5 U.S.C. § 5737a: Employees temporarily deployed in contingency operations

is an employee of an Executive agency or a military department, excluding a Government controlled corporation; and is assigned on a temporary change of station in support of a contingency operation; from the employee’s official duty station to a temporary duty station; and for which such employee is eligible for expenses under section 5737; and the term “contingency operation” has the meaning given such term by section 1482a(c) of title 10 . The head of an agency may provide quarters and rations, without charge, to any covered employee of such agency during the period of such employee’s temporary assignment (as described in subsection (a)(1)(B)). with respect to storage during the period of the employee’s temporary assignment (as described in subsection (a)(1)(B)); and in the case of a covered employee, with respect to not more than one motor vehicle as of any given time. Any benefits under this section shall be in addition to (and not in lieu of) any other benefits for which the covered employee is otherwise eligible.