5 USC § 5734 - Travel, transportation, and relocation expenses of employees transferred from the Postal Service
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identifier: "/us/usc/t5/s5734"
source: "usc"
legal_status: "official_legal_evidence"
title: "5 USC § 5734 - Travel, transportation, and relocation expenses of employees transferred from the Postal Service"
title_number: 5
title_name: "GOVERNMENT ORGANIZATION AND EMPLOYEES"
section_number: "5734"
section_name: "Travel, transportation, and relocation expenses of employees transferred from the Postal Service"
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"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(Added Pub. L. 99–234, title I, § 106(a), Jan. 2, 1986, 99 Stat. 1758.)"
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# § 5734. Travel, transportation, and relocation expenses of employees transferred from the Postal Service
section 1006 of title 39section 5721 of this title
Notwithstanding the provisions of any other law, officers and employees of the United States Postal Service promoted or transferred under , United States Code, from the Postal Service to an agency (as defined in ), for permanent duty may be authorized travel, transportation, and relocation expenses and allowances under the same conditions and to the same extent authorized by this subchapter for other transferred employees within the meaning of this chapter.
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**Source Credit**: (Added Pub. L. 99–234, title I, § 106(a), Jan. 2, 1986, 99 Stat. 1758.)
## Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
### Effective Date
Section effective (1) on effective date of regulations to be promulgated not later than 150 days after , or (2) 180 days after , whichever occurs first, see , set out as an Effective Date of 1986 Amendment note under .