41 CFR § 302-5.9 - Advance of funds for househunting trip expenses.

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title: "41 CFR § 302-5.9 - Advance of funds for househunting trip expenses."
title_number: 41
title_name: "Public Contracts and Property Management"
section_number: "302-5.9"
section_name: "Advance of funds for househunting trip expenses."
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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# 302-5.9 Advance of funds for househunting trip expenses.

Agencies may authorize an advance of funds, in accordance with § 302-2.8 of this chapter, for the househunting trip expenses. The agency may not advance funds in excess of the sum of the anticipated transportation costs and either the maximum amount allowable under part 302-4 of this subchapter for the location and duration of the househunting trip or the lump sum househunting trip subsistence expenses payment, whichever applies.