2019 US Code
Title 5 - Government Organization and Employees
Part III - Employees
Subpart D - Pay and Allowances
Chapter 57 - Travel, Transportation, and Subsistence
Subchapter I - Travel and Subsistence Expenses; Mileage Allowances
Sec. 5708 - Effect on other statutes

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Citation 5 U.S.C. § 5708 (2019)
Section Name §5708. Effect on other statutes
Section Text

This subchapter does not modify or repeal—

(1) any statute providing for the traveling expenses of the President;

(2) any statute providing for mileage allowances for Members of Congress;

(3) any statute fixing or permitting rates higher than the maximum rates established under this subchapter; or

(4) any appropriation statute item for examination of estimates in the field.

Source Credit

(Pub. L. 89–554, Sept. 6, 1966, 80 Stat. 500.)

Editorial Notes
Historical and Revision Notes
DerivationU.S. CodeRevised Statutes and Statutes at Large
(1), (2) 5 U.S.C. 841. June 9, 1949, ch. 185, §8, 63 Stat. 167.
(3), (4) 5 U.S.C. 842. June 9, 1949, ch. 185, §9, 63 Stat. 167.

In paragraph (2), the words "Members of Congress" are substituted for "the President of the Senate or Members of Congress" in view of the definition of "Member of Congress" in section 2106.

The first sentence of section 9 of the Act of June 9, 1949, which repealed the Subsistence Act of 1926 and the Auto Mileage Act of February 14, 1931, is omitted as executed.

The first proviso of former section 842, which related to appropriation Acts for the years 1949 and 1950, is omitted as obsolete. The remainder of former section 842, other than the parenthetical expressions, is omitted as executed and existing rights are preserved by technical section 8.

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

Publication Title United States Code, 2018 Edition, Supplement 1, Title 5 - GOVERNMENT ORGANIZATION AND EMPLOYEES
Category Bills and Statutes
Collection United States Code
SuDoc Class Number Y 1.2/5:
Contained Within Title 5 - GOVERNMENT ORGANIZATION AND EMPLOYEES
PART III - EMPLOYEES
Subpart D - Pay and Allowances
CHAPTER 57 - TRAVEL, TRANSPORTATION, AND SUBSISTENCE
SUBCHAPTER I - TRAVEL AND SUBSISTENCE EXPENSES; MILEAGE ALLOWANCES
Sec. 5708 - Effect on other statutes
Contains section 5708
Date 2019
Laws In Effect As Of Date January 24, 2020
Positive Law Yes
Disposition standard
Statutes at Large References 63 Stat. 167
80 Stat. 500
Public Law References Public Law 89-554
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