yourstate.us
Home / United States / 5 U.S.C.
5 U.S.C. § 5922

General provisions

United States · Title 5 — GOVERNMENT ORGANIZATION AND EMPLOYEES · Status: effective

Get this as JSONEmbed this
Cite this
Citation
5 U.S.C. § 5922, General provisions, United States, version 1 as recorded 2026-07-09, yourstate.us, https://yourstate.us/provision/427142
Permanent ID
ys:prov:427142@1
SHA-256
ec50d53af35a28ddb1926c139c1ff59af0fd4e16a61e35e7ac081c95e8476b85

The hash is SHA-256 of this version's text, with every run of whitespace collapsed to a single space and the ends trimmed. The ID always leads back here, and checking it says whether the text you cited is still the current version.

Full text

Notwithstanding section 5536 of this title and except as otherwise provided by this subchapter, the allowances and differentials authorized by this subchapter may be granted to an employee officially stationed in a foreign area— Allowances granted under this subchapter may be paid in advance, or advance of funds may be made therefor, through the proper disbursing official in such sums as are considered advisable in consideration of the need and the period of time during which expenditures must be made in advance by the employee. An advance of funds not subsequently covered by allowances accrued to the employee under this subchapter is recoverable by the Government by— The allowances and differentials authorized by this subchapter shall be paid under regulations prescribed by the President governing— A transfer allowance under this subsection may not be granted with respect to the spouse or a dependent of the employee unless, at the time of death, such spouse or dependent was residing—

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 The law that originally enacted this section predates the public laws loaded here, so only later amendments are listed.