§ 591.403 Amount of payment.

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Title 5 CFR: Administrative Personnel › Chapter I: OFFICE OF PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT › Part 591: ALLOWANCES AND DIFFERENTIALS › Subpart D: Separate Maintenance Allowance for Duty at Johnston Island › § 591.403: § 591.403 Amount of payment.

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(a) The annual rate of the separate maintenance allowance paid to an employee is determined by the number of individuals, including a spouse, a domestic partner, and/or one or more other family members, who are maintained at a location other than Johnston Island.

(b) The annual rates for the separate maintenance allowance paid to employees assigned to Johnston Island shall be the same as the annual rates for the separate maintenance allowance established by the Department of State in its

Standardized Regulations (Government Civilians, Foreign Areas).

The annual rates shall not vary by location of the separate household.

(c) The annual rates of the separate maintenance allowance shall be adjusted on the first day of the first pay period beginning on or after July 1, 1996 and, subsequently, on the first day of the first pay period beginning on or after the effective date established for adjustment of annual rates for the separate maintenance allowance in the

Standardized Regulations (Government Civilians, Foreign Areas).

[61 FR 27244, May 31, 1996, as amended at 77 FR 42905, July 20, 2012]

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