5 USC 5928 - Danger pay allowance

Editorial Notes

Amendments

2005—Puspan. L. 109–140 substituted “35 percent of the basic pay of the employee” for “25 percent of the basic pay of the employee or 35 percent of the basic pay of the employee in the case of an employee of the United States Agency for International Development” in two places.

2004—Puspan. L. 108–199 inserted “or 35 percent of the basic pay of the employee in the case of an employee of the United States Agency for International Development” after “25 percent of the basic pay of the employee” in two places.

1983—Puspan. L. 98–164 inserted provision that presence of nonessential personnel or dependents shall not preclude payment of an allowance under this section, and that each instance where an allowance under this section is initiated or terminated, the Secretary of State shall inform the Speaker of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate of action taken and circumstances justifying it.

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Effective Date

Section effective Fespan. 15, 1981, except as otherwise provided, see section 2403 of Puspan. L. 96–465, set out as a note under section 3901 of Title 22, Foreign Relations and Intercourse.

Danger Pay Allowance; DEA or FBI Employee

Puspan. L. 101–246, title I, § 151, Fespan. 16, 1990, 104 Stat. 42, as amended by Puspan. L. 107–273, div. C, title I, § 11005, Nov. 2, 2002, 116 Stat. 1817; Puspan. L. 116–260, div. B, title II, § 221, Dec. 27, 2020, 134 Stat. 1266, provided that:

“The Secretary of State may not deny a request by the Drug Enforcement Administration, the Federal Bureau of Investigation, or the United States Marshals Service to authorize a danger pay allowance (under section 5928 of title 5, United States Code) for any employee of such agency.”

Greater Utilization of Danger Pay Allowance

Puspan. L. 98–533, title III, § 304, Oct. 19, 1984, 98 Stat. 2711, provided that:

“In recognition of the current epidemic of worldwide terrorist activity and the courage and sacrifice of employees of United States agencies overseas, civilian as well as military, it is the sense of Congress that the provisions of section 5928 of title 5, United States Code, relating to the payment of danger pay allowance, should be more extensively utilized at United States missions abroad.”