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Title 5, Government Organization and EmployeesRelease 119-110

§5946 Membership Fees; Expenses of Attendance at Meetings; Limitations

Title 5 › PART III — EMPLOYEES › Subpart D — Pay and Allowances › CHAPTER 59 — ALLOWANCES › SUBCHAPTER IV — MISCELLANEOUS ALLOWANCES › § 5946

Last updated Sep 22, 2026|Official source

Summary

Appropriated funds may not pay membership dues or meeting costs for an employee (defined in section 2105) or a D.C. government worker to join a society or attend its conventions, unless a specific appropriation, a general-appropriation term, or sections 4109 or 4110 allow it. The Department of Agriculture may use funds for employees to lecture, be trained, or gather information at meetings related to its work.

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Title 5, §5946

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Except as authorized by a specific appropriation, by express terms in a general appropriation, or by section 4109 and 4110 of this title, appropriated funds may not be used for payment of— (1)
(2)expenses of attendance of an individual at meetings or conventions of members of a society or association.
This section does not prevent the use of appropriations for the Department of Agriculture for expenses incident to the delivery of lectures, the giving of instructions, or the acquiring of information at meetings by its employees on subjects relating to the authorized work of the Department.

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Historical and Revision Notes

DerivationU.S. CodeRevised Statutes andStatutes at Large 5 U.S.C. 83.June 26, 1912, ch. 182, § 8, 37 Stat. 184.Mar. 4, 1913, ch. 145 (3d full par. on p. 854), 37 Stat. 854. The words “or by section 4109 and 4110 of this title” are added on authority of former section 2309 and 2318(b), which are carried into section 4109 and 4110, respectively. In the last sentence, the words “This section does not” are substituted for “That nothing contained in the Act making appropriations to provide for the expenses of the Government of the District of Columbia for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and thirteen, and for other purposes, approved June twenty-sixth, nineteen hundred and twelve, shall be so construed as to” appearing in the Act of Mar. 4, 1913, 37 Stat. 854. Standard changes are made to conform with the definitions applicable and the style of this title as outlined in the preface to the report.

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5 U.S.C. § 5946

Title 5, Government Organization and Employees

Last Updated

Sep 22, 2026

Release point: 119-110