41 CFR § 302-3.501 - Establishment of policies when appointing an employee to an overseas assignment.

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title: "41 CFR § 302-3.501 - Establishment of policies when appointing an employee to an overseas assignment."
title_number: 41
title_name: "Public Contracts and Property Management"
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section_name: "Establishment of policies when appointing an employee to an overseas assignment."
chapter_number: 302
chapter_name: "RELOCATION ALLOWANCES"
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# 302-3.501 Establishment of policies when appointing an employee to an overseas assignment.

When appointing an employee to an overseas assignment, agencies must:

(a) Establish the employee's actual place of residence at the time of appointment and state it in the service agreement;

(b) Use guidance in 8 U.S.C. 1101(a)(33) for establishing places of residence;

(c) Require the employee to sign the service agreement prior to the relocation;

(d) Pay transportation expenses for one-way return travel of immediate family members when the employee has successfully completed the service agreement period OCONUS;

(e) Determine when the public interest requires the return of the immediate family for compelling personal reasons of a humanitarian or compassionate nature; and

(f) Pay for return travel and transportation of an employee only once at the end of each agreed period of service.