---
kind: "section"
citation: "22 U.S.C. § 4028a"
title: "22"
title_heading: "Foreign Relations and Intercourse"
number: "4028a"
heading: "Per diem allowance for newly hired members of the Foreign Service"
release: "119-102"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/22/4028a"
units:
  - "Chapter 52 — Foreign Service"
  - "Subchapter VII — Career Development, Training, and Orientation"
---

# §4028a. Per diem allowance for newly hired members of the Foreign Service

- (a) **Per diem allowance—**
  - (1) **In general—** Except as provided in [paragraph (2)](#a-2), any newly hired [Foreign](/usc/22/3146.md?p=1) Service [employee](/usc/22/4341.md?p=1) who is in initial orientation [training](/usc/22/8921.md?p=3), or any other [training](/usc/22/8921.md?p=3) expected to last less than 6 months in the Washington, D.C. area before transferring to the [employee](/usc/22/4341.md?p=1)’s first assignment overseas or domestically outside the Washington, D.C. area shall, for the duration of such [training](/usc/22/8921.md?p=3), receive a [per diem allowance](#b-1) at the levels prescribed under subchapter I of [chapter 57](/usc/5/chptIII-sptD-ch57.md) of title 5.
  - (2) **Limitation on lodging expenses—** A newly hired [Foreign](/usc/22/3146.md?p=1) Service [employee](/usc/22/4341.md?p=1) may not receive any lodging expenses under the applicable [per diem allowance](#b-1) pursuant to [paragraph (1)](#a-1) if that [employee](/usc/22/4341.md?p=1)—
    - (A) has a permanent residence in the [Washington, D.C., area](#b-2) (not including [government](/usc/22/3902.md?p=7)-supplied housing during such orientation [training](/usc/22/8921.md?p=3) or other [training](/usc/22/8921.md?p=3)); and
    - (B) does not vacate such residence during such orientation [training](/usc/22/8921.md?p=3) or other [training](/usc/22/8921.md?p=3).
- (b) **Definitions—** In this section—
  - (1) the term “per diem allowance” has the meaning given such term in [section 5701 of title 5](/usc/5/5701.md); and
  - (2) the term “Washington, D.C., area” means the geographic area within a 50-mile radius of the Washington Monument.

## Source credit

(Pub. L. 118–159, div. G, title LXXI, § 7109, Dec. 23, 2024, 138 Stat. 2525.)

## Notes

### Editorial Notes

### Codification

Section was enacted as part of the Department of State Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2025, and also as part of the Servicemember Quality of Life Improvement and National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2025, and not as part of the Foreign Service Act of 1980 which comprises this chapter.