5 USC § 5902 - Increase in maximum uniform allowance

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title: "5 USC § 5902 - Increase in maximum uniform allowance"
title_number: 5
title_name: "GOVERNMENT ORGANIZATION AND EMPLOYEES"
section_number: "5902"
section_name: "Increase in maximum uniform allowance"
chapter_number: 59
chapter_name: "ALLOWANCES"
subchapter_number: "I"
subchapter_name: "UNIFORMS"
part_number: "III"
part_name: "EMPLOYEES"
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last_updated: "2026-04-17"
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source_credit: "(Added Pub. L. 90–83, § 1(40)(A), Sept. 11, 1967, 81 Stat. 206; amended Pub. L. 101–509, title V, § 529 [title II, § 202(b)], Nov. 5, 1990, 104 Stat. 1427, 1456.)"
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# § 5902. Increase in maximum uniform allowance

The Office of Personnel Management may, from time to time, by regulation adjust the maximum amount for the cost of uniforms and the maximum allowance for uniforms under section 5901.

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**Source Credit**: (Added Pub. L. 90–83, § 1(40)(A), Sept. 11, 1967, 81 Stat. 206; amended Pub. L. 101–509, title V, § 529 [title II, § 202(b)], Nov. 5, 1990, 104 Stat. 1427, 1456.)

| Section of title 5 | Source (U.S. Code) | Source (Statutes at Large) |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 5902 | 5 App.: 2134. | July 18, 1966, Pub. L. 89–504, § 407(b), 80 Stat. 299. |

The words “any other provision of” following “Notwithstanding” are omitted as unnecessary. The words “” are substituted for “this title” in three places to reflect the codification of that title in title 5, United States Code.

## Editorial Notes

### Amendments

1990— amended section generally. Prior to amendment, section read as follows: “Notwithstanding , each of the respective maximum uniform allowances in effect on , for the respective categories of employees to whom uniform allowances are paid under  are increased, subject to the maximum allowance authorized by , as follows:

“(1) If the maximum uniform allowance is $100 or more, it is increased by 25 percent.

“(2) If the maximum uniform allowance is $75 or more but less than $100, it is increased by 30 percent.

“(3) If the maximum uniform allowance is $50 or more but less than $75, it is increased by 35 percent.

“(4) If the maximum uniform allowance is less than $50, it is increased by 40 percent.

The maximum uniform allowances, as in effect on , and as increased by this section, may not be reduced.”

## Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### Effective Date of 1990 Amendment

Amendment by  effective on such date as the President shall determine, but not earlier than 90 days, and not later than 180 days, after , see section 529 [title III, § 305] of , set out as a note under .