5 USC § 5736 - Travel, transportation, and relocation expenses of certain nonappropriated fund employees

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title: "5 USC § 5736 - Travel, transportation, and relocation expenses of certain nonappropriated fund employees"
title_number: 5
title_name: "GOVERNMENT ORGANIZATION AND EMPLOYEES"
section_number: "5736"
section_name: "Travel, transportation, and relocation expenses of certain nonappropriated fund employees"
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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generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(Added Pub. L. 104–201, div. A, title XVI, § 1605(a)(1), Sept. 23, 1996, 110 Stat. 2736.)"
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# § 5736. Travel, transportation, and relocation expenses of certain nonappropriated fund employees

section 2105(c) of this title

An employee of a nonappropriated fund instrumentality of the Department of Defense or the Coast Guard described in  who moves, without a break in service of more than 3 days, to a position in the Department of Defense or the Coast Guard, respectively, may be authorized travel, transportation, and relocation expenses and allowances under the same conditions and to the same extent authorized by this subchapter for transferred employees.

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**Source Credit**: (Added Pub. L. 104–201, div. A, title XVI, § 1605(a)(1), Sept. 23, 1996, 110 Stat. 2736.)

## Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### Effective Date

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### Transfer of Functions

For transfer of authorities, functions, personnel, and assets of the Coast Guard, including the authorities and functions of the Secretary of Transportation relating thereto, to the Department of Homeland Security, and for treatment of related references, see sections 468(b), 551(d), 552(d), and 557 of Title 6, Domestic Security, and the Department of Homeland Security Reorganization Plan of , as modified, set out as a note under .