Title 5Government Organization and EmployeesRelease 119-73

§5734 Travel, transportation, and relocation expenses of employees transferred from the Postal Service

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 › § 5734

Last updated Apr 6, 2026|Official source

Summary

USPS officers and employees promoted or transferred to an agency for permanent duty may get the same travel, transportation, moving expenses and allowances as other transferred employees, despite other laws.

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Title 5, §5734

Government Organization and Employees — Source: USLM XML via OLRC

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 authorized by this subchapter for other transferred employees within the meaning of this chapter.

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Effective Date

Section effective (1) on

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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.

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Citation

5 U.S.C. § 5734

Title 5Government Organization and Employees

Last Updated

Apr 6, 2026

Release point: 119-73