Title 5 — Government Organization and EmployeesRelease 119-73
§5708 Effect on other statutes
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 › § 5708
Summary
Doesn't change or cancel other laws about travel pay. It leaves in place laws that cover the President's travel costs, mileage pay for Members of Congress, any law that lets people get higher travel rates than those here, and any funding item for checking estimates in the field.
Full Legal Text
Title 5, §5708
Government Organization and Employees — Source: USLM XML via OLRC
This subchapter does not modify or repeal—
(1)any statute providing for the traveling expenses of the President;
(2)any statute providing for mileage allowances for Members of Congress;
(3)any statute fixing or permitting rates higher than the maximum rates established under this subchapter; or
(4)any appropriation statute item for examination of estimates in the field.
Legislative History
Notes & Related Subsidiaries
Historical and Revision Notes
DerivationU.S. CodeRevised Statutes andStatutes at Large (1), (2)5 U.S.C. 841.
June 9, 1949, ch. 185, § 8, 63 Stat. 167. (3), (4)5 U.S.C. 842.
June 9, 1949, ch. 185, § 9, 63 Stat. 167. In paragraph (2), the words “Members of Congress” are substituted for “the President of the Senate or Members of Congress” in view of the definition of “Member of Congress” in section 2106. The first sentence of section 9 of the Act of
June 9, 1949, which repealed the Subsistence Act of 1926 and the Auto Mileage Act of
February 14, 1931, is omitted as executed. The first proviso of former section 842, which related to appropriation Acts for the years 1949 and 1950, is omitted as obsolete. The remainder of former section 842, other than the parenthetical expressions, is omitted as executed and existing rights are preserved by technical section 8. Standard changes are made to conform with the definitions applicable and the style of this title as outlined in the preface to the report.
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Citation
5 U.S.C. § 5708
Title 5 — Government Organization and Employees
Last Updated
Apr 6, 2026
Release point: 119-73