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[CITE: 5USC5735]

 
             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. 5735. Travel, transportation, and relocation expenses of 
        employees transferring to the United States Postal Service
        
    (a) In General.--Notwithstanding any other provision of law, 
employees of the Department of Defense described in subsection (b) may 
be authorized travel, transportation, and relocation expenses and 
allowances in connection with appointments referred to in such 
subsection under the same conditions and to the same extent authorized 
by this subchapter for transferred employees.
    (b) Covered Employees.--Subsection (a) applies to any employee of 
the Department of Defense who--
        (1) is scheduled for separation from the Department, other than 
    for cause;
        (2) is selected for appointment to a continuing position with 
    the United States Postal Service; and
        (3) accepts the appointment.

(Added Pub. L. 103-337, div. A, title III, Sec. 345(a)(1), Oct. 5, 1994, 
108 Stat. 2723.)


                             Effective Date

    Section 345(b) of Pub. L. 103-337 provided that: ``The amendments 
made by subsection (a) [enacting this section] shall apply to persons 
separated from employment with the Department of Defense on or after the 
date of the enactment of this Act [Oct. 5, 1994].''

                  Section Referred to in Other Sections

    This section is referred to in section 5738 of this title.
