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22 U.S.C. § 3974

Border equalization pay adjustment

United States · Title 22 — FOREIGN RELATIONS AND INTERCOURSE · Status: effective

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22 U.S.C. § 3974, Border equalization pay adjustment, United States, version 1 as recorded 2026-07-09, yourstate.us, https://yourstate.us/provision/457519
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An employee who regularly commutes from the employee’s place of residence in the continental United States to an official duty station in Canada or Mexico shall receive a border equalization pay adjustment equal to the amount of comparability payments under section 5304 of title 5 that the employee would receive if the employee were assigned to an official duty station within the United States locality pay area closest to the employee’s official duty station. For purposes of this section, the term “employee” means a person who— An equalization pay adjustment paid under this section shall be considered to be part of basic pay for the same purposes for which comparability payments are considered to be part of basic pay under section 5304 of title 5. The heads of the agencies referred to in subsection (b)(2) may prescribe regulations to carry out this section.

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