An Act to amend title 5, United States Code, to provide equality of treatment for married women Federal employees with respect to preference eligible employment benefits, cost-of-living allowances in foreign areas, and regulations concerning marital status generally, and for other purposes
PL 92-187 (H.R.3628), enacted 12/15/1971

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PUBLIC LAW 92-187~DEC. 15, 1971 
[85 STAT. 
25 u s e 70a. 
northeast quarter northeast quarter, section 7, township 41 north, range 
26 east. Mount Diablo meridian, Nevada, from the owner thereof and 
to cause the title to be conveyed to the United States in trust for the 
benefit of the Summit Lake Paiute Tribe. 
SEC. 3. The Indian Claims Commission is directed to determine in 
accordance with the provisions of section 2 of the Act of August 13, 
1946 (60 Stat. 1050), the extent to which the value of the beneficial 
interest conveyed by this Act should or should not be set off against 
any claim against the United States determined by the Commission. 
Approved December 15, 1971. 
December 15, 1971 
[H. R. 3628] 
Public Law 92-187 
AN ACT 
To amend title •
>
, United States Code, to provide equality of treatment for mar-
ried women Federal employees with respect to preference eligible employ-
ment benefits, cost-of-living allowances in foreign areas, and regulations 
concerning marital status generally, and for other purposes. 
Federal employ-
ees. 
Married women, 
equality. 
80 Stat. 410; 
81 Stat. 196, 
Cost-of-living 
allowance. 
Discrimination 
prohibition. 
Be it eiiacted hy the >ienate and House of RepreHentatlceH of the 
United States of America in Congress assemhied. That subparagraphs 
(D) and (E) of paragraph (3) of section 2108 of title 5, Ignited States 
Code, relating to the definition of "preference eligible"', are amended 
to read as follows: 
""(D) the unmarried widow or widower of a veteran as 
defined by paragraph (1) (A) of this section; 
*'(E) the wife or husband of a service-connected disabled 
veteran if the vetei'an has been tmable to qualify for any 
appointment in the civil service or in the government of the 
District of Columbia;"'. 
SKC. 2. Paragraph (3) of section 5924 of title 5, United States Code, 
relating to cost-of-living allowances in foreign areas, is amended to 
read as follows: 
"(3) A separate maintenance allowance to assist an employee 
who is compelled, because of dangerous, notably unhealthful, or 
excessively adverse living conditions at the employee's post of 
assignment in a foreign area, or for the convenience of the Gov-
ernment, to meet the additional expenses of maintaining, else-
where than at the post, the employee"s spouse or dependents, or 
both.". 
SEC. 3. Section 7152 of title 5, United States Code, relating to the 
prohibition on discrimination in employment because of marital 
status, is amended— 
(1) by inserting " ( a ) " immediately before "The President"; 
and 
(2) by adding at the end thereof the following new subsections: 
"(b) Regulations prescribed under any provision of this title, or 
under any other provision of law, granting benefits to employees, shall 
provide the same benefits for a married female employee and her 
spouse and children as are provided for a married male employee and 
his spouse and children. 
"(c) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, any provision of 
law providing a benefit to a male Federal employee or to his spouse or 
family shall be deemed to provide the same benefit to a female Federal 
employee or to her spouse or family.". 
Approved December 15, 1971.