41 CFR § 302-5.3 - Persons authorized to travel on a househunting trip at Government expense.

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title: "41 CFR § 302-5.3 - Persons authorized to travel on a househunting trip at Government expense."
title_number: 41
title_name: "Public Contracts and Property Management"
section_number: "302-5.3"
section_name: "Persons authorized to travel on a househunting trip at Government expense."
chapter_number: 302
chapter_name: "RELOCATION ALLOWANCES"
subchapter_number: "C"
subchapter_name: "ALLOWANCES FOR SUBSISTENCE AND TRANSPORTATION"
part_number: "302-5"
part_name: "5—ALLOWANCE FOR HOUSEHUNTING TRIP EXPENSES"
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currency: "2026-03-24"
last_updated: "2026-03-24"
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authority: "5 U.S.C. 5738; 20 U.S.C. 905(a); E.O. 11609, 36 FR 13747, 3 CFR, 1971-1975 Comp., p. 586."
regulatory_source: "FTR Case 2025-05, 90 FR 56893, Dec. 8, 2025, unless otherwise noted."
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# 302-5.3 Persons authorized to travel on a househunting trip at Government expense.

Only the employee and their spouse or domestic partner may travel on a househunting trip at Government expense. If traveling separately, the reimbursement will be limited to the cost that would have been incurred if the employee and their spouse or domestic partner had travelled together on one round trip.