§5725 — Title 5 Government Organization and Employees | U.S. Code

§5725 Transportation expenses; employees assigned to danger areas

Title 5 › Part PART III— - EMPLOYEES › Subpart Subpart D— - Pay and Allowances › Chapter CHAPTER 57— - TRAVEL, TRANSPORTATION, AND SUBSISTENCE › Subchapter SUBCHAPTER II— - TRAVEL AND TRANSPORTATION EXPENSES; NEW APPOINTEES, STUDENT TRAINEES, AND TRANSFERRED EMPLOYEES › § 5725

Last updated Apr 6, 2026|Official source

Summary

Lets the government pay to move an employee’s immediate family and their household goods and personal effects when the agency sends the employee to a location the agency head labels inside a zone where the family should be evacuated or is not allowed to go. It also allows payment to bring the family and belongings from a designated or alternate location to the duty station when those exclusion rules don’t apply, and covers shipping and quarantine costs for family pets under agency rules that, as far as possible, match the rules in subsections (c) and (d) of section 453 of title 37 (including limits on types, size, and number of pets).

Title 5, §5725

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(a)When an employee of the Government is on duty, or is transferred or assigned to duty, at a place designated by the head of the agency concerned as inside a zone—

(1)from which his immediate family should be evacuated; or

(2)to which they are not permitted to accompany him;

(b)When the employee is assigned to a duty station from which his immediate family is not excluded by the restrictions in subsection (a) of this section, Government funds may be used to transport his immediate family and household goods and personal effects from the designated or alternate location to the duty station.

(c)(1)The expenses authorized under subsection (a) shall, with respect to the transport of family household pets, include the expenses for the shipment of and the payment of any quarantine costs for such pets.

(2)Any payment or reimbursement under this section in connection with the transport of family household pets shall be subject to terms and conditions which—

(A)the head of the agency shall by regulation prescribe; and

(B)shall, to the extent practicable, be the same as would apply under regulations prescribed under subsections (c) and (d) of section 453 of title 37 in connection with the transport of family household pets of members of the uniformed services, including regulations relating to the types, size, and number of pets for which such payment or reimbursement may be provided.

Notes & Related Subsidiaries

Historical and Revision Notes

DerivationU.S. CodeRevised Statutes andStatutes at Large 5 U.S.C. 73b–1(d).Sept. 23, 1950, ch. 1010, § 1(c), 64 Stat. 985. The word “employee” is substituted for “civilian officers and employees” in view of the definition of “employee” in section 5721 and 2105. 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

2022—Subsec. (c)(2)(B). Pub. L. 117–263 substituted “subsections (c) and (d) of section 453” for “section 476(b)(1)(H)(iii)”. 2013—Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 112–239, § 1106(1), substituted “, personal effects, and family household pets,” for “and personal effects,” in concluding provisions. Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 112–239, § 1106(2), added subsec. (c). 1998—Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 105–264 substituted “Government” for “United States” in introductory provisions.