Title 5 — Government Organization and EmployeesRelease 119-73not60

§5737a Employees Temporarily Deployed in Contingency Operations

Title 5 › Part III— EMPLOYEES › Subpart D— Pay and Allowances › Chapter 57— TRAVEL, TRANSPORTATION, AND SUBSISTENCE › Subchapter II— TRAVEL AND TRANSPORTATION EXPENSES; NEW APPOINTEES, STUDENT TRAINEES, AND TRANSFERRED EMPLOYEES › § 5737a

Last updated Apr 3, 2026|Official source

Summary

An agency may give free housing and meals to eligible employees while they are on a temporary assignment supporting a contingency operation. The agency may also store, for free, or pay to store, one personal car owned or leased by the employee or a dependent during that temporary assignment. These choices are optional and are in addition to any other benefits the employee can get. covered employee — a federal agency or military department employee (not a government‑controlled corporation) sent on a temporary change of station to support a contingency operation. temporary change of station — a move from the employee’s official duty station to a temporary duty station where the employee is eligible for expenses under section 5737. contingency operation — defined in title 10, section 1482a(c).

Full Legal Text

Title 5, §5737a

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(a)For purposes of this section—

(1)the term “covered employee” means an individual who—

(A)is an employee of an Executive agency or a military department, excluding a Government controlled corporation; and

(B)is assigned on a temporary change of station in support of a contingency operation;

(2)the term “temporary change of station”, as used with respect to an employee, means an assignment—

(A)from the employee’s official duty station to a temporary duty station; and

(B)for which such employee is eligible for expenses under section 5737; and

(3)the term “contingency operation” has the meaning given such term by section 1482a(c) of title 10.

(b)The head of an agency may provide quarters and rations, without charge, to any covered employee of such agency during the period of such employee’s temporary assignment (as described in subsection (a)(1)(B)).

(c)The head of an agency may provide for the storage, without charge, or for the reimbursement of the cost of storage, of a motor vehicle that is owned or leased by a covered employee of such agency (or by a dependent of such an employee) and that is for the personal use of the covered employee. This subsection shall apply—

(1)with respect to storage during the period of the employee’s temporary assignment (as described in subsection (a)(1)(B)); and

(2)in the case of a covered employee, with respect to not more than one motor vehicle as of any given time.

(d)Any benefits under this section shall be in addition to (and not in lieu of) any other benefits for which the covered employee is otherwise eligible.

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Citation

5 U.S.C. § 5737a

Title 5 — Government Organization and Employees

Last Updated

Apr 3, 2026

Release point: 119-73not60