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[CITE: 5USC5726]

 
             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. 5726. Storage expenses; household goods and personal 
        effects
        
    (a) For the purpose of subsection (b) of this section, ``household 
goods and personal effects'' means such personal property of an employee 
and his dependents as authorized under regulations prescribed under 
section 5738 of this title to be transported or stored, including, in 
emergencies, motor vehicles authorized to be shipped at Government 
expense.
    (b) Under regulations prescribed under section 5738 of this title, 
an employee, including a new appointee and a student trainee to the 
extent authorized by sections 5722 and 5723 of this title, assigned to a 
permanent duty station outside the continental United States may be 
allowed storage expenses and related transportation and other expenses 
for his household goods and personal effects when--
        (1) the duty station is one to which he cannot take or at which 
    he is unable to use his household goods and personal effects; or
        (2) the head of the agency concerned authorizes storage of the 
    household goods and personal effects in the public interest or for 
    reasons of economy.

The weight of the household goods and personal effects stored under this 
subsection, together with the weight of property transported under 
section 5724(a), may not exceed 18,000 pounds net weight, excluding a 
motor vehicle described by subsection (a) of this section.
    (c) Under regulations prescribed under section 5738 of this title, 
when an employee, including a new appointee and a student trainee to the 
extent authorized by section 5723 of this title, is assigned to a 
permanent duty station at an isolated location in the continental United 
States to which he cannot take or at which he is unable to use his 
household goods and personal effects because of the absence of residence 
quarters at the location, nontemporary storage expenses or storage at 
Government expense in Government-owned facilities (including related 
transportation and other expenses), whichever is more economical, may be 
allowed the employee under regulations prescribed by the head of the 
agency concerned. The weight of property stored under this subsection, 
together with the weight of property transported under sections 5723(a) 
and 5724(a) of this title, may not exceed the total maximum weight the 
employee would be entitled to have moved. The period of nontemporary 
storage under this subsection may not exceed 3 years.

(Pub. L. 89-554, Sept. 6, 1966, 80 Stat. 504; Pub. L. 90-83, Sec. 1(38), 
Sept. 11, 1967, 81 Stat. 205; Pub. L. 98-151, Sec. 118(a)(2), Nov. 14, 
1983, 97 Stat. 977; Pub. L. 104-201, div. A, title XVII, 
Sec. 1723(b)(1), (3), Sept. 23, 1996, 110 Stat. 2759.)

                      Historical and Revision Notes
                                1966 Act
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                                                    Revised Statutes and
     Derivation                U.S. Code             Statutes at Large
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                     5 U.S.C. 73b-1(e).            Sept. 6, 1960, Pub.
                                                    L. 86-707, Sec.
                                                    301(c)(2), (d) (as
                                                    applicable to the
                                                    Administrative
                                                    Expenses Act of
                                                    1946, as amended),
                                                    74 Stat. 796.
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    The word ``employee'' is substituted for ``civilian officer or 
employee'' in view of the definition of ``employee'' in sections 5721 
and 2105.
    In subsection (b), the words ``including a new appointee and a 
student trainee to the extent authorized by sections 5722 and 5723 of 
this title'' are substituted for ``including any new appointee in 
accordance with section 73b-3 of this title'' for clarity and reflect 
the codification of former section 73b-3 in this title.
    Standard changes are made to conform with the definitions applicable 
and the style of this title as outlined in the preface to the report.

                                1967 Act
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                                                    Source (Statutes at
 Section of title 5       Source (U.S. Code)               Large)
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5726(c)............  5 App.: 73b-4c.               July 21, 1966, Pub.
                                                    L. 89-516, Sec.  2
                                                    ``Sec. 25'', 80
                                                    Stat. 324.
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    The amendment of subsection (a) of 5 U.S.C. 5726 reflects the 
addition of a new subsection (c).
    Subsection (b) of 5 U.S.C. 5726 was derived from subsection (e) of 
section 1 of the Administrative Expenses Act of 1946, as amended (74 
Stat. 796). In the codification of subsection (e), the words ``7,000 
pounds net weight'' were substituted for ``the maximum weight limitation 
provided by subsection (a)''. During the pendency of the codification 
bill, section 1(a)(2) of Public Law 89-516, amended subsection (a) of 
section 1 of the Administrative Expenses Act of 1946 to increase the 
maximum weight limitation from 7,000 to 11,000 pounds. Thus, the 
amendment of subsection (b) is necessary to reflect the current weight 
limitation applicable.
    In subsection (c), the word ``employee'' is substituted for 
``civilian officer or employee'' to conform to the definitions in 5 
U.S.C. 5721(2) and 2105. The words ``including a new appointee and a 
student trainee to the extent authorized by section 5723 of this title'' 
are substituted for ``including any new appointee in accordance with 
section 7(b) of this Act, as amended'' for clarity and to reflect the 
codification of section 7(b) in 5 U.S.C. 5723. The words ``continental 
United States'' are coextensive with and substituted for ``continental 
United States, excluding Alaska'' on authority of the definition of 
``continental United States'' in 5 U.S.C. 5721(3). The words ``head of 
the agency concerned'' are substituted for ``head of the Executive 
Department or agency concerned'' to conform to the definition in 5 
U.S.C. 5721(1). In the penultimate sentence, the words ``sections 
5723(a) and 5724(a) of this title'' are substituted for ``section 1 or 
7(b) of this Act'' to reflect the codification of sections 1 and 7(b) in 
5 U.S.C. 5723(a) and 5724(a); and the word ``officer'' is omitted as 
included in ``employee''. In the last sentence, the words ``under this 
subsection'' are inserted for clarity.
    Subsection (b) of section 25 of the Administrative Expenses Act of 
1946 (added by section 2 of Public Law 89-516) is omitted as executed.


                               Amendments

    1996--Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 104-201, Sec. 1723(b)(3), substituted 
``as authorized under regulations prescribed under section 5738 of this 
title'' for ``as the President may by regulation authorize''.
    Subsecs. (b), (c). Pub. L. 104-201, Sec. 1723(b)(1), substituted 
``Under regulations prescribed under section 5738 of this title'' for 
``Under such regulations as the President may prescribe''.
    1983--Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 98-151 substituted ``18,000'' for 
``11,000''.


                    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 of 1983 Amendment; Promulgation of Regulations

    Amendment 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 a 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 3735, 5724, 5724a, 5737 of 
this title; title 26 section 912; title 42 sections 290aa, 299c-5.
