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title: "5 U.S.C. § 5733"
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title_number: 5
title_name: "GOVERNMENT ORGANIZATION AND EMPLOYEES"
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citation: "5 U.S.C. § 5733"
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# 5 U.S.C. § 5733 - Expeditious travel

## Text

The travel of an employee shall be by the most expeditious means of transportation practicable and shall be commensurate with the nature and purpose of the duties of the employee requiring such travel.

(Added Pub. L. 90–206, title II, § 222(c)(1), Dec. 16, 1967, 81 Stat. 641.)

## Notes

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Effective DateSection effective thirty days after Dec. 16, 1967, see section 220(a)(4) of Pub. L. 90–206, set out as an Effective Date of 1967 Amendment note under section 5542 of this title.