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[CITE: 5USC5727]

 
             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. 5727. Transportation of motor vehicles

    (a) Except as specifically authorized by statute, an authorization 
in a statute or regulation to transport the effects of an employee or 
other individual at Government expense is not an authorization to 
transport an automobile.
    (b) Under regulations prescribed under section 5738 of this title, 
the privately owned motor vehicle of an employee, including a new 
appointee and a student trainee to the extent authorized by sections 
5722 and 5723 of this title, may be transported at Government expense 
to, from, and between the continental United States and a post of duty 
outside the continental United States, or between posts of duty outside 
the continental United States, when--
        (1) the employee is assigned to the post of duty for other than 
    temporary duty; and
        (2) the head of the agency concerned determines that it is in 
    the interest of the Government for the employee to have the use of a 
    motor vehicle at the post of duty.

    (c) Under regulations prescribed under section 5738 of this title, 
the privately owned motor vehicle or vehicles of an employee, including 
a new appointee or a student trainee for whom travel and transportation 
expenses are authorized under section 5723 of this title, may be 
transported at Government expense to a new official station of the 
employee when the agency determines that such transport is advantageous 
and cost-effective to the Government.
    (d) An employee may transport only one motor vehicle under 
subsection (b) of this section during a 4-year period, except when the 
head of the agency concerned determines that replacement of the motor 
vehicle during the period is necessary for reasons beyond the control of 
the employee and is in the interest of the Government, and authorizes in 
advance the transportation under subsection (b) of this section of one 
additional privately owned motor vehicle as a replacement. When an 
employee has remained in continuous service outside the continental 
United States during the 4-year period after the date of transportation 
under subsection (b) of this section of his motor vehicle, the head of 
the agency concerned may authorize transportation under subsection (b) 
of this section of a replacement for that motor vehicle.
    (e) When the head of an agency authorizes transportation under 
subsection (b) or (c) of this section of a privately owned motor 
vehicle, the transportation may be by--
        (1) commercial means, if available at reasonable rates and under 
    reasonable conditions; or
        (2) Government means on a space-available basis.

    (f)(1) This section, except subsection (a), does not apply to--
        (A) the Foreign Service of the United States; or
        (B) the Central Intelligence Agency.

    (2) This section, except subsection (a), does not affect section 
403e(4) of title 50.

(Pub. L. 89-554, Sept. 6, 1966, 80 Stat. 504; Pub. L. 96-465, title II, 
Sec. 2314(e), Oct. 17, 1980, 94 Stat. 2168; Pub. L. 104-201, div. A, 
title XVII, Secs. 1715(a), 1723(b)(1), Sept. 23, 1996, 110 Stat. 2755, 
2759; Pub. L. 105-264, Sec. 6(7), 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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(a)................  5 U.S.C. 73c.                 June 30, 1932, ch.
                                                    314, Sec.  209, 47
                                                    Stat. 405.
                                                   Apr. 30, 1940, ch.
                                                    172, 54 Stat. 174.
                     ............................  Aug. 13, 1946, ch.
                                                    957, Sec.  1131(64),
                                                    60 Stat. Stat. 1040.
(b)-(e)............  5 U.S.C. 73b-1(f).            Sept. 6, 1960, Pub.
                                                    L. 86-707, Sec.
                                                    321, 74 Stat. 797.
                                                   Feb. 5, 1964, Pub. L.
                                                    88-266, 78 Stat. 8.
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    In subsection (a), the proviso in former section 73c is omitted as 
superseded by section 2634 of title 10, and by former section 73b-1(f), 
which is carried into subsections (b)-(e).
    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. The words ``at 
Government expense'' are inserted for clarity.
    The last sentence of subsection (f) of former section 73b-1 which 
provided that for the purposes of that subsection and subsection (e), 
which is carried into section 5726, Alaska shall be considered to be 
outside the continental limits of the United States is omitted as 
unnecessary in view of the definition of ``continental United States'' 
in section 5721(4).
    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. (d). Pub. L. 105-264 substituted ``continental United 
States'' for ``United States''.
    1996--Subsec. (b). 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. (c). Pub. L. 104-201, Sec. 1715(a)(2), added subsec. (c). 
Former subsec. (c) redesignated (d).
    Subsec. (d). Pub. L. 104-201, Sec. 1715(a)(1), redesignated subsec. 
(c) as (d). Former subsec. (d) redesignated (e).
    Subsec. (e). Pub. L. 104-201, Sec. 1715(a)(3), inserted ``or (c)'' 
after ``subsection (b)''.
    Pub. L. 104-201, Sec. 1715(a)(1), redesignated subsec. (d) as (e). 
Former subsec. (e) redesignated (f).
    Subsec. (f). Pub. L. 104-201, Sec. 1715(a)(1), redesignated subsec. 
(e) as (f).
    1980--Subsec. (e)(2). Pub. L. 96-465 substituted ``section 403e(4) 
of title 50'' for ``(A) section 1138 of title 22; or'' and struck out 
``(B) section 403e(4) of title 50''.


                    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 1980 Amendment

    Amendment by Pub. L. 96-465 effective Feb. 15, 1981, except as 
otherwise provided, see section 2403 of Pub. L. 96-465, set out as an 
Effective Date note under section 3901 of Title 22, Foreign Relations 
and Intercourse.

                  Section Referred to in Other Sections

    This section is referred to in sections 5722, 5723, 5724, 5724a, 
5737 of this title; title 26 section 912.
