(1) “Interim-employment period” means the employment period occurring between the time of hiring and the time of final termination of employment.
(2) “Termination of employment” means the actual end of employment services and not merely the end of an employment contract which may be extended for another period of employment.
From the effective date of the Act codified in this subchapter, no employee or official of the National Government shall be entitled at Government expense to transportation costs during his interim employment period to or from his home base or any other home leave, except for accrued vacation time.
This subchapter prohibits Government-paid home transportation costs during the interim-employment period and shall not be construed to prohibit Government-paid transportation costs from an employee’s home base to commence his employment with the National Government nor shall it be construed to prohibit Government-paid transportation costs to an employee’s home base after termination of employment with the National Government.
Employees or officials entitled by contract existing at the effective date of the act codified in this subchapter to the benefits prohibited in section 168 of this subchapter shall not be affected by the provisions of section 168 of this subchapter for the duration of that contract only. All such contracts entered into after the effective date of the act codified in this subchapter shall conform to the provisions of this subchapter.