Subpart D: Pay and Allowances
Chapter 51: CLASSIFICATION
- Section 5101: Purpose
- Section 5102: Definitions; application
- Section 5103: Determination of applicability
- Section 5104: Basis for grading positions
- Section 5105: Standards for classification of positions
- Section 5106: Basis for classifying positions
- Section 5107: Classification of positions
- Section 5108: Classification of positions above GS–15
- Section 5109: Positions classified by statute
- Section 5110: Review of classification of positions
- Section 5111: Revocation and restoration of authority to classify positions
- Section 5112: General authority of the Office of Personnel Management
- Section 5113: Classification records
- [Section 5114: Repealed. Pub. L. 99–386, title I, § 110(a), Aug. 22, 1986, 100 Stat. 822]
- Section 5115: Regulations
Chapter 53: PAY RATES AND SYSTEMS
- Subchapter I: PAY COMPARABILITY SYSTEM
- Section 5301: Policy
- Section 5302: Definitions
- Section 5303: Annual adjustments to pay schedules
- Section 5304: Locality-based comparability payments
- Section 5304a: Authority to fix an alternative level of comparability payments
- Section 5305: Special pay authority
- Section 5306: Pay fixed by administrative action
- Section 5307: Limitation on certain payments
- [Section 5308: Omitted]
- Subchapter II: EXECUTIVE SCHEDULE PAY RATES
- Section 5311: The Executive Schedule
- Section 5312: Positions at level I
- Section 5313: Positions at level II
- Section 5314: Positions at level III
- Section 5315: Positions at level IV
- Section 5316: Positions at level V
- Section 5317: Presidential authority to place positions at levels IV and V
- Section 5318: Adjustments in rates of pay
- Subchapter III: GENERAL SCHEDULE PAY RATES
- Section 5331: Definitions; application
- Section 5332: The General Schedule
- Section 5333: Minimum rate for new appointments
- Section 5334: Rate on change of position or type of appointment; regulations
- Section 5335: Periodic step-increases
- Section 5336: Additional step-increases
- [Section 5337: Repealed. Pub. L. 95–454, title VIII, § 801(a)(2), Oct. 13, 1978, 92 Stat. 1221]
- Section 5338: Regulations
- Subchapter IV: PREVAILING RATE SYSTEMS
- Section 5341: Policy
- Section 5342: Definitions; application
- Section 5343: Prevailing rate determinations; wage schedules; night differentials
- Section 5344: Effective date of wage increase; retroactive pay
- [Section 5345: Repealed. Pub. L. 95–454, title VIII, § 801(a)(2), Oct. 13, 1978, 92 Stat. 1221]
- Section 5346: Job grading system
- Section 5347: Federal Prevailing Rate Advisory Committee
- Section 5348: Crews of vessels
- Section 5349: Prevailing rate employees; legislative, judicial, Bureau of Engraving and Printing, and government of the District of Columbia
- Subchapter V: STUDENT-EMPLOYEES
- Subchapter VI: GRADE AND PAY RETENTION
- Subchapter VII: MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS
- Section 5371: Health care positions
- Section 5372: Administrative law judges
- Section 5372a: Contract appeals board members
- Section 5372b: Administrative appeals judges
- Section 5373: Limitation on pay fixed by administrative action
- Section 5374: Miscellaneous positions in the executive branch
- Section 5375: Police force of the National Zoological Park
- Section 5376: Pay for certain senior-level positions
- Section 5377: Pay authority for critical positions
- Section 5378: Police forces of the Bureau of Engraving and Printing and the United States Mint
- Section 5379: Student loan repayments
- [Section 5380: Repealed. Pub. L. 102–378, § 8(a), Oct. 2, 1992, 106 Stat. 1359]
- Subchapter VIII: PAY FOR THE SENIOR EXECUTIVE SERVICE
- Subchapter IX: SPECIAL OCCUPATIONAL PAY SYSTEMS
Chapter 55: PAY ADMINISTRATION
- Subchapter I: GENERAL PROVISIONS
- Section 5501: Disposition of money accruing from lapsed salaries or unused appropriations for salaries
- Section 5502: Unauthorized office; prohibition on use of funds
- Section 5503: Recess appointments
- Section 5504: Biweekly pay periods; computation of pay
- Section 5505: Monthly pay periods; computation of pay
- Section 5506: Computation of extra pay based on standard or daylight saving time
- Section 5507: Officer affidavit; condition to pay
- Section 5508: Officer entitled to leave; effect on pay status
- Section 5509: Appropriations
- Subchapter II: WITHHOLDING PAY
- Section 5511: Withholding pay; employees removed for cause
- Section 5512: Withholding pay; individuals in arrears
- Section 5513: Withholding pay; credit disallowed or charge raised for payment
- Section 5514: Installment deduction for indebtedness to the United States
- Section 5515: Crediting amounts received for jury or witness service
- Section 5516: Withholding District of Columbia income taxes
- Section 5517: Withholding State income taxes
- Section 5518: Deductions for State retirement systems; National Guard employees
- Section 5519: Crediting amounts received for certain Reserve or National Guard service
- Section 5520: Withholding of city or county income or employment taxes
- Section 5520a: Garnishment of pay
- Subchapter III: ADVANCEMENT, ALLOTMENT, AND ASSIGNMENT OF PAY
- Section 5521: Definitions
- Section 5522: Advance payments; rates; amounts recoverable
- Section 5523: Duration of payments; rates; active service period
- Section 5524: Review of accounts
- Section 5524a: Advance payments for new appointees and employees relocating within the United States and its territories
- Section 5525: Allotment and assignment of pay
- Section 5526: Funds available on reimbursable basis
- Section 5527: Regulations
- Subchapter IV: DUAL PAY AND DUAL EMPLOYMENT
- Section 5531: Definitions
- [Section 5532: Repealed. Pub. L. 106–65, div. A, title VI, § 651(a)(1), Oct. 5, 1999, 113 Stat. 664]
- Section 5533: Dual pay from more than one position; limitations; exceptions
- Section 5534: Dual employment and pay of Reserves and National Guardsmen
- Section 5534a: Dual employment and pay during terminal leave from uniformed services
- Section 5535: Extra pay for details prohibited
- Section 5536: Extra pay for extra services prohibited
- Section 5537: Fees for jury and witness service
- Section 5538: Nonreduction in pay while serving in the uniformed services or National Guard
- Subchapter V: PREMIUM PAY
- Section 5541: Definitions
- Section 5542: Overtime rates; computation
- Section 5543: Compensatory time off
- Section 5544: Wage-board overtime and Sunday rates; computation
- Section 5545: Night, standby, irregular, and hazardous duty differential
- Section 5545a: Availability pay for criminal investigators
- Section 5545b: Pay for firefighters
- Section 5546: Pay for Sunday and holiday work
- Section 5546a: Differential pay for certain employees of the Federal Aviation Administration and the Department of Defense
- Section 5547: Limitation on premium pay
- Section 5548: Regulations
- Section 5549: Effect on other statutes
- Section 5550: Border patrol rate of pay
- Section 5550a: Compensatory time off for religious observances
- Section 5550b: Compensatory time off for travel
- Subchapter VI: PAYMENT FOR ACCUMULATED AND ACCRUED LEAVE
- Subchapter VII: PAYMENTS TO MISSING EMPLOYEES
- Section 5561: Definitions
- Section 5562: Pay and allowances; continuance while in a missing status; limitations
- Section 5563: Allotments; continuance, suspension, initiation, resumption, or increase while in a missing status; limitations
- Section 5564: Travel and transportation; dependents; household and personal effects; motor vehicles; sale of bulky items; claims for proceeds; appropriation chargeable
- Section 5565: Agency review
- Section 5566: Agency determinations
- Section 5567: Settlement of accounts
- Section 5568: Income tax deferment
- Section 5569: Benefits for captives
- Section 5570: Compensation for disability or death
- Subchapter VIII: SETTLEMENT OF ACCOUNTS
- Subchapter IX: SEVERANCE PAY AND BACK PAY
- [Section 5591 to 5594: Repealed. Pub. L. 90–83, § 1(34)(B), Sept. 11, 1967, 81 Stat. 201]
- Section 5595: Severance pay
- Section 5596: Back pay due to unjustified personnel action
- Section 5597: Separation pay
Chapter 57: TRAVEL, TRANSPORTATION, AND SUBSISTENCE
- Subchapter I: TRAVEL AND SUBSISTENCE EXPENSES; MILEAGE ALLOWANCES
- Section 5701: Definitions
- Section 5702: Per diem; employees traveling on official business
- Section 5703: Per diem, travel, and transportation expenses; experts and consultants; individuals serving without pay
- Section 5704: Mileage and related allowances
- Section 5705: Advancements and deductions
- Section 5706: Allowable travel expenses
- Section 5706a: Subsistence and travel expenses for threatened law enforcement personnel
- Section 5706b: Interview expenses
- Section 5706c: Reimbursement for taxes incurred on money received for travel expenses
- Section 5707: Regulations and reports
- Section 5707a: Adherence to fire safety guidelines in establishing rates and discounts for lodging expenses
- Section 5708: Effect on other statutes
- Section 5709: Air evacuation patients: furnished subsistence
- Section 5710: Authority for travel expenses test programs
- Section 5711: Authority for telework travel expenses test programs
- Subchapter II: TRAVEL AND TRANSPORTATION EXPENSES; NEW APPOINTEES, STUDENT TRAINEES, AND TRANSFERRED EMPLOYEES
- Section 5721: Definitions
- Section 5722: Travel and transportation expenses of new appointees; posts of duty outside the continental United States
- Section 5723: Travel and transportation expenses of new appointees and student trainees
- Section 5724: Travel and transportation expenses of employees transferred; advancement of funds; reimbursement on commuted basis
- Section 5724a: Relocation expenses of employees transferred or reemployed
- Section 5724b: Taxes on reimbursements for travel, transportation, and relocation expenses of employees transferred
- Section 5724c: Relocation services
- Section 5724d: Transportation and moving expenses for immediate family of certain deceased Federal employees
- Section 5725: Transportation expenses; employees assigned to danger areas
- Section 5726: Storage expenses; household goods and personal effects
- Section 5727: Transportation of motor vehicles
- Section 5728: Travel and transportation expenses; vacation leave
- Section 5729: Transportation expenses; prior return of family
- Section 5730: Funds available
- Section 5731: Expenses limited to lowest first-class rate
- Section 5732: General average contribution; payment or reimbursement
- Section 5733: Expeditious travel
- Section 5734: Travel, transportation, and relocation expenses of employees transferred from the Postal Service
- Section 5735: Travel, transportation, and relocation expenses of employees transferring to the United States Postal Service
- Section 5736: Travel, transportation, and relocation expenses of certain nonappropriated fund employees
- Section 5737: Relocation expenses of an employee who is performing an extended assignment
- Section 5737a: Employees temporarily deployed in contingency operations
- Section 5738: Regulations
- Section 5739: Authority for relocation expenses test programs
- Subchapter III: TRANSPORTATION OF REMAINS, DEPENDENTS, AND EFFECTS
- Subchapter IV: MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS
- Section 5751: Travel expenses of witnesses
- Section 5752: Travel expenses of Senior Executive Service candidates
- Section 5753: Recruitment and relocation bonuses
- Section 5754: Retention bonuses
- Section 5755: Supervisory differentials
- Section 5756: Home marketing incentive payment
- Section 5757: Extended assignment incentive
- Section 5759: Retention and relocation bonuses for the Federal Bureau of Investigation
- Section 5760: Travel and transportation allowances: transportation of family members incident to the repatriation of employees held captive
- Section 5761: Foreign language proficiency pay awards for the Federal Bureau of Investigation
Chapter 59: ALLOWANCES
- Subchapter I: UNIFORMS
- Subchapter II: QUARTERS
- Subchapter III: OVERSEAS DIFFERENTIALS AND ALLOWANCES
- Subchapter IV: MISCELLANEOUS ALLOWANCES
- Section 5941: Allowances based on living costs and conditions of environment; employees stationed outside continental United States or in Alaska
- Section 5942: Allowance based on duty at remote worksites
- Section 5942a: Separate maintenance allowance for duty at Johnston Island
- Section 5943: Foreign currency appreciation allowances
- [Section 5944: Repealed. Pub. L. 98–164, title I, § 127(b)(1), Nov. 22, 1983, 97 Stat. 1027]
- Section 5945: Notary public commission expenses
- Section 5946: Membership fees; expenses of attendance at meetings; limitations
- Section 5947: Quarters, subsistence, and allowances for employees of the Corps of Engineers, Department of the Army, engaged in floating plant operations
- Section 5948: Physicians comparability allowances
- Section 5949: Hostile fire pay