Title 5 — Government Organization and EmployeesRelease 119-73
§5705 Advancements and deductions
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 › § 5705
Summary
An agency can advance an employee per diem or mileage for planned travel. Any unused advance must be recovered by (1) offsetting pay or retirement credit, (2) deducting U.S. payments, or (3) other lawful methods.
Full Legal Text
Title 5, §5705
Government Organization and Employees — Source: USLM XML via OLRC
An agency may advance, through the proper disbursing official, to an employee entitled to per diem or mileage allowances under this subchapter, a sum considered advisable with regard to the character and probable duration of the travel to be performed. A sum advanced and not used for allowable travel expenses is recoverable from the employee or his estate by—
(1)setoff against accrued pay, retirement credit, or other amount due the employee;
(2)deduction from an amount due from the United States; and
(3)such other method as is provided by law.
Legislative History
Notes & Related Subsidiaries
Historical and Revision Notes
DerivationU.S. CodeRevised Statutes andStatutes at Large 5 U.S.C. 838.June 9, 1949, ch. 185, § 5, 63 Stat. 166. The words “disbursing official” are substituted for “disbursing officer” because of the definition of “officer” in section 2104 which excludes a member of a uniformed service. Application to section 5703 is based on former section 73b–2, which is carried into section 5703. 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 “or individual” after “employee” wherever appearing.
Reference
Citations & Metadata
Citation
5 U.S.C. § 5705
Title 5 — Government Organization and Employees
Last Updated
Apr 6, 2026
Release point: 119-73