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[CITE: 5USC5738]

 
             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. 5738. Regulations

    (a)(1) Except as specifically provided in this subchapter, the 
Administrator of General Services shall prescribe regulations necessary 
for the administration of this subchapter.
    (2) The Administrator of General Services shall include in the 
regulations authority for the head of an agency or his designee to waive 
any limitation of this subchapter or in any implementing regulation for 
any employee relocating to or from a remote or isolated location who 
would suffer hardship if the limitation were not waived. A waiver of a 
limitation under authority provided in the regulations pursuant to this 
paragraph shall be effective notwithstanding any other provision of this 
subchapter.
    (b) In prescribing regulations for the implementation of section 
5724b of this title, the Administrator of General Services shall consult 
with the Secretary of the Treasury.
    (c) The Secretary of Defense shall prescribe regulations necessary 
for the implementation of section 5735 of this title.

(Added Pub. L. 104-201, div. A, title XVII, Sec. 1722, Sept. 23, 1996, 
110 Stat. 2758.)


                             Effective Date

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

                  Section Referred to in Other Sections

    This section is referred to in sections 5722, 5723, 5724, 5724a, 
5724b, 5724c, 5726, 5727, 5728, 5729, 5731, 5737 of this title.
