Relocation allowances

(a) In general The Under Secretary, acting through the Director of the National Weather Service, may establish an alternative or fixed rate relocation allowance for employees of the National Weather Service transferred in the interest of the Federal Government from one official station to another for permanent duty, including employees transferred to the National Weather Service from another Federal agency, and for the immediate family of the employee, notwithstanding subchapter II of chapter 57 of title 5, United States Code, and any regulations prescribed under that subchapter. (b) Service agreement Nothing in this section shall be construed to abrogate the requirement that an employee to be afforded a relocation allowance under subsection (a) agree in writing to remain in the Government service as would otherwise be required by and under the same terms as provided in sections 5722 and 5724 of title 5, United States Code, as relevant to transfers of employees to posts of duty outside the continental United States and official stations within the continental United States, respectively. (c) Relocation allowance defined In this section, the term relocation allowance includes any allowance authorized under section 5724, 5724a, 5726, 5727, or 5729 of title 5, United States Code.

(a) In general The Under Secretary, acting through the Director of the National Weather Service, may establish an alternative or fixed rate relocation allowance for employees of the National Weather Service transferred in the interest of the Federal Government from one official station to another for permanent duty, including employees transferred to the National Weather Service from another Federal agency, and for the immediate family of the employee, notwithstanding subchapter II of chapter 57 of title 5, United States Code, and any regulations prescribed under that subchapter. (b) Service agreement Nothing in this section shall be construed to abrogate the requirement that an employee to be afforded a relocation allowance under subsection (a) agree in writing to remain in the Government service as would otherwise be required by and under the same terms as provided in sections 5722 and 5724 of title 5, United States Code, as relevant to transfers of employees to posts of duty outside the continental United States and official stations within the continental United States, respectively. (c) Relocation allowance defined In this section, the term relocation allowance includes any allowance authorized under section 5724, 5724a, 5726, 5727, or 5729 of title 5, United States Code.