Title 5, Government Organization and EmployeesRelease 119-110

§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 Sep 22, 2026|Official source

Summary

Agency heads may give certain employees free housing, meals, and car storage or pay for car storage while those employees are temporarily sent to support a contingency operation. This applies to employees of Executive agencies or military departments (not government-controlled corporations) who are on a temporary change of station to support a contingency operation (see 10 U.S.C. 1482a(c)). A "temporary change of station" means moving from your regular duty station to a temporary one and being eligible for expenses under 5 U.S.C. 5737. Storage covers no more than one vehicle owned or leased by the employee or a dependent. These benefits are added on top of any other benefits the employee already gets.

Full Legal Text

Title 5, §5737a

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(a)Definitions.—

For purposes of this section

(1)

(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)Quarters and Rations.—

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)Storage of Motor Vehicle.—

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)Relationship to Other Benefits.—

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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5 U.S.C. § 5737a

Title 5, Government Organization and Employees

Last Updated

Sep 22, 2026

Release point: 119-110