The allowance may be paid only at the times and in the amounts authorized by the regulations prescribed under section 5903 of this title. When the agency pays direct to the uniform vendor, the head of the agency may deduct a service charge of not more than 4 percent.
5 U.S.C. § 5901
HISTORICAL AND REVISION NOTES 1966 ACT | ||
Derivation | U.S. Code | Revised Statutes and Statutes at Large |
(a), (b) | 5 U.S.C. 2131 . | Sept. 1, 1954, ch. 1208, §402, 68 Stat. 1114.May 13, 1955, ch. 40, 69 Stat. 49. |
(c) | 5 U.S.C. 2132 (less applicability to the Civil Service Retirement Act, as amended). | Sept. 1, 1954, ch. 1208, §403 (less applicability to the Civil Service Retirement Act, as amended), 68 Stat. 1115. |
(d) | 5 U.S.C. 2133 . | Sept. 1, 1954, ch. 1208, §404, 68 Stat. 1115. |
1967 ACT | ||
Section of title 5 | Source (U.S. Code) | Source (Statutes at Large) |
5901(a) | 5 App.: 2131. | Oct. 29, 1965, Pub. L. 89-301 §13, 79 Stat. 1122.July 18, 1966, Pub. L. 89-504, §407(a), 80 Stat . 299. |
EDITORIAL NOTES
AMENDMENTS1992-Subsec. (a)(1), (2). Pub. L. 102-378 substituted "5902)" for "5902)."1990-Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 101-509, §529[title II, §202(a)(1)], substituted "such sums as may be necessary to carry out this subchapter." for "an amount not to exceed $125 multiplied by the number of employees of the agency who are required by regulation or statute to wear a prescribed uniform in the performance of official duties and who are not being furnished with the uniform." Subsec. (a)(1), (2). Pub. L. 101-509, §529[title II, §202(a)(2)], substituted "$400 a year (or such higher maximum amount as the Office of Personnel Management may establish under section 5902)." for "$125 a year".
STATUTORY NOTES AND RELATED SUBSIDIARIES
EFFECTIVE DATE OF 1990 AMENDMENT Amendment by Pub. L. 101-509 effective on such date as the President shall determine, but not earlier than 90 days, and not later than 180 days, after Nov. 5, 1990, see section 529 [title III, §305] of Pub. L. 101-509 set out as a note under section 5301 of this title.
AVAILABILITY OF APPROPRIATIONS FOR UNIFORMS AND UNIFORM ALLOWANCES Pub. L. 102-394, title V, §504, Oct. 6, 1992, 106 Stat. 1825, provided that: "Appropriations contained in this Act or subsequent Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations Acts, available for salaries and expenses, shall be available for uniforms or allowances therefor as authorized by law (5 U.S.C. 5901-5902)."Similar provisions were contained in the following prior appropriation acts: Pub. L. 102-170, title V, §504, Nov. 26, 1991, 105 Stat. 1141. Pub. L. 101-517, title V, §504, Nov. 5, 1990, 104 Stat. 2221. Pub. L. 101-166, title V, §504, Nov. 21, 1989, 103 Stat. 1189. Pub. L. 100-202, §101(h)[title V, §504], Dec. 22, 1987, 101 Stat. 1329-256, 1329-287. Pub. L. 99-500, §101(i)[H.R. 5233, title V, §504], Oct. 18, 1986, 100 Stat. 1783-287, and Pub. L. 99-591, §101(i)[H.R. 5233, title V, §504], Oct. 30, 1986, 100 Stat. 3341-287. Pub. L. 99-178, title V, §504, Dec. 12, 1985, 99 Stat. 1132. Pub. L. 98-619, title V, §504, Nov. 8, 1984, 98 Stat. 3333. Pub. L. 98-139, title V, §504, Oct. 31, 1983, 97 Stat. 889. Pub. L. 97-377, title I, §101(e)(1)[title V, §504], Dec. 21, 1982, 96 Stat. 1878, 1904.