---
kind: "section"
citation: "5 U.S.C. § 5756"
title: "5"
title_heading: "Government Organization and Employees"
number: "5756"
heading: "Home marketing incentive payment"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/5/5756"
units:
  - "Part III — Employees"
  - "Subpart D — Pay and Allowances"
  - "Chapter 57 — Travel, Transportation, and Subsistence"
  - "Subchapter IV — Miscellaneous Provisions"
---

# §5756. Home marketing incentive payment

- (a) Under regulations prescribed under [subsection (b)](#b), an [agency](/usc/5/5701.md?p=1) may [pay](/usc/5/7511.md?p=a-4) to an [employee](/usc/5/5701.md?p=2) who transfers in the interest of the [Government](/usc/5/5701.md?p=5) an amount to encourage the [employee](/usc/5/5701.md?p=2) to aggressively market the [employee](/usc/5/5701.md?p=2)’s residence at the official station from which transferred when—
  - (1) the residence is entered into a relocation [services](/usc/5/8401.md?p=26) program established under a contract in accordance with [section 5724c of this title](/usc/5/5724c.md) to arrange for the purchase of the residence;
  - (2) the [employee](/usc/5/5701.md?p=2) finds a buyer who completes the purchase of the residence through the program; and
  - (3) the sale of the residence results in a reduced cost to the [Government](/usc/5/5701.md?p=5).
- (b)
  - (1) The [Administrator](/usc/5/9801.md?p=2) of General [Services](/usc/5/8401.md?p=26) shall prescribe regulations to carry out this section.
  - (2) The regulations shall include a limitation on the maximum amount payable with respect to an [employee](/usc/5/5701.md?p=2)’s residence. The [Administrator](/usc/5/9801.md?p=2) shall establish the limitation in consultation with the [Director](/usc/5/8401.md?p=8) of the [Office](/usc/5/5402.md?p=3) of Management and Budget. For fiscal years 1997 and 1998, the maximum amount shall be the amount equal to five percent of the sale price of the residence.

## Source credit

(Added Pub. L. 104–201, div. A, title XVII, § 1717, Sept. 23, 1996, 110 Stat. 2757.)

## Notes

### Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### Effective Date

Section effective 180 days after Sept. 23, 1996, see section 1725(a) of Pub. L. 104–201, set out as an Effective Date of 1996 Amendment note under section 5722 of this title.