Title 5 — Government Organization and EmployeesRelease 119-73not60
§5709 Air Evacuation Patients: Furnished Subsistence
Title 5 › Part III— EMPLOYEES › Subpart D— Pay and Allowances › Chapter 57— TRAVEL, TRANSPORTATION, AND SUBSISTENCE › Subchapter I— TRAVEL AND SUBSISTENCE EXPENSES; MILEAGE ALLOWANCES › § 5709
Summary
Employee and dependents get free subsistence when patient-evacuated by U.S. military aircraft under regulations, despite laws.
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Title 5, §5709
Government Organization and Employees — Source: USLM XML via OLRC
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, and under regulations prescribed under section 5707 of this title, an employee and his dependents may be furnished subsistence without charge while being evacuated as a patient by military aircraft of the United States.
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5 U.S.C. § 5709
Title 5 — Government Organization and Employees
Last Updated
Apr 3, 2026
Release point: 119-73not60