41 CFR § 302-3.500 - Establishment of policies and procedures for authorization and payment of relocation allowances.
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identifier: "/us/cfr/t41/s302-3.500"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "41 CFR § 302-3.500 - Establishment of policies and procedures for authorization and payment of relocation allowances."
title_number: 41
title_name: "Public Contracts and Property Management"
section_number: "302-3.500"
section_name: "Establishment of policies and procedures for authorization and payment of relocation allowances."
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"
positive_law: false
currency: "2026-03-24"
last_updated: "2026-03-24"
format_version: "1.1.0"
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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# 302-3.500 Establishment of policies and procedures for authorization and payment of relocation allowances.
Agencies must establish governing policies and procedures that determine:
(a) When the agency will pay relocation expenses if an employee violates the service agreement;
(b) When the agency will authorize separate relocation allowances to an employee and an employee's immediate family member that are both transferring to the same official station;
(c) When the agency will grant an employee and/or the employee's immediate family member(s) an extension on beginning separation travel;
(d) When the agency will allow an employee to arrange their own relocation upon separation;
(e) When the agency will authorize a temporary change of station (TCS);
(f) When the agency will pay extended storage of household goods for TCS;
(g) When the agency will pay for the cost of storing, or provide for the storage without charge, of one POV when an employee is assigned a TCS in support of a contingency operation as defined in 10 U.S.C. 1482a(c)(2) and under part 302-9 of this chapter;
(h) The criteria in accordance with 5 CFR part 572 on how the agency will determine if a new appointee is eligible for the relocation allowances authorized therein; and
(i) The procedures which will provide new appointees with information surrounding relocation benefits.