### **CHAPTER 57—TRAVEL, TRANSPORTATION, AND SUBSISTENCE**

#### SUBCHAPTER I—TRAVEL AND SUBSISTENCE EXPENSES; MILEAGE ALLOWANCES

Sec.
5701.
Definitions.
5702.
Per diem; employees traveling on official business.
5703.
Per diem, travel, and transportation expenses; experts and consultants; individuals serving without pay.
5704.
Mileage and related allowances.
5705.
Advancements and deductions.
5706.
Allowable travel expenses.
5706a.
Subsistence and travel expenses for threatened law enforcement personnel.
5706b.
Interview expenses.
5706c.
Reimbursement for taxes incurred on money received for travel expenses.
5707.
Regulations and reports.
5707a.
Adherence to fire safety guidelines in establishing rates and discounts for lodging expenses.
5708.
Effect on other statutes.
5709.
Air evacuation patients: furnished subsistence.
5710.
Authority for travel expenses test programs.
5711.
Authority for telework travel expenses programs.

#### SUBCHAPTER II—TRAVEL AND TRANSPORTATION EXPENSES; NEW APPOINTEES, STUDENT TRAINEES, AND TRANSFERRED EMPLOYEES

5721.
Definitions.
5722.
Travel and transportation expenses of new appointees; posts of duty outside the continental United States.
5723.
Travel and transportation expenses of new appointees and student trainees.
5724.
Travel and transportation expenses of employees transferred; advancement of funds; reimbursement on commuted basis.
5724a.
Relocation expenses of employees transferred or reemployed.
5724b.
Taxes on reimbursements for travel, transportation, and relocation expenses  1

5724c.
Relocation services.
5724d.
Transportation and moving expenses for immediate family of certain deceased Federal employees.
5725.
Transportation expenses; employees assigned to danger areas.
5726.
Storage expenses; household goods and personal effects.
5727.
Transportation of motor vehicles.
5728.
Travel and transportation expenses; vacation leave.
5729.
Transportation expenses; prior return of family.
5730.
Funds available.
5731.
Expenses limited to lowest first-class rate.
5732.
General average contribution; payment or reimbursement.
5733.
Expeditious travel.
5734.
Travel, transportation, and relocation expenses of employees transferred from the Postal Service.
5735.
Travel, transportation, and relocation expenses of employees transferring to the United States Postal Service.
5736.
Travel, transportation, and relocation expenses of certain nonappropriated fund employees.
5737.
Relocation expenses of an employee who is performing an extended assignment.
5737a.
Employees temporarily deployed in contingency operations.
5738.
Regulations.
5739.
Authority for relocation expenses test programs.

#### SUBCHAPTER III—TRANSPORTATION OF REMAINS, DEPENDENTS, AND EFFECTS

5741.
General prohibition.
5742.
Transportation of remains, dependents, and effects; death occurring away from official station or abroad.

#### SUBCHAPTER IV—MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS

5751.
Travel expenses of witnesses.
5752.
Travel expenses of Senior Executive Service candidates.
5753.
Recruitment and relocation bonuses.
5754.
Retention bonuses.
5755.
Supervisory differentials.
5756.
Home marketing incentive payment.
5757. 2
Payment of expenses to obtain professional credentials.

5757. 2
Extended assignment incentive.
5759.
Retention and relocation bonuses for the Federal Bureau of Investigation.
5760.
Travel and transportation allowances: transportation of family members incident to the repatriation of employees held captive.
5761.
Foreign language proficiency pay awards for the Federal Bureau of Investigation.

#### **Editorial Notes**

#### Amendments

**2021**—Pub. L. 116–283, div. A, title XI, §1112(b), Jan. 1, 2021, 134 Stat. 3984, which directed amendment of item 5711 in table of sections for subchapter I of chapter 57 by substituting "Authority for telework travel expenses programs" for "Authority for telework travel expenses test programs", was executed to table of sections for this chapter to reflect the probable intent of Congress.

**2019**—Pub. L. 116–92, div. A, title XI, §1114(b), Dec. 20, 2019, 133 Stat. 1604, substituted "Taxes on reimbursements for travel, transportation, and relocation expenses" for "Taxes on reimbursements for travel, transportation, and relocation expenses of employees transferred" in item 5724b.

**2010**—Pub. L. 111–292, §3(b), Dec. 9, 2010, 124 Stat. 3173, added item 5711.

Pub. L. 111–178, §2(c), June 9, 2010, 124 Stat. 1263, added item 5724d.

**2009**—Pub. L. 111–117, div. B, title II, §219(b), Dec. 16, 2009, 123 Stat. 3142, added item 5761.

**2008**—Pub. L. 110–181, div. A, title XI, §1104(b), Jan. 28, 2008, 122 Stat. 347, added item 5737a.

**2006**—Pub. L. 109–163, div. A, title XI, §1121(b), Jan. 6, 2006, 119 Stat. 3452, added item 5760.

**2004**—Pub. L. 108–447, div. B, title I, §113(b), Dec. 8, 2004, 118 Stat. 2869, added item 5759.

Pub. L. 108–411, title I, §101(a)(2), Oct. 30, 2004, 118 Stat. 2309, substituted "Retention bonuses" for "Retention allowances" in item 5754.

**2002**—Pub. L. 107–273, div. A, title II, §207(a)(2), Nov. 2, 2002, 116 Stat. 1780, added item 5757 "Extended assignment incentive".

**2001**—Pub. L. 107–107, div. A, title XI, §1112(b), Dec. 28, 2001, 115 Stat. 1239, added item 5757 "Payment of expenses to obtain professional credentials".

**1998**—Pub. L. 105–264, §§4(b), 5(c), Oct. 19, 1998, 112 Stat. 2354, 2355, added items 5706c, 5710, and 5739.

**1996**—Pub. L. 104–201, div. A, title XVI, §1605(a)(2), title XVII, §1723(c), Sept. 23, 1996, 110 Stat. 2736, 2759, added items 5736 to 5738 and 5756.

**1994**—Pub. L. 103–337, div. A, title III, §345(a)(2), Oct. 5, 1994, 108 Stat. 2724, added item 5735.

**1992**—Pub. L. 102–378, §2(46), Oct. 2, 1992, 106 Stat. 1353, struck out "; manpower shortage positions" after "trainees" in item 5723 and added item 5755.

**1990**—Pub. L. 101–509, title V, §529 [title II, §§206(a)(2), 208(b)], Nov. 5, 1990, 104 Stat. 1427, 1457, 1460, added items 5706b, 5753, and 5754.

Pub. L. 101–391, §4(b), Sept. 25, 1990, 104 Stat. 750, added item 5707a.

**1986**—Pub. L. 99–234, title I, §§103(b), 106(b), Jan. 2, 1986, 99 Stat. 1758, 1759, added items 5706a and 5734.

**1983**—Pub. L. 98–151, §118(a)(7)(A)(ii), Nov. 14, 1983, 97 Stat. 979, added items 5724b and 5724c.

**1978**—Pub. L. 95–454, title IV, §409(c), Oct. 13, 1978, 92 Stat. 1173, added item 5752.

**1975**—Pub. L. 94–22, §7, May 19, 1975, 89 Stat. 86, inserted "and reports" after "Regulations" in item 5707.

**1970**—Pub. L. 91–563, §4(b), Dec. 19, 1970, 84 Stat. 1477, added heading of Subchapter IV and item 5751.

Pub. L. 91–481, §1(2), Oct. 21, 1970, 84 Stat. 1081, added item 5709.

**1967**—Pub. L. 90–206, title II, §222(c)(2), Dec. 16, 1967, 81 Stat. 641, added item 5733.

Pub. L. 90–83 §1(37)(B), Sept. 11, 1967, 81 Stat. 205, added item 5724a.

1  So in original. Probably should be followed by a period.

2  So in original. Two sections 5757 have been enacted.