5 USC § 5733 - Expeditious travel

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identifier: "/us/usc/t5/s5733"
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title: "5 USC § 5733 - Expeditious travel"
title_number: 5
title_name: "GOVERNMENT ORGANIZATION AND EMPLOYEES"
section_number: "5733"
section_name: "Expeditious travel"
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"
positive_law: true
currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
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generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(Added Pub. L. 90–206, title II, § 222(c)(1), Dec. 16, 1967, 81 Stat. 641.)"
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# § 5733. Expeditious travel

The travel of an employee shall be by the most expeditious means of transportation practicable and shall be commensurate with the nature and purpose of the duties of the employee requiring such travel.

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**Source Credit**: (Added Pub. L. 90–206, title II, § 222(c)(1), Dec. 16, 1967, 81 Stat. 641.)

## Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### Effective Date

Section effective thirty days after , see , set out as an Effective Date of 1967 Amendment note under .