{"identifier":"/us/usc/t5/s5705","title":5,"num":"\u00a7\u202f5705.","heading":"Advancements and deductions","text":"\u00a7\u202f5705.\nAdvancements and deductions\nAn agency may advance, through the proper disbursing official, to an employee entitled to per diem or mileage allowances under this subchapter, a sum considered advisable with regard to the character and probable duration of the travel to be performed. A sum advanced and not used for allowable travel expenses is recoverable from the employee or his estate by\u2014\n(1) setoff against accrued pay, retirement credit, or other amount due the employee;\n(2) deduction from an amount due from the United States; and\n(3) such other method as is provided by law.","url":"https://projectusc.org/usc/t5/s5705.html","content":[{"t":"sec","id":"/us/usc/t5/s5705","children":[{"t":"num","text":"\u00a7\u202f5705."},{"t":"heading","text":"Advancements and deductions","tail":"\n"},{"t":"chapeau","text":"An agency may advance, through the proper disbursing official, to an employee entitled to per diem or mileage allowances under this subchapter, a sum considered advisable with regard to the character and probable duration of the travel to be performed. A sum advanced and not used for allowable travel expenses is recoverable from the employee or his estate by\u2014"},{"t":"para","id":"/us/usc/t5/s5705/1","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(1)"},{"t":"content","text":" setoff against accrued pay, retirement credit, or other amount due the employee;","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"para","id":"/us/usc/t5/s5705/2","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(2)"},{"t":"content","text":" deduction from an amount due from the United States; and","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"para","id":"/us/usc/t5/s5705/3","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(3)"},{"t":"content","text":" such other method as is provided by law.","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"text","text":"\n"},{"t":"text","text":"\n"}]}]}