22 USC § 4088 - Education allowance

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identifier: "/us/usc/t22/s4088"
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legal_status: "official_prima_facie"
title: "22 USC § 4088 - Education allowance"
title_number: 22
title_name: "FOREIGN RELATIONS AND INTERCOURSE"
section_number: "4088"
section_name: "Education allowance"
chapter_number: 52
chapter_name: "FOREIGN SERVICE"
subchapter_number: "IX"
subchapter_name: "TRAVEL, LEAVE, AND OTHER BENEFITS"
positive_law: false
currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-03-26"
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generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(Pub. L. 96–465, title I, § 908, as added Pub. L. 118–31, div. F, title LXII, § 6221(a), Dec. 22, 2023, 137 Stat. 978; amended Pub. L. 118–159, div. G, title LXXVI, § 7603, Dec. 23, 2024, 138 Stat. 2553.)"
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# § 4088. Education allowance

section 4303(13) of title 38

A Department or United States Agency for International Development employee who is on leave to perform service in the uniformed services (as defined in ) may receive an education allowance if the employee would, if not for such service, be eligible to receive the education allowance.

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**Source Credit**: (Pub. L. 96–465, title I, § 908, as added Pub. L. 118–31, div. F, title LXII, § 6221(a), Dec. 22, 2023, 137 Stat. 978; amended Pub. L. 118–159, div. G, title LXXVI, § 7603, Dec. 23, 2024, 138 Stat. 2553.)

## Editorial Notes

### Amendments

2024— inserted “or United States Agency for International Development” after “A Department”.