41 CFR § 302-5.5 - Timeframe for completion of the househunting trip.

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title: "41 CFR § 302-5.5 - Timeframe for completion of the househunting trip."
title_number: 41
title_name: "Public Contracts and Property Management"
section_number: "302-5.5"
section_name: "Timeframe for completion of the househunting trip."
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"
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); 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."
cfr_part: "302-5"
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# 302-5.5 Timeframe for completion of the househunting trip.

The househunting trip must be completed as follows:

(a) For the employee—the day before reporting to the new Official station.

(b) For the spouse or domestic partner—the earlier of:

(1) The day before the family relocates to the new Official station; or

(2) The day before the maximum time for beginning allowable travel expires.