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Department of State Standardized Regulations (DSSR)
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(July 16, 2024 (Interim))
Table of Contents
000 General Provisions
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010 Authorities
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020 Effective Dates
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030 Applicability
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040 Definitions
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050 Payments
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060 Classifications and Reclassifications of Posts
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070 Reporting Requirements
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080 Employee's Death While Assigned to a Post in a Foreign Area
100 Quarters Allowances
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110 General
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120 Temporary Quarters Subsistence Allowances
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130 Living Quarters Allowance
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138 Extraordinary Quarters Allowance
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150 Allowances for Delegates/Alternates (UN)
200 Cost-of-Living Allowances
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210 General
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220 Post Allowance
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229 Post Allowance Payment Tables
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240 Foreign Transfer Allowance
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250 Home Service Transfer Allowance
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260 Separate Maintenance Allowance
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270 Education Allowance
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280 Educational Travel
300 Representation Allowances
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310 General
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320 Allowable Items of Expenditure
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330 Prohibitions
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340 Payment
400 Official Residence Expenses (ORE)
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410 ORE Description
500 Post Hardship Differential
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500 Post Hardship Differential
600 Payments During Ordered/Authorized Departure
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600 Payments During Ordered/Authorized Departure
650 Danger Pay
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650 Danger Pay
700 Defense Department Teachers
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710 General
800 Compensatory Time Off at Certain Posts in Foreign Areas
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810 General
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820 Circumstances Where Applicable
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830 Prohibitions
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840 Granting Compensatory Time Off
850 Advances of Pay
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850 Advances of Pay
900 Post Classification and Payment Tables
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910 Explanation and Instructions for Use
960 Worksheets/Exhibits
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DSSR 120: Temporary Quarters Subsistence Allowance Worksheet
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DSSR 130: Living Quarters Allowances Annual/Interim Expenditures Worksheet
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DSSR 138: Extraordinary Quarters Allowance Worksheet
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DSSR 240: Foreign Transfer Allowance Worksheet
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DSSR 250: Home Service Transfer Allowance Worksheet
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DSSR 270: Education Allowance Worksheet
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DSSR 600: EPW - Evacuation Payments Worksheet
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1000 Difficult to Staff Incentive Differential
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1000 General