41 CFR § 302-6.2 - Eligibility for TQSE allowance.

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title: "41 CFR § 302-6.2 - Eligibility for TQSE allowance."
title_number: 41
title_name: "Public Contracts and Property Management"
section_number: "302-6.2"
section_name: "Eligibility for TQSE allowance."
chapter_number: 302
chapter_name: "RELOCATION ALLOWANCES"
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subchapter_name: "ALLOWANCES FOR SUBSISTENCE AND TRANSPORTATION"
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part_name: "6—ALLOWANCE FOR TEMPORARY QUARTERS SUBSISTENCE EXPENSES"
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# 302-6.2 Eligibility for TQSE allowance.

Employees are eligible for a TQSE allowance if their agency has authorized one and the following conditions are met:

(a) The agency authorizes TQSE before occupancy of the temporary quarters begins;

(b) The new official station is located within the United States;

(c) The relocation authorization specifies the number of days allowed to receive TQSE;

(d) The employee has signed a service agreement;

(e) The old and new official stations are at least 50 miles apart (as measured by map distance) via a usually traveled surface route; and

(f) The employee meets the distance test (Note: If a waiver to the distance test is granted, the employee is not eligible for TQSE.).