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Matched Legal Cases: ['§1106', '§44', '§7903', '§13', '§2', '§1314', '§1301', '§3', '§104', '§104', '§101', '§210', '§1', '§7906', '§1106']

[USC02] 5 USC Ch. 79: SERVICES TO EMPLOYEES
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5 USC Ch. 79: SERVICES TO EMPLOYEES
CHAPTER 79—SERVICES TO EMPLOYEES
2011—Pub. L. 112–81, div. A, title XI, §1106(b), Dec. 31, 2011, 125 Stat. 1614, added item 7906.
Pub. L. 102–241, §44, Dec. 19, 1991, 105 Stat. 2226, provided that: "The Department of Transportation may include military personnel of the Coast Guard in any program in which the Department participates under section 629 of the Treasury, Postal Service and General Government Appropriations Act, 1991, Public Law 101–509 [set out below], notwithstanding section 629(c)(2) of that Act."
§7903. Protective clothing and equipment
Appropriations available for the procurement of supplies and material or equipment are available for the purchase and maintenance of special clothing and equipment for the protection of personnel in the performance of their assigned tasks. For the purpose of this section, "appropriations" includes funds made available by statute under section 9104 of title 31.
5 U.S.C. 118g. Aug. 2, 1946, ch. 744, §13, 60 Stat. 809.
The definition of the word "appropriations" is added on authority of section 18 of the Act of Aug. 2, 1946, ch. 744, 60 Stat. 811.
1982—Pub. L. 97–258 substituted "section 9104" for "section 849".
(2) the term "agency" means—
(Added Pub. L. 103–172, §2(a), Dec. 2, 1993, 107 Stat. 1995; amended Pub. L. 107–296, title XIII, §1314(a), Nov. 25, 2002, 116 Stat. 2296; Pub. L. 113–235, div. H, title I, §1301(b), Dec. 16, 2014, 128 Stat. 2537.)
2002—Subsec. (a)(1). Pub. L. 107–296 substituted ", a member of a uniformed service, and a student who provides voluntary services under section 3111" for "and a member of a uniformed service".
Pub. L. 103–172, §3, Dec. 2, 1993, 107 Stat. 1997, provided that: "This Act [enacting this section and provisions set out as notes under this section and section 7901 of this title] and the amendments made by this Act shall take effect on January 1, 1994."
Pub. L. 111–8, div. F, title I, §104, Mar. 11, 2009, 123 Stat. 761, provided that: "After September 30, 2008, the Secretary of Labor shall issue a monthly transit subsidy of not less than the full amount (of not less than $115) that each of its employees of the National Capital Region is eligible to receive."
Pub. L. 110–161, div. G, title I, §104, Dec. 26, 2007, 121 Stat. 2167, provided that: "After September 30, 2007, the Secretary of Labor shall issue a monthly transit subsidy of not less than the full amount (of not less than $110) that each of its employees of the National Capital Region is eligible to receive."
"(1) In general.—Effective as of the first day of the next fiscal year beginning after the date of the enactment of this Act [Aug. 10, 2005], each covered agency shall implement a program under which all qualified Federal employees serving in or under such agency shall be offered transit pass transportation fringe benefits, as described in paragraph (2).
"(2) Benefits described.—The benefits described in this paragraph are the transit pass transportation fringe benefits which, under section 2 of Executive Order No. 13150 [set out below], are required to be offered by Federal agencies in the National Capital Region on the date of the enactment of this Act.
"(3) Definitions.—In this subsection—
"(4) Rule of construction.—Nothing in this subsection shall be considered to require that a covered agency—
Pub. L. 105–277, div. A, §101(f) [title II, §210], Oct. 21, 1998, 112 Stat. 2681–337, 2681-359, provided that: "Funds appropriated in this Act or subsequent Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations Acts, for the National Institutes of Health may be used to provide transit subsidies in amounts consistent with the transportation subsidy programs authorized under section 629 of Public Law 101–509 [see note preceding section 7901 of this title] to non-FTE bearing positions including trainees, visiting fellows and volunteers."
Pub. L. 103–172, §1(b), Dec. 2, 1993, 107 Stat. 1995, provided that: "The purpose of this Act [enacting this section and provisions set out as notes under this section and section 7901 of this title] is to improve air quality and to reduce traffic congestion by providing for the establishment of programs to encourage Federal employees to commute by means other than single-occupancy motor vehicles."
§7906. Services of post-combat case coordinators
(1) the terms "employee", "agency",1 "injury", "war-risk hazard", and "hostile force or individual" have the meanings given those terms in section 8101; and
(2) the term "qualified employee" means an employee as described in subsection (b).
(b) Requirement.—The head of each agency shall, in a manner consistent with the guidelines prescribed under subsection (c), provide for the assignment of a post-combat case coordinator in the case of any employee of such agency who suffers an injury or disability incurred, or an illness contracted, while in the performance of such employee's duties, as a result of a war-risk hazard or during or as a result of capture, detention, or other restraint by a hostile force or individual.
(c) Guidelines.—The Office of Personnel Management shall, after such consultation as the Office considers appropriate, prescribe guidelines for the operation of this section. Under the guidelines, the responsibilities of a post-combat case coordinator shall include—
(1) acting as the main point of contact for qualified employees seeking administrative guidance or assistance relating to benefits under chapter 81 or 89;
(2) assisting qualified employees in the collection of documentation or other supporting evidence for the expeditious processing of claims under chapter 81 or 89;
(3) assisting qualified employees in connection with the receipt of prescribed medical care and the coordination of benefits under chapter 81 or 89;
(4) resolving problems relating to the receipt of benefits under chapter 81 or 89; and
(A) for post-traumatic stress disorder or other similar disorder stemming from combat trauma; or
(B) for suicidal or homicidal thoughts or behaviors.
(d) Duration.—The services of a post-combat case coordinator shall remain available to a qualified employee until—
(1) such employee accepts or declines a reasonable offer of employment in a position in the employee's agency for which the employee is qualified, which is not lower than 2 grades (or pay levels) below the employee's grade (or pay level) before the occurrence or onset of the injury, disability, or illness (as referred to in subsection (a)), and which is within the employee's commuting area; or
(2) such employee gives written notice, in such manner as the employing agency prescribes, that those services are no longer desired or necessary.
(Added Pub. L. 112–81, div. A, title XI, §1106(a), Dec. 31, 2011, 125 Stat. 1613.)
1 So in original. The definition of "agency" does not appear in section 8101 of this title.