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[CITE: 5USC5724c]

 
             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. 5724c. Relocation services

    Under regulations prescribed under section 5738 of this title, each 
agency may enter into contracts to provide relocation services to 
agencies and employees for the purpose of carrying out this subchapter. 
An agency may pay a fee for such services. Such services include 
arranging for the purchase of a transferred employee's residence.

(Added Pub. L. 98-151, Sec. 118(a)(7)(A)(i), Nov. 14, 1983, 97 Stat. 
978; amended Pub. L. 98-473, title I, Sec. 120(b), Oct. 12, 1984, 98 
Stat. 1969; Pub. L. 104-201, div. A, title XVII, Sec. 1713(b), Sept. 23, 
1996, 110 Stat. 2754.)


                               Amendments

    1996--Pub. L. 104-201 amended section generally. Prior to amendment, 
section read as follows: ``Under such regulations as the President may 
prescribe, each agency is authorized to enter into contracts to provide 
relocation services to agencies and employees for the purpose of 
carrying out the provisions of this subchapter. Such services include 
but need not be limited to arranging for the purchase of a transferred 
employee's residence.''
    1984--Pub. L. 98-473 amended section generally, adding authority of 
the President to prescribe regulations.


                    Effective Date of 1996 Amendment

    Amendment by Pub. L. 104-201 effective 180 days after Sept. 23, 
1996, see section 1725(a) of Pub. L. 104-201, set out as a note under 
section 5722 of this title.


               Effective Date; Promulgation of Regulations

    Enactment by Pub. L. 98-151 and promulgation of regulations for 
amendments by Pub. L. 98-151 effective Nov. 14, 1983, see section 118(c) 
of Pub. L. 98-151, set out as an Effective Date of 1983 Amendment; 
Promulgation of Regulations note under section 5724 of this title.


                 Funding of Amendments by Pub. L. 98-151

    Amendments by Pub. L. 98-151 to be carried out by agencies by use of 
funds appropriated or otherwise available for administrative expenses of 
such agencies, and do not authorize appropriation of funds in amounts 
exceeding sums already authorized to be appropriated for such agencies, 
see section 118(b) of Pub. L. 98-151, set out as a note under section 
5724 of this title.

                  Section Referred to in Other Sections

    This section is referred to in sections 5724b, 5756 of this title.
