5 U.S.C. § 5942 Allowance Based On Duty At Remote Worksites

• Library: United States Statutes
• Edition: 2023
• Currency: Current through P.L. 118-30 (published on www.congress.gov on 12/21/2023)
• Year: 2023
• Citation: 5 U.S.C. § 5942

(a) Notwithstanding section 5536 of this title, an employee of an Executive department or an independent establishment who is assigned to duty, except temporary duty, at a site so remote from the nearest established communities or suitable places of residence as to require an appreciable degree of expense, hardship, and inconvenience, beyond that normally encountered in metropolitan commuting, on the part of the employee in commuting to and from his residence and such worksite, is entitled, in addition to pay otherwise due him, to an allowance of not to exceed $10 a day. The allowance shall be paid under regulations prescribed by the President establishing the rates at which the allowance will be paid and defining and designating those sites, areas, and groups of positions to which the rates apply.

(b) Under procedures prescribed by the President, the maximum allowance specified in subsection (a) may be adjusted from time to time in the interest of recruiting and retaining employees for performance of duty at remote worksites.

Cite as 5 U.S.C. § 5942

Source: Pub. L. 89-554, Sept. 6, 1966, 80 Stat. 513; Pub. L. 90-83, §1(41), Sept. 11, 1967, 81 Stat. 207; Pub. L. 91-656, §6(a), Jan. 8, 1971, 84 Stat. 1953; Pub. L. 101-510, div. A, title XII, §1206(g), Nov. 5, 1990, 104 Stat. 1662.

Notes from the Office of Law Revision Counsel

current through 8/1/2023

<TABLE> <TR><TD colspan="3">HISTORICAL AND REVISION NOTES 1966 ACT</TD> </TR> <TR> <TD>Derivation</TD> <TD>U.S. Code</TD> <TD>Revised Statutes and <para>Statutes at Large</para> </TD> </TR> <TR> <TD/> <TD> <codecitation statecd="US" datatype="S" title="5">5 U.S.C. <codesec>70c</codesec></codecitation>.</TD> <TD>Aug. 31, 1964, Pub. L. 88-538, §1, 78 Stat. 745.</TD> </TR> </TABLE>

The words "of the United States" are omitted as unnecessary because of the definition of "employee" in section 2105.

Standard changes are made to conform with the definitions applicable and the style of this title as outlined in the preface to the report.

<TABLE> <TR><TD colspan="3">1967 ACT</TD> </TR> <TR> <TD>Section of title 5</TD> <TD>Source (U.S. Code)</TD> <TD>Source (Statutes at Large)</TD> </TR> <TR> <TD>5942</TD> <TD>5 App.: 70c.</TD> <TD>Mar. 31, 1966, Pub. L. 89-383, §1, 80 Stat. 98.</TD> </TR> </TABLE>

EDITORIAL NOTES

AMENDMENTS

1990- Pub. L. 101-510 designated existing provisions as subsec. (a) and added subsec. (b).

1971- Pub. L. 91-656 substituted "duty at remote worksites" for "duty on California offshore islands or at Nevada Test Site" in section catchline and assignment to duty "at a site so remote from the nearest established communities or suitable places of residence as to require an appreciable degree of expense, hardship, and inconvenience, beyond that normally encountered in metropolitan commuting, on the part of the employee in commuting to and from his residence and such worksite" for assignment to duty "on one of the California offshore islands or at the United States Atomic Energy Commission Nevada Test Site, including the Nuclear Rocket Development Station", inserted reference to employee "of an Executive department or an independent establishment" and provision for designation by regulation of sites to which the rates apply.