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[CITE: 5USC5705]

 
             TITLE 5--GOVERNMENT ORGANIZATION AND EMPLOYEES
 
                           PART III--EMPLOYEES
 
                      Subpart D--Pay and Allowances
 
           CHAPTER 57--TRAVEL, TRANSPORTATION, AND SUBSISTENCE
 
    SUBCHAPTER I--TRAVEL AND SUBSISTENCE EXPENSES; MILEAGE ALLOWANCES
 
Sec. 5705. Advancements and deductions

    An agency may advance, through the proper disbursing official, to an 
employee entitled to per diem or mileage allowances under this 
subchapter, a sum considered advisable with regard to the character and 
probable duration of the travel to be performed. A sum advanced and not 
used for allowable travel expenses is recoverable from the employee or 
his estate by--
        (1) setoff against accrued pay, retirement credit, or other 
    amount due the employee;
        (2) deduction from an amount due from the United States; and
        (3) such other method as is provided by law.

(Pub. L. 89-554, Sept. 6, 1966, 80 Stat. 500; Pub. L. 94-22, Sec. 2(b), 
May 19, 1975, 89 Stat. 84.)

                      Historical and Revision Notes
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                                                    Revised Statutes and
     Derivation                U.S. Code             Statutes at Large
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                     5 U.S.C. 838.                 June 9, 1949, ch.
                                                    185, Sec.  5, 63
                                                    Stat. 166.
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    The words ``disbursing official'' are substituted for ``disbursing 
officer'' because of the definition of ``officer'' in section 2104 which 
excludes a member of a uniformed service. Application to section 5703 is 
based on former section 73b-2, which is carried into section 5703.
    Standard changes are made to conform with the definitions applicable 
and the style of this title as outlined in the preface to the report.


                               Amendments

    1975--Pub. L. 94-22 struck out ``or individual'' after ``employee'' 
wherever appearing.

                  Section Referred to in Other Sections

    This section is referred to in section 5724 of this title; title 7 
sections 3128, 5843; title 16 sections 971a, 971b, 2443, 3608, 3641, 
5608, 5709; title 22 section 1474; title 24 section 415.
