5 USC § 5724c - Relocation services

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title: "5 USC § 5724c - Relocation services"
title_number: 5
title_name: "GOVERNMENT ORGANIZATION AND EMPLOYEES"
section_number: "5724c"
section_name: "Relocation services"
chapter_number: 57
chapter_name: "TRAVEL, TRANSPORTATION, AND SUBSISTENCE"
subchapter_number: "II"
subchapter_name: "TRAVEL AND TRANSPORTATION EXPENSES; NEW APPOINTEES, STUDENT TRAINEES, AND TRANSFERRED EMPLOYEES"
part_number: "III"
part_name: "EMPLOYEES"
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currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
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source_credit: "(Added Pub. L. 98–151, § 118(a)(7)(A)(i), Nov. 14, 1983, 97 Stat. 978; amended Pub. L. 98–473, title I, § 120(b), Oct. 12, 1984, 98 Stat. 1969; Pub. L. 104–201, div. A, title XVII, § 1713(b), Sept. 23, 1996, 110 Stat. 2754.)"
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# § 5724c. Relocation services

section 5738 of this title

Under regulations prescribed under , each agency may enter into contracts to provide relocation services to agencies and employees for the purpose of carrying out this subchapter. An agency may pay a fee for such services. Such services include arranging for the purchase of a transferred employee’s residence.

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**Source Credit**: (Added Pub. L. 98–151, § 118(a)(7)(A)(i), Nov. 14, 1983, 97 Stat. 978; amended Pub. L. 98–473, title I, § 120(b), Oct. 12, 1984, 98 Stat. 1969; Pub. L. 104–201, div. A, title XVII, § 1713(b), Sept. 23, 1996, 110 Stat. 2754.)

## Editorial Notes

### Amendments

1996— amended section generally. Prior to amendment, section read as follows: “Under such regulations as the President may prescribe, each agency is authorized to enter into contracts to provide relocation services to agencies and employees for the purpose of carrying out the provisions of this subchapter. Such services include but need not be limited to arranging for the purchase of a transferred employee’s residence.”

1984— amended section generally, adding authority of the President to prescribe regulations.

## Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### Effective Date of 1996 Amendment

Amendment by  effective 180 days after , see , set out as a note under .

### Effective Date; Promulgation of Regulations

Enactment by  and promulgation of regulations for amendments by  effective , see , set out as an Effective Date of 1983 Amendment; Promulgation of Regulations note under .

### Funding of Amendments by Pub. L. 98–151

Amendments by  to be carried out by agencies by use of funds appropriated or otherwise available for administrative expenses of such agencies, and do not authorize appropriation of funds in amounts exceeding sums already authorized to be appropriated for such agencies, see , set out as a note under .