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5 U.S.C. 5724a: Relocation expenses of employees transferred or reemployed

Created in 1967 by Public Law 90-83. Changed by 8 later laws. No bill we track in this Congress changes it.

3 other sections of the Code cite this one, including 5 U.S.C. 3375, 5 U.S.C. 5737, 38 U.S.C. 707.

This Congress

No bill we track in the 119th Congress changes this section.

    How it got here

    1998

    • Pub. L. 105–264, §7(1), substituted "Under regulations prescribed under section 5738, an agency shall pay" for "An agency shall pay". (Travel and Transportation Reform Act of 1998) Law text · (a)
    • Pub. L. 105–264, §7(2), substituted "Under regulations prescribed under section 5738, an agency may pay" for "An agency may pay" in introductory provisions. (Travel and Transportation Reform Act of 1998) Law text · (b)
    • Pub. L. 105–264, §7(3), amended cl. (ii) generally. Prior to amendment, cl. (ii) read as follows: "an amount for subsistence expenses." (Travel and Transportation Reform Act of 1998) Law text · (b)
    • Pub. L. 105–264, §7(2), substituted "Under regulations prescribed under section 5738, an agency may pay" for "An agency may pay" in introductory provisions. (Travel and Transportation Reform Act of 1998) Law text · (c)
    • Pub. L. 105–264, §7(4), substituted "an amount for subsistence expenses, that may not exceed a maximum amount determined by the Administrator of General Services," for "an amount for subsistence expenses". (Travel and Transportation Reform Act of 1998) Law text · (c)
    • Pub. L. 105–264, §7(1), substituted "Under regulations prescribed under section 5738, an agency shall pay" for "An agency shall pay". (Travel and Transportation Reform Act of 1998) Law text · (d), (2)
    • Pub. L. 105–264, §7(5), substituted "of the sale" for "for the sale". (Travel and Transportation Reform Act of 1998) Law text · (d)
    • Pub. L. 105–264, §7(6), substituted "of the purchase" for "for the purchase". (Travel and Transportation Reform Act of 1998) Law text · (d)
    • Pub. L. 105–264, §7(2), (7), substituted "Under regulations prescribed under section 5738, an agency may pay" for "An agency may pay" and "paragraph (1) or (2)" for "paragraph (2) or (3)". (Travel and Transportation Reform Act of 1998) Law text · (d)
    • Pub. L. 105–264, §7(2), substituted "Under regulations prescribed under section 5738, an agency may pay" for "An agency may pay". (Travel and Transportation Reform Act of 1998) Law text · (e)
    • Pub. L. 105–264, §7(8), substituted "Under regulations prescribed under section 5738 and subject to paragraph (2)," for "Subject to paragraph (2)," in introductory provisions. (Travel and Transportation Reform Act of 1998) Law text · (f)
    • Pub. L. 105–264, §7(9), struck out subsec. (i) which read as follows: "Subsections (a), (b), and (c) shall be implemented under regulations issued under section 5738 of this title." (Travel and Transportation Reform Act of 1998) Law text · (i)
    • Pub. L. 105–264, §6(5), struck out subsec. (j) which read as follows: "For purposes of subsections (c), (d), and (e), the term 'United States' includes the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, the territories and posse… (Travel and Transportation Reform Act of 1998) Law text · (j)

    1997

    • Pub. L. 105–85, which directed the amendment of subsec. (j) by inserting "and" after "Northern Mariana Islands," and by substituting "United States." for "United States, and the areas and installations in the Republic of Panama that are made available to the United States pursuant to t… (National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1998) Law text · (j)

    1996

    • Pub. L. 104–201, §1711, amended section generally, substituting subsecs. (a) and (b) for former subsecs. (a) to (c) which made funds available to pay certain expenses of employees for whom Government pays travel and transportation expenses under section 5724(a) of this title, provided for entitleme… (National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1997) Law text
    • Pub. L. 104–201, §1712, added subsec. (c). (National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1997) Law text · (c)
    • Pub. L. 104–201, §1713(a), added subsec. (d). (National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1997) Law text · (d)
    • Pub. L. 104–201, §1714(1), added par. (8). (National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1997) Law text · (d)
    • Pub. L. 104–201, §1714(2), added subsec. (e). (National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1997) Law text · (e)
    • Pub. L. 104–201, §1718, added subsecs. (f) to (j). (National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1997) Law text · (f), (g), (h), (i), (j)

    1990

    • Pub. L. 101–510 struck out "continental" before "United States" in second sentence. · (a)

    1987

    • Pub. L. 100–202 inserted provisions authorizing reimbursement of expenses of selling residence of employee at official station from which employee was transferred when assigned to duty outside United States, its territories or possessions, Puerto Rico, or parts of Panama, provisi… · (a)

    1986

    • Pub. L. 99–234, §105(1), (2), substituted "allowance or" for "allowance instead of" and "maximum payment permitted under regulations which implement section 5702 of this title" for "maximum per diem rates prescribed by or under section 5702 of this title". · (a)
    • Pub. L. 99–234, §105(1), (2), substituted "allowance or" for "allowance instead of" and "maximum payment permitted under regulations which implement section 5702 of this title" for "maximum per diem rates prescribed by or under section 5702 of this title". · (a)
    • Pub. L. 99–234, §105(2), (3), substituted "maximum payment permitted under regulations which implement section 5702 of this title" for "maximum per diem rates prescribed by or under section 5702 of this title" and "daily rates and amounts" for "average daily rates". · (a)

    1983

    • Pub. L. 98–151, §118(a)(5)(A), in first sentence substituted "60 days" for "30 days". · (a)
    • Pub. L. 98–151, §118(a)(5)(B), substituted provisions authorizing extension for an additional 60 days if agency head or designee determines existence of compelling reasons for continued occupancy, for provisions authorizing extension for an additional 30 days if the employee moves to or from Alaska… · (a)
    • Pub. L. 98–151, §118(a)(6), redesignated existing provisions as subpar. (A) and added subpar. (B). · (a)

    1979

    • Pub. L. 96–70 substituted in pars. (3) and (4) "areas and installations in the Republic of Panama made available to the United States pursuant to the Panama Canal Treaty of 1977 and related agreements (as described in section 3(a) of the Panama Canal Act of 1979)" for "Canal Zo… · (a), (4)

    Text, outline and history from the official U.S. Code (2024 edition) on GovInfo, published by the Office of the Law Revision Counsel. Changes made after that edition appear under This Congress.