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Use of Savings. – The Secretary is hereby authorized the use of any savings in the appropriation for the Department for the payment of:
(a) Expenses for the evacuation or repatriation to the Philippines, when necessary due to emergency, of members of the household of the personnel of any diplomatic or consular establishment as well as transportation of their personal effects;
(b) Actual return passage by the most direct and economical means of transportation and the cost of shipment of the household effects to Manila of any officer or employee in the foreign service, including the immediate dependent members of his family, who resigns or is separated from the Service for cause;
(c) The cost of preparing and transporting the remains of an officer or employee who is a citizen of the Philippines and the immediate members of his family who may die abroad or while on travel status; or
(d) Contingent and unforeseen expenses that may arise in connection with the operation of the foreign service.
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