41 CFR § 302-11.2 - Types of reimbursable residence transaction expenses.

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title: "41 CFR § 302-11.2 - Types of reimbursable residence transaction expenses."
title_number: 41
title_name: "Public Contracts and Property Management"
section_number: "302-11.2"
section_name: "Types of reimbursable residence transaction expenses."
chapter_number: 302
chapter_name: "RELOCATION ALLOWANCES"
subchapter_number: "E"
subchapter_name: "RESIDENCE TRANSACTION ALLOWANCES"
part_number: "302-11"
part_name: "11—ALLOWANCES FOR EXPENSES INCURRED IN CONNECTION WITH RESIDENCE TRANSACTIONS"
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currency: "2026-03-24"
last_updated: "2026-03-24"
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authority: "5 U.S.C. 5738 and 20 U.S.C. 905(c)."
regulatory_source: "FTR Case 2025-05, 90 FR 56893, Dec. 8, 2025, unless otherwise noted."
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# 302-11.2 Types of reimbursable residence transaction expenses.

(a) If an employee qualifies for a residence transaction expense allowance, they may be reimbursed for the:

(1) Expenses of selling the old residence and purchasing a new residence in the United States; or

(2) Settlement of an unexpired lease at the old official station in the United States from which transferred to another official station in the United States or when assigned to a foreign post of duty; and

(3) Expenses of purchasing a new residence in the United States upon return to the United States upon completion of the foreign tour of duty and the return is to a different official station, and is 50 miles distance from the official station which the employee transferred from.

(b) Employees do not have to sell the residence at their old official station to be eligible for residence purchase transactions at their new official station.