5 U.S.C. § 5734 — Travel, transportation, and relocation ex-

Page 752 TITLE 5—GOVERNMENT ORGANIZATION AND EMPLOYEES § 5734 1 So in original. tive Date of 1967 Amendment note under section 5542 of this title. § 5734. Travel, transportation, and relocation ex- penses of employees transferred from the Postal Service Notwithstanding the provisions of any other law, officers and employees of the United States Postal Service promoted or transferred under section 1006 of title 39, United States Code, from the Postal Service to an agency (as defined in section 5721 of this title), for permanent duty may be authorized travel, transportation, and relocation expenses and allowances under the same conditions and to the same extent author- ized by this subchapter for other transferred em- ployees within the meaning of this chapter. (Added Pub. L. 99–234, title I, § 106(a), Jan. 2, 1986, 99 Stat. 1758.) Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries EFFECTIVE DATE Section effective (1) on effective date of regulations to be promulgated not later than 150 days after Jan. 2, 1986, or (2) 180 days after Jan. 2, 1986, whichever occurs first, see section 301(a) of Pub. L. 99–234, set out as an Effective Date of 1986 Amendment note under section 5701 of this title. § 5735. Travel, transportation, and relocation ex- penses 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 au- thorized travel, transportation, and relocation expenses and allowances in connection with ap- pointments referred to in such subsection under the same conditions and to the same extent au- thorized by this subchapter for transferred em- ployees. (b) COVERED EMPLOYEES.—Subsection (a) ap- plies to any employee of the Department of De- fense who— (1) is scheduled for separation from the De- partment, other than for cause; (2) is selected for appointment to a con- tinuing position with the United States Postal Service; and (3) accepts the appointment. (Added Pub. L. 103–337, div. A, title III, § 345(a)(1), Oct. 5, 1994, 108 Stat. 2723.) Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries EFFECTIVE DATE Pub. L. 103–337, div. A, title III, § 345(b), Oct. 5, 1994, 108 Stat. 2724, provided that: ‘‘The amendments made by subsection (a) [enacting this section] shall apply to persons separated from employment with the Depart- ment of Defense on or after the date of the enactment of this Act [Oct. 5, 1994].’’ § 5736. Travel, transportation, and relocation ex- penses of certain nonappropriated fund em- ployees An employee of a nonappropriated fund instru- mentality of the Department of Defense or the Coast Guard described in section 2105(c) of this title who moves, without a break in service of more than 3 days, to a position in the Depart- ment of Defense or the Coast Guard, respec- tively, may be authorized travel, transpor- tation, and relocation expenses and allowances under the same conditions and to the same ex- tent authorized by this subchapter for trans- ferred employees. (Added Pub. L. 104–201, div. A, title XVI, § 1605(a)(1), Sept. 23, 1996, 110 Stat. 2736.) Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries EFFECTIVE DATE Pub. L. 104–201, div. A, title XVI, § 1605(b), Sept. 23, 1996, 110 Stat. 2736, provided that: ‘‘Section 5736 of title 5, United States Code (as added by subsection (a)(1)), shall apply to moves between positions as described in such section that are effective on or after October 1, 1996.’’ TRANSFER OF FUNCTIONS For transfer of authorities, functions, personnel, and assets of the Coast Guard, including the authorities and functions of the Secretary of Transportation relat- ing thereto, to the Department of Homeland Security, and for treatment of related references, see sections 468(b), 551(d), 552(d), and 557 of Title 6, Domestic Secu- rity, and the Department of Homeland Security Reor- ganization Plan of November 25, 2002, as modified, set out as a note under section 542 of Title 6. § 5737. Relocation expenses of an employee who is performing an extended assignment (a) Under regulations prescribed under section 5738 of this title, an agency may pay to or on be- half of an employee assigned from the employ- ee’s official station to a duty station for a pe- riod of not less than six months and not greater than 30 months, the following expenses in lieu of payment of expenses authorized under sub- chapter I of this chapter: (1) Travel expenses to and from the assign- ment location in accordance with section 5724 of this title. (2) Transportation expenses of the imme- diate family and household goods and personal effects to and from the assignment location in accordance with section 5724 of this title. (3) A per diem allowance for en route travel of the employee’s immediate family to and from the assignment location in accordance with section 5724a(a) of this title. (4) Travel and transportation expenses of the employee and spouse to seek new residence quarters at the assignment location in accord- ance with section 5724a(b) of this title. (5) Subsistence expenses of the employee and the employee’s immediate family while occu- pying temporary quarters upon commence- ment and termination of the assignment in ac- cordance with section 5724a(c) of this title. (6) An amount, in accordance with section 5724a(f), to be used by the employee for mis- cellaneous expenses of this title.1 (7) The expenses of transporting a privately owned motor vehicle or vehicles to the assign- ment location in accordance with section 5727 of this title. (8) An allowance as authorized under section 5724b of this title for Federal, State, and local