Legal corpus: U.S. Code titles 1–11 from pinned OLRC XML (11,050 sections)

Raw OLRC USLM XML zips @ release 119-100 (retrieved 2026-07-04 via
Atlas depot), ingested with the standard pipeline: raw snapshot ->
per-section OKF markdown -> manifest + checksums. Title 52 untouched.
LegalText: 171 -> 11,221. Titles 12-54 await a clean OLRC retry.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 <noreply@anthropic.com>

legal/us/code/title-05/chapter-57/section-5757.md

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+title: "5 U.S.C. § 5757"
+description: "Payment of expenses to obtain professional credentials"
+jurisdiction: "us"
+corpus: "united_states_code"
+kind: "code_section"
+title_number: 5
+title_name: "GOVERNMENT ORGANIZATION AND EMPLOYEES"
+chapter_number: "57"
+chapter_name: "TRAVEL, TRANSPORTATION, AND SUBSISTENCE"
+section: "5757"
+citation: "5 U.S.C. § 5757"
+status: "current"
+release_point: "119-100"
+release_date: "2026-06-26"
+source: "official"
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+source_identifier: "/us/usc/t5/s5757"
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+confidence: "official"
+tags: ["legal", "us-code"]
+---
+
+# 5 U.S.C. § 5757 - Payment of expenses to obtain professional credentials
+
+## Text
+
+(a) An agency may use appropriated funds or funds otherwise available to the agency to pay for—
+
+(1) expenses for employees to obtain professional credentials, including expenses for professional accreditation, State-imposed and professional licenses, and professional certification; and
+
+(2) examinations to obtain such credentials.
+
+(b) The authority under subsection (a) may not be exercised on behalf of any employee occupying or seeking to qualify for appointment to any position that is excepted from the competitive service because of the confidential, policy-determining, policy-making, or policy-advocating character of the position.
+
+(Added Pub. L. 107–107, div. A, title XI, § 1112(a), Dec. 28, 2001, 115 Stat. 1238.)