5 USC § 5709 - Air evacuation patients: furnished subsistence

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identifier: "/us/usc/t5/s5709"
source: "usc"
legal_status: "official_legal_evidence"
title: "5 USC § 5709 - Air evacuation patients: furnished subsistence"
title_number: 5
title_name: "GOVERNMENT ORGANIZATION AND EMPLOYEES"
section_number: "5709"
section_name: "Air evacuation patients: furnished subsistence"
chapter_number: 57
chapter_name: "TRAVEL, TRANSPORTATION, AND SUBSISTENCE"
subchapter_number: "I"
subchapter_name: "TRAVEL AND SUBSISTENCE EXPENSES; MILEAGE ALLOWANCES"
part_number: "III"
part_name: "EMPLOYEES"
positive_law: true
currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(Added Pub. L. 91–481, § 1(1), Oct. 21, 1970, 84 Stat. 1081.)"
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# § 5709. Air evacuation patients: furnished subsistence

section 5707 of this title

Notwithstanding any other provision of law, and under regulations prescribed under , an employee and his dependents may be furnished subsistence without charge while being evacuated as a patient by military aircraft of the United States.

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**Source Credit**: (Added Pub. L. 91–481, § 1(1), Oct. 21, 1970, 84 Stat. 1081.)