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PUBLIC LAW 91-648-JAN. 5, 1971
" (B) an instrumentality or authority of a State or States as defined in subparagraph (A) of this paragraph (1) and a Federal-State authority or instrumentality; and " (2) 'local government' means— " (A) any political subdivision, instrumentality, or authority of a State or States as defined in subparagraph (A) of paragraph (1); and " (B) any general or special purpose agency of such a political subdivision, instrumentality, or authority. "§ 3372. General provisions " (a) On request from or with the concurrence of a State or local government, and with the consent of the employee concerned, the head of an executive agency may arrange for the assignment of— "(1) an employee of his agency to a State or local government; and "(2) an employee of a State or local government to his agency; for work of mutual concern to his agency and the State or local government that he determines will be beneficial to both. The period of an assignment under this subchapter may not exceed two years. However, the head of an executive agency may extend the period of assignment for not more than two additional years. " (b) This subchapter is authority for and applies to the assignment of— "(1) an employee of an executive agency to an institution of higher education; and "(2) an employee of an institution of higher education to an executive agency. "§ 3373. Assignment of employees to State and local governments " (a) An employee of an executive agency assigned to a State or local government under this subchapter is deemed, during the assignment, to be either— " (1) on detail to a regular work assignment in his agency; or "(2) on leave without pay from his position in the agency. An employee assigned either on detail or on leave without pay remains an employee of his agency. The Federal Tort Claims Act and any other Federal tort liability statute apply to an employee so assigned. The supervision of the duties of an employee on detail may be governed by agreement between the executive agency and the State or local government concerned. "(b) The assignment of an employee of an executive agency either on detail or on leave without pay to a State or local government under this subchapter may be made with or without reimbursement by the State or local government for the travel and transportation expenses to or from the place of assignment and for the pay, or supplemental pay, or a part thereof, of the employee during assignment. Any reimbursements shall be credited to the appropriation of the executive agency used for paying the travel and transportation expenses or pay. "(c) For any employee so assigned and on leave without pay— " (1) if the rate of pay for his employment by the State or local government is less than the rate of pay he would have received had he continued in his regular assignment in the agency, he is entitled to receive supplemental pay from the agency in an amount equal to the difference between the State or local government rate and the agency rate; " (2) he is entitled to annual and sick leave to the same extent as if he had continued in his regular assignment in the agency; and
1921
60 Stat. 8 4 2. 28 USC 2 6 7 1.
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