Public Law 119-73 (01/23/2026)

5 U.S.C. § 5737

Relocation expenses of an employee who is performing an extended assignment

(a)
section 5738 of this title Under regulations prescribed under , an agency may pay to or on behalf of an employee assigned from the employee’s official station to a duty station for a period of not less than six months and not greater than 30 months, the following expenses in lieu of payment of expenses authorized under subchapter I of this chapter:
(1)
section 5724 of this title Travel expenses to and from the assignment location in accordance with .
(2)
section 5724 of this title Transportation expenses of the immediate family and household goods and personal effects to and from the assignment location in accordance with .
(3)
section 5724a(a) of this title A per diem allowance for en route travel of the employee’s immediate family to and from the assignment location in accordance with .
(4)
section 5724a(b) of this title Travel and transportation expenses of the employee and spouse to seek new residence quarters at the assignment location in accordance with .
(5)
section 5724a(c) of this title Subsistence expenses of the employee and the employee’s immediate family while occupying temporary quarters upon commencement and termination of the assignment in accordance with .
(6)
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1 So in original.
An amount, in accordance with section 5724a(f), to be used by the employee for miscellaneous expenses of this title.
(7)
section 5727 of this title The expenses of transporting a privately owned motor vehicle or vehicles to the assignment location in accordance with .
(8)
section 5724b of this title An allowance as authorized under for Federal, State, and local income taxes incurred on reimbursement of expenses paid under this section or on services provided in kind under this section.
(9)
section 5726(a) of this titlesection 5724(a) of this titlesection 5724(a) of this title Expenses of nontemporary storage of household goods and personal effects as defined in , subject to the limitation that the weight of the household goods and personal effects stored, together with the weight of property transported under , may not exceed the total maximum weight which could be transported in accordance with .
(10)
Expenses of property management services.
(b)
An agency shall not make payment under this section to or on behalf of the employee for expenses incurred after termination of the temporary assignment.

Pub. L. 104–201, div. A, title XVII, § 1716110 Stat. 2756(Added , , .)

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Effective Date

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