5 U.S.C. § 5702
Per diem; employees traveling on official business
United States · Title 5 — GOVERNMENT ORGANIZATION AND EMPLOYEES · Status: effective
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- 5 U.S.C. § 5702, Per diem; employees traveling on official business, United States, version 1 as recorded 2026-07-09, yourstate.us, https://yourstate.us/provision/427077
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Under regulations prescribed pursuant to section 5707 of this title, an employee, when traveling on official business away from the employee’s designated post of duty, or away from the employee’s home or regular place of business (if the employee is described in section 5703 of this title), is entitled to any one of the following:
Under regulations prescribed pursuant to section 5707 of this title, an employee who is described in subsection (a) of this section and who abandons the travel assignment prior to its completion—
Under regulations prescribed pursuant to section 5707 of this title, an employee who is described in subsection (a) of this section and who, with the approval of an appropriate official of the agency concerned, interrupts the travel assignment prior to its completion for a reason specified in subparagraph (A) or (B) of paragraph (1) of this subsection, may be allowed (subject to the limitation provided in subparagraph (B) of this paragraph)—
Legislative history
The public laws that enacted or amended this section. Tallies are for the whole bill as it passed each chamber — often an omnibus covering far more than this provision — not a vote on this section alone. The law that originally enacted this section predates the public laws loaded here, so only later amendments are listed.
- Travel Expense Amendments Act of 1975House: no recorded tallySenate: no recorded tally
- A bill to make certain technical and clerical amendments to title 5, United States Code.House: no recorded tallySenate: no recorded tally
- A bill to amend sections 5702 and 5704 of Title 5, United States Code, to increase the maximum rates for per diem and actual subsistence expenses and mileage allowances of Government employees on official travel, and for other purposes.House: no recorded tallySenate: no recorded tally
- Federal Civilian Employee and Contractor Travel Expenses Act of 1985House: no recorded tallySenate: no recorded tally
- Technical and Miscellaneous Civil Service Amendments Act of 1992House: no recorded tallySenate: no recorded tally
- John S. McCain National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2019