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[CITE: 5USC5722]

 
             TITLE 5--GOVERNMENT ORGANIZATION AND EMPLOYEES
 
                           PART III--EMPLOYEES
 
                      Subpart D--Pay and Allowances
 
           CHAPTER 57--TRAVEL, TRANSPORTATION, AND SUBSISTENCE
 
   SUBCHAPTER II--TRAVEL AND TRANSPORTATION EXPENSES; NEW APPOINTEES, 
               STUDENT TRAINEES, AND TRANSFERRED EMPLOYEES
 
Sec. 5722. Travel and transportation expenses of new appointees; 
        posts of duty outside the continental United States
        
    (a) Under regulations prescribed under section 5738 of this title 
and subject to subsections (b) and (c) of this section, an agency may 
pay from its appropriations--
        (1) travel expenses of a new appointee and transportation 
    expenses of his immediate family and his household goods and 
    personal effects from the place of actual residence at the time of 
    appointment to the place of employment outside the continental 
    United States;
        (2) these expenses on the return of an employee from his post of 
    duty outside the continental United States to the place of his 
    actual residence at the time of assignment to duty outside the 
    continental United States; and
        (3) the expenses of transporting a privately owned motor vehicle 
    as authorized under section 5727(c) of this title.

    (b) An agency may pay expenses under subsection (a)(1) of this 
section only after the individual selected for appointment agrees in 
writing to remain in the Government service for a minimum period of--
        (1) one school year as determined under chapter 25 of title 20, 
    if selected for appointment to a teaching position, except as a 
    substitute, in the Department of Defense under that chapter; or
        (2) 12 months after his appointment, if selected for appointment 
    to any other position;

unless separated for reasons beyond his control which are acceptable to 
the agency concerned. If the individual violates the agreement, the 
money spent by the Government for the expenses is recoverable from the 
individual as a debt due the Government.
    (c) An agency may pay expenses under subsection (a)(2) of this 
section only after the individual has served for a minimum period of--
        (1) one school year as determined under chapter 25 of title 20, 
    if employed in a teaching position, except as a substitute, in the 
    Department of Defense under that chapter; or
        (2) not less than one nor more than 3 years prescribed in 
    advance by the head of the agency, if employed in any other 
    position;

unless separated for reasons beyond his control which are acceptable to 
the agency concerned. These expenses are payable whether the separation 
is for Government purposes or for personal convenience.
    (d) This section does not apply to appropriations for the Foreign 
Service of the United States.

(Pub. L. 89-554, Sept. 6, 1966, 80 Stat. 501; Pub. L. 104-201, div. A, 
title XVII, Secs. 1715(b)(1), 1723(b)(1), Sept. 23, 1996, 110 Stat. 
2755, 2759; Pub. L. 105-264, Sec. 6(2), Oct. 19, 1998, 112 Stat. 2356.)

                      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. 73b-3(a) (less 3d-   Aug. 2, 1946, ch.
                      6th proviso).                 744, Sec.  7, 60
                                                    Stat. 808.
                                                   Sept. 23, 1950, ch.
                                                    1010, Sec.  2, 64
                                                    Stat. 985.
                     ............................  Aug. 30, 1961, Pub.
                                                    L. 87-172, Sec.  2,
                                                    75 Stat. 409.
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    In subsections (b)(1) and (c)(1), the words ``under chapter 25 of 
title 20'' are substituted for ``under the Defense Department Overseas 
Teachers Pay and Personnel Practices Act'' to reflect the scheduled 
transfer of that Act from chapter 34 of title 5 to chapter 25 of title 
20.
    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

    1998--Subsec. (a)(2). Pub. L. 105-264, Sec. 6(2)(A), substituted 
``continental United States;'' for ``United States;''.
    Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 105-264, Sec. 6(2)(B), substituted 
``Government'' for ``United States'' in two places in concluding 
provisions.
    1996--Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 104-201, Sec. 1723(b)(1), in introductory 
provisions, substituted ``Under regulations prescribed under section 
5738 of this title'' for ``Under such regulations as the President may 
prescribe''.
    Subsec. (a)(3). Pub. L. 104-201, Sec. 1715(b)(1), added par. (3).


                    Effective Date of 1996 Amendment

    Section 1725(a) of title XVII of div. A of Pub. L. 104-201 provided 
that: ``The amendments made by this title [enacting sections 5737, 5738, 
and 5756 of this title, amending this section, sections 3375, 5723 to 
5724c, 5726 to 5729, and 5731 of this title, section 1348 of Title 31, 
Money and Finance, section 707 of Title 38, Veterans' Benefits, and 
sections 290aa and 299c-4 of Title 42, The Public Health and Welfare] 
shall take effect 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act 
[Sept. 23, 1996].''


                               Regulations

    Section 1725(b) of title XVII of div. A of Pub. L. 104-201 provided 
that: ``The Administrator of General Services shall, not later than the 
effective date set forth under subsection (a) [set out above], issue 
final regulations implementing the amendments made by this title [see 
Effective Date of 1996 Amendment note above].''


                       Assessment of Cost Savings

    Section 1724 of title XVII of div. A of Pub. L. 104-201 directed 
Comptroller General, not later than one year after the effective date 
set forth in section 1725(a) of Pub. L. 104-201, to submit to Congress 
an assessment of costs of Federal travel administration that were saved 
as a result of the amendments made by title XVII of div. A of Pub. L. 
104-201 and the regulations prescribed to carry out the amendments.

                  Section Referred to in Other Sections

    This section is referred to in sections 5724, 5726, 5727 of this 
title.
