41 CFR § 302-3.303 - Requirements to receive separation relocation travel for family and employee.

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identifier: "/us/cfr/t41/s302-3.303"
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title: "41 CFR § 302-3.303 - Requirements to receive separation relocation travel for family and employee."
title_number: 41
title_name: "Public Contracts and Property Management"
section_number: "302-3.303"
section_name: "Requirements to receive separation relocation travel for family and employee."
chapter_number: 302
chapter_name: "RELOCATION ALLOWANCES"
subchapter_number: "B"
subchapter_name: "RELOCATION ALLOWANCES"
part_number: "302-3"
part_name: "3—RELOCATION ALLOWANCE BY SPECIFIC TYPE"
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currency: "2026-03-24"
last_updated: "2026-03-24"
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generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "5 U.S.C. 5738; 20 U.S.C. 905(a)."
regulatory_source: "FTR Case 2025-05, 90 FR 56893, Dec. 8, 2025, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "302-3"
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# 302-3.303 Requirements to receive separation relocation travel for family and employee.

An employee may receive separation relocation travel for themselves and their immediate family if:

(a) They are a career appointee as defined in 5 U.S.C. 3132(a)(4), and was transferred or reassigned geographically in the interest of and at the expense of the Government from one official station to another for permanent duty from:

(1) An SES career appointment to another SES career appointment;

(2) An SES career appointment to an appointment outside the SES at a rate of pay equal to or higher than Level V of the Executive Schedule, and the employee elects to retain SES retirement benefits under 5 U.S.C. 3392; or

(3) A non-SES career appointment at the time of the transfer or assignment, which includes an appointment in a civil service position outside the SES, to an SES career appointment; and

(b) At the time of the transfer or reassignment:

(1) Was eligible to receive an annuity for optional retirement under section 8336(a), (b), (c), (e), (f), or (j) or subchapter III of chapter 83 (Civil Service Retirement System (CSRS)) or under section 8412 of subchapter II of chapter 84 (Federal Employees' Retirement System (FERS)) of title, 5 U.S.C.;

(2) Was within 5 years of eligibility to receive an annuity for optional retirement under one of the authorities in paragraph (b)(1) of this section; or

(3) Was eligible to receive an annuity based on discontinued service retirement or early voluntary retirement under an Office of Personnel Management (OPM) authorization, under section 8336(d) of subchapter III of chapter 83, or under 8414(b) of subchapter II of chapter 84 of title 5, U.S.C.; and

(c) Are eligible to receive an annuity upon separation (or, in the case of death, met the requirements for being considered eligible to receive an annuity, as of the date of death) under the provisions of subchapter III of chapter 83 (CSRS) or chapter 84 (FERS) of title 5, U.S.C., including an annuity based on optional retirement, discontinued service retirement, early voluntary retirement under an OPM authorization, or disability retirement; and

(d) Have not previously received separation relocation benefits from the Government for retirement.