5 U.S.C. § 5732 — General average contribution; payment or reimbursement
submitted 60 years ago by Pub. L. 89-554 to r/title-5-GOVERNMENT-ORGANIZATION-AND-EMPLOYEES · 125 words · no verdicts yet
Appropriations used for transporting employee or service-member baggage and household goods may pay or reimburse required general-average contributions. They cannot do so for excess quantities, commuted payments, or shipments the individual selected.
Under Presidential regulations, appropriations for transporting Government employees’ baggage and household goods and personal effects, volunteers defined in section 8142(a), and uniformed-service members may pay or reimburse required general-average contributions. They may not pay or reimburse contributions (1) for quantities above the statutory or regulatory allowance; (2) when the person receives a commuted payment instead of actual transportation costs; or (3) when the person selected the shipment method.
Under such regulations as the President may prescribe, appropriations chargeable for the transportation of baggage and household goods and personal effects of employees of the Government, volunteers as defined by section 8142(a) of this title, and members of the uniformed services are available for the payment or reimbursement of general average contributions required. Appropriations are not available for the payment or reimbursement of general average contributions—
required in connection with and applicable to quantities of baggage and household goods and personal effects in excess of quantities authorized by statute or regulation to be transported;
when the individual concerned is allowed under statute or regulation a commutation instead of actual transportation expenses; or
when the individual concerned selected the means of shipment.
Source credit: (Pub. L. 89–554, Sept. 6, 1966, 80 Stat. 506; Pub. L. 105–264, § 6(11), Oct. 19, 1998, 112 Stat. 2356.)
- 1966Enacted · Pub. L. 89-554 · 80 Stat. 506
- 1998Amended · Pub. L. 105-264 · 112 Stat. 2356
A history note hasn’t been published yet. The record shows enactment by Pub. L. 89-554 on 1966-09-06.
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