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Title 5 — Government Organization and Employees

Part III · Chapter 57 — Travel, Transportation, and Subsistence

§ 5706. Allowable travel expenses

Statutory text

Except as otherwise permitted by this subchapter or by statutes relating to members of the uniformed services, only actual and necessary travel expenses may be allowed to an individual holding employment or appointment under the United States.

Legislative history

Reconstructed from this section’s Code source credit and amendment notes, resolved against the local Statutes at Large. Editorial notes are evidence, not the law that made the change.

  1. Pub. L. 89–554 · 80 Stat. 378

    Enacted · 5 U.S.C. § 5706

    (Pub. L. 89–554, Sept. 6, 1966, 80 Stat. 500.)

    Source evidence

    Code source credit
    (Pub. L. 89–554, Sept. 6, 1966, 80 Stat. 500.)

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Notes

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Historical and Revision Notes
DerivationU.S. CodeRevised Statutes andStatutes at Large
 5 U.S.C. 839.June 9, 1949, ch. 185, § 6, 63 Stat. 167.

The words “members of the uniformed services” are substituted for “military personnel”.

Standard changes are made to conform with the definitions applicable and the style of this title as outlined in the preface to the report.

Credits

(Pub. L. 89–554, , 80 Stat. 500.)

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