuation order" | 
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| | means either an oral or written communication which authorizes or orders the departure from the post of assignment. | 
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| | i.�� "Evacuation payment" or "evacuation/departure payment" | 
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| | means a monetary amount payable to an employee, his/her dependents, or designated representative during a period of ordered evacuation or authorized departure. | 
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| | j.�� "Evacuee" | 
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| | means an employee or dependent who because of military or other reasons in the national interest which create imminent danger to the life of the employee or dependents or are in the national interest: | 
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| | (1)� has departed post of assignment under authorized or ordered departure status; or | 
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| | (2)� is ordered or authorized to depart post but can't leave the post because of reasons beyond the control of the employee; and, in the case of an employee, is prevented by circumstances beyond control of the employee and beyond the control of the Government from preforming position duties; or | 
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| | (3)� is prevented from returning to the post while temporarily absent from post but otherwise intended to do so. | 
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| | k.� "Monetary amount" | 
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| | is the net amount of compensation including any allowances or post differential due an employee after making all deductions authorized by law, such as retirement or social security deductions, authorized allotments, Federal withholding tax, and others, when applicable. | 
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| | l.�� "Safehaven" | 
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| | as used in this chapter means (1) a location or place officially designated by the Secretary of State to which an employee and/or dependents will be ordered or authorized to depart; (2) An alternate safehaven is a safehaven approved by the head of agency under individual circumstances when in the interests of the U.S. Government.� Evacuees at a safehaven aren't entitled to diplomatic courtesies, immunities, services and privileges accorded to the official American diplomatic community assigned to the safehaven.� (Also see Section 631a(1).) | 
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| | m.�� Subsistence expense allowance (SEA) | 
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| | means the daily monetary amount payable to assist in offsetting direct added subsistence expenses of evacuees. | 
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| | n.�� Special allowance | 
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| | means an additional allowance to offset the direct added expenses incident to an ordered/authorized departure. | 
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| | 611� DESCRIPTION | 
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| | 611.1� Purpose.� | 
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| | These regulations govern the authority and procedures for paying employees who are evacuated from assigned posts of duty, and for paying their dependents who are evacuated, for military or other reasons which create imminent danger to the life of the employees or their dependents or which otherwise are in the national interest. | 
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| | 611.2� Authority.� | 
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| | These regulations are issued under the authority contained in 5 U.S.C. 5521-5527 (The Act of September 26, 1961 (P.L. 87-304, 75 Stat. 662)) as amended by the Foreign Service Act of 1980 (P.L. 96-495) and Executive order 10982 issued December 25, 1961. | 
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| | 611.3� Scope.� | 
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| | These regulations cover the authority for an advance of pay following an ordered/authorized departure, continuation of salary and allowance payments during the period of ordered/authorized departure,, and special allowances to partially offset certain direct added expenses incurred as a result. | 
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| | 612� COVERAGE | 
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| | 612.1� Employees Covered.� | 
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| | These regulations apply to: (1) civilian employees of the United States Government who are United States citizens or are United States nationals, except as provided in Section 612.3, and (2) when and to the extent determined by the Secretary of State, third country nationals, i.e., civilian employees who aren't citizens or nationals of the United States and who aren't citizens or nationals of the country in which the evacuated post is located.� Third country national employees and/or dependents may be considered for evacuation travel to their country of origin, point of hire, or designated foreign or U.S safehaven, if this is in the interest of the U.S. Government. | 
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| | 612.2� Locations� | 
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| | These regulations apply to evacuations from, or within any area situated outside: (1) the United States; (2) the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico and the Northern Mariana Islands, and (3) any territory or possession of the United States. | 
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| | 612.3� Locally Employed American Citizens Not Covered.� | 
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| | These regulations don't apply to: (1) local United States citizens who don't have official U.S. Government employment, including but not limited to Americans with private business or organizations, teachers recruited by local American-supported schools, Fulbright grantees, and individuals with contracts to work for the foreign host government; or (2) locally hired American citizens who work for the U.S. Government but who don't have an agreement for return transportation to the United States at Government expense. | 
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| | 613 ENTITLEMENT | 
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| | a.� Employees and their dependents shall be entitled to be paid only if they meet the requirements of these regulations.� Entitlement to payment shall cease on the date when the employee is determined to be covered by the Missing Persons Act (50 App. U.S.C. 1001 et seq.), unless payment is earlier terminated under these regulations or unless determined otherwise by the Secretary of State. | 
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| | b.� Benefits for uniformed military personnel and dependents are covered in the DOD Joint Federal Travel Regulations, Volume 1. | 
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| | 614� DESIGNATION OF AUTHORIZED SAFEHAVEN | 
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| | a.� An official safehaven will be designated by the Secretary of State as far in advance of any actual or possible evacuation as practicable.� Employees and their dependents are expected to travel to this safehaven if an evacuation is ordered.� (See Sections 631-633 for commencement and payment of special allowances.) | 
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| | b.� When there is insufficient time for a written evacuation order due to the nature of the danger, the Secretary of State must be notified as soon as possible of the conditions that warrant the order so that an appropriate safehaven may be authorized and payment of special allowances approved. | 
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