Title 5 — Government Organization and EmployeesRelease 119-73
§5703 Per diem, travel, and transportation expenses; experts and consultants; individuals serving without pay
Title 5 › Part PART III— - EMPLOYEES › Subpart Subpart D— - Pay and Allowances › Chapter CHAPTER 57— - TRAVEL, TRANSPORTATION, AND SUBSISTENCE › Subchapter SUBCHAPTER I— - TRAVEL AND SUBSISTENCE EXPENSES; MILEAGE ALLOWANCES › § 5703
Summary
Pays travel or transportation expenses for intermittent experts or consultants who are paid per workday, serve unpaid, or serve at $1/year when away from home or their regular workplace.
Full Legal Text
Title 5, §5703
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An employee serving intermittently in the Government service as an expert or consultant and paid on a daily when-actually-employed basis, or serving without pay or at $1 a year, may be allowed travel or transportation expenses, under this subchapter, while away from his home or regular place of business and at the place of employment or service.
Legislative History
Notes & Related Subsidiaries
Historical and Revision Notes
DerivationU.S. CodeRevised Statutes andStatutes at Large 5 U.S.C. 73b–2.Aug. 2, 1946, ch. 744, § 5, 60 Stat. 808. July 28, 1955, ch. 424, § 2, 69 Stat. 394. Aug. 14, 1961, Pub. L. 87–139, §§ 2, 8(b), 75 Stat. 339, 340. Subsection (a) is added on authority of section 18 of the Act of Aug. 2, 1946, ch. 744, 60 Stat. 811. In subsection (b), the words “in lieu of subsistence” are omitted as unnecessary in view of the definition of “per diem allowance” in section 5701(4). The words “this subchapter” are substituted for “the Standardized Government Travel
Regulations
, Subsistence Expense Act of 1926, as amended (5 U.S.C. 821–833) and the Act of
February 14, 1931, as amended by this Act” as the Subsistence Expense Act of 1926 and the Act of
February 14, 1931, were repealed by section 9(a) of the Travel Expense Act of 1949, 63 Stat. 167, part of which appeared in former section 842 and is carried into section 5708, and as the authority for the Standardized Government Travel
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in former section 840 is carried into section 5707. In subsection (c), the words “this subchapter” are substituted for “said
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and said Act of
February 14, 1931, as so amended” as the Act of
February 14, 1931, was repealed by section 9(a) of the Travel Expense Act of 1949, 63 Stat. 167, part of which appeared in former section 842 and is carried into section 5708, and as the authority for the Standardized Government Travel
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in former section 840 is carried into section 5707. The words “in lieu of subsistence” are omitted as unnecessary in view of the definition of “per diem allowance” in section 5701(4). In subsection (d), the words “Under
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prescribed under section 5707 of this title” are substituted for “in accordance with
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promulgated by the Director, Bureau of the Budget, pursuant to section 840 of this title”. Standard changes are made to conform with the definitions applicable and the style of this title as outlined in the preface to the report.
Editorial Notes
Amendments
1975—Pub. L. 94–22 struck out separate provisions for per diem allowances of employees serving as experts, consultants, or serving without pay or at $1 a year. 1969—Subsec. (c)(1). Pub. L. 91–114 increased the per diem allowance for travel inside continental United States from not to exceed the rate of $16 to not to exceed the rate of $25. Subsec. (d). Pub. L. 91–114 in cl. (1) increased amount authorized to be named in travel authorization for each day in a travel status inside continental United States from not to exceed $30 to not to exceed $40, and in cl. (2) increased amount authorized to be named in travel authorization for each day in a travel status outside continental United States from not to exceed maximum per diem allowance plus $10 to not to exceed the maximum per diem allowance plus $18.
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Citation
5 U.S.C. § 5703
Title 5 — Government Organization and Employees
Last Updated
Apr 6, 2026
Release point: 119-73