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[CITE: 5USC5902]

 
             TITLE 5--GOVERNMENT ORGANIZATION AND EMPLOYEES
 
                           PART III--EMPLOYEES
 
                      Subpart D--Pay and Allowances
 
                         CHAPTER 59--ALLOWANCES
 
                         SUBCHAPTER I--UNIFORMS
 
Sec. 5902. Increase in maximum uniform allowance

    The Office of Personnel Management may, from time to time, by 
regulation adjust the maximum amount for the cost of uniforms and the 
maximum allowance for uniforms under section 5901.

(Added Pub. L. 90-83, Sec. 1(40)(A), Sept. 11, 1967, 81 Stat. 206; 
amended Pub. L. 101-509, title V, Sec. 529 [title II, Sec. 202(b)], Nov. 
5, 1990, 104 Stat. 1427, 1456.)

                      Historical and Revision Notes
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                                                    Source (Statutes at
 Section of title 5       Source (U.S. Code)               Large)
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5902...............  5 App.: 2134.                 July 18, 1966, Pub.
                                                    L. 89-504, Sec.
                                                    407(b), 80 Stat.
                                                    299.
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    The words ``any other provision of'' following ``Notwithstanding'' 
are omitted as unnecessary. The words ``section 5901 of this title'' are 
substituted for ``this title'' in three places to reflect the 
codification of that title in title 5, United States Code.


                               Amendments

    1990--Pub. L. 101-509 amended section generally. Prior to amendment, 
section read as follows: ``Notwithstanding section 5901 of this title, 
each of the respective maximum uniform allowances in effect on April 1, 
1966, for the respective categories of employees to whom uniform 
allowances are paid under section 5901 of this title are increased, 
subject to the maximum allowance authorized by section 5901 of this 
title, as follows:
        ``(1) If the maximum uniform allowance is $100 or more, it is 
    increased by 25 percent.
        ``(2) If the maximum uniform allowance is $75 or more but less 
    than $100, it is increased by 30 percent.
        ``(3) If the maximum uniform allowance is $50 or more but less 
    than $75, it is increased by 35 percent.
        ``(4) If the maximum uniform allowance is less than $50, it is 
    increased by 40 percent.
The maximum uniform allowances, as in effect on April 1, 1966, and as 
increased by this section, may not be reduced.''


                    Effective Date of 1990 Amendment

    Amendment by Pub. L. 101-509 effective on such date as the President 
shall determine, but not earlier than 90 days, and not later than 180 
days, after Nov. 5, 1990, see section 529 [title III, Sec. 305] of Pub. 
L. 101-509, set out as a note under section 5301 of this title.

                  Section Referred to in Other Sections

    This section is referred to in section 5901 of this title; title 33 
section 540a.
