41 CFR § 303-70.1 - Circumstances requiring payment of death-related expenses.

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title: "41 CFR § 303-70.1 - Circumstances requiring payment of death-related expenses."
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title_name: "Public Contracts and Property Management"
section_number: "303-70.1"
section_name: "Circumstances requiring payment of death-related expenses."
chapter_number: 303
chapter_name: "PAYMENT OF EXPENSES CONNECTED WITH THE DEATH OF CERTAIN EMPLOYEES"
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part_name: "70—AGENCY REQUIREMENTS FOR PAYMENT OF EXPENSES CONNECTED WITH THE DEATH OF CERTAIN EMPLOYEES AND IMMEDIATE FAMILY MEMBERS"
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# 303-70.1 Circumstances requiring payment of death-related expenses.

Agencies must authorize payment of expenses when the employee, at the time of death, was:

(a) On official travel status away from the official station;

(b) Performing official duties OCONUS or in transit;

(c) Reassigned away from their actual place of residence under a mandatory mobility agreement;

(d) In direct support of or directly related to a military operation, including a contingency operation, or an operation in response to an emergency declared by the President as provided in § 303-70.600; or

(e) Performing official duties as determined by the head of agency and was a covered employee as provided in § 303-70.700.