Title 5, Government Organization and EmployeesRelease 119-102
§5902 Increase in Maximum Uniform Allowance
Title 5 › PART III — EMPLOYEES › Subpart D — Pay and Allowances › CHAPTER 59 — ALLOWANCES › SUBCHAPTER I — UNIFORMS › § 5902
Summary
The Office of Personnel Management can occasionally change the highest allowed cost for buying uniforms and the top uniform payment. It makes those changes by creating rules.
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Title 5, §5902
Government Organization and Employees, Source: USLM XML via OLRC
The Office of Personnel Management may, from time to time, by regulation adjust the maximum amount for the cost of uniforms and the maximum allowance for uniforms under section 5901.
Legislative History
Notes & Related Subsidiaries
Historical and Revision Notes
Section of title 5Source (U.S. Code)Source (Statutes at Large) 59025 App.: 2134.July 18, 1966, Pub. L. 89–504, § 407(b), 80 Stat. 299. The words “any other provision of” following “Notwithstanding” are omitted as unnecessary. The words “section 5901 of this title” are substituted for “this title” in three places to reflect the codification of that title in title 5, United States Code.
Editorial Notes
Amendments
1990—Pub. L. 101–509 amended section generally. Prior to amendment, section read as follows: “Notwithstanding section 5901 of this title, each of the respective maximum uniform allowances in effect on
April 1, 1966, for the respective categories of employees to whom uniform allowances are paid under section 5901 of this title are increased, subject to the maximum allowance authorized by section 5901 of this title, as follows: “(1) If the maximum uniform allowance is $100 or more, it is increased by 25 percent. “(2) If the maximum uniform allowance is $75 or more but less than $100, it is increased by 30 percent. “(3) If the maximum uniform allowance is $50 or more but less than $75, it is increased by 35 percent. “(4) If the maximum uniform allowance is less than $50, it is increased by 40 percent. The maximum uniform allowances, as in effect on
April 1, 1966, and as increased by this section, may not be reduced.”
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
Effective Date
of 1990 AmendmentAmendment by Pub. L. 101–509 effective on such date as the President shall determine, but not earlier than 90 days, and not later than 180 days, after Nov. 5, 1990, see section 529 [title III, § 305] of Pub. L. 101–509, set out as a note under section 5301 of this title.
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Citation
5 U.S.C. § 5902
Title 5, Government Organization and Employees
Last Updated
Aug 21, 2026
Release point: 119-102