Title 5 — Government Organization and EmployeesRelease 119-73

§5756 Home marketing incentive payment

Title 5 › Part PART III— - EMPLOYEES › Subpart Subpart D— - Pay and Allowances › Chapter CHAPTER 57— - TRAVEL, TRANSPORTATION, AND SUBSISTENCE › Subchapter SUBCHAPTER IV— - MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS › § 5756

Last updated Apr 6, 2026|Official source

Summary

An agency can pay an employee who must move for the government a bonus to get them to actively sell their house at their old duty station. The payment is allowed only if the house is put into a contracted relocation sales program, the employee finds a buyer through that program, and the sale lowers the cost to the government. The head of the General Services Administration must write the rules for this program and set a maximum payment after consulting the Office of Management and Budget. For fiscal years 1997 and 1998, the cap is 5% of the sale price.

Full Legal Text

Title 5, §5756

Government Organization and Employees — Source: USLM XML via OLRC

(a)Under regulations prescribed under subsection (b), an agency may pay to an employee who transfers in the interest of the Government an amount to encourage the employee to aggressively market the employee’s residence at the official station from which transferred when—

(1)the residence is entered into a relocation services program established under a contract in accordance with section 5724c of this title to arrange for the purchase of the residence;

(2)the employee finds a buyer who completes the purchase of the residence through the program; and

(3)the sale of the residence results in a reduced cost to the Government.

(b)(1)The Administrator of General Services shall prescribe regulations to carry out this section.

(2)The regulations shall include a limitation on the maximum amount payable with respect to an employee’s residence. The Administrator shall establish the limitation in consultation with the Director of the Office of Management and Budget. For fiscal years 1997 and 1998, the maximum amount shall be the amount equal to five percent of the sale price of the residence.

Legislative History

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Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Effective Date

Section effective 180 days after Sept. 23, 1996, see section 1725(a) of Pub. L. 104–201, set out as an

Effective Date

of 1996 Amendment note under section 5722 of this title.

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Citation

5 U.S.C. § 5756

Title 5 — Government Organization and Employees

Last Updated

Apr 6, 2026

Release point: 119-73