41 CFR § 303-70.100 - Costs for preparation and transportation of employee remains.

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identifier: "/us/cfr/t41/s303-70.100"
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title: "41 CFR § 303-70.100 - Costs for preparation and transportation of employee remains."
title_number: 41
title_name: "Public Contracts and Property Management"
section_number: "303-70.100"
section_name: "Costs for preparation and transportation of employee remains."
chapter_number: 303
chapter_name: "PAYMENT OF EXPENSES CONNECTED WITH THE DEATH OF CERTAIN EMPLOYEES"
part_number: "303-70"
part_name: "70—AGENCY REQUIREMENTS FOR PAYMENT OF EXPENSES CONNECTED WITH THE DEATH OF CERTAIN EMPLOYEES AND IMMEDIATE FAMILY MEMBERS"
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currency: "2026-04-05"
last_updated: "2026-04-05"
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generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "5 U.S.C. 5721-5738; 5741-5742; E.O. 11609, 36 FR 13747, 3 CFR, 1971-1975 Comp., p 586; Presidential Memorandum of September 12, 2011, 76 FR 57621, 3 CFR, 2011 Comp., p. 356."
regulatory_source: "FTR Case 2025-05, 90 FR 56893, Dec. 8, 2025, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "303-70"
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# 303-70.100 Costs for preparation and transportation of employee remains.

Agencies must pay all actual costs including but not limited to:

(a) Preparation of remains, including:

(1) Embalming or cremation;

(2) Necessary clothing;

(3) A casket or container suitable for shipment to place of interment; and

(4) Expenses necessary to comply with local laws at the port of entry in the United States; and

(b) Transportation of remains by common carrier (that is normally used for transportation of remains), hearse, other means, or a combination thereof, from the TDY station, OCONUS location, or CONUS location covered by § 303-70.1(e), to the employee's residence, official station, or place of interment, including but not limited to:

(1) Movement from place of death to a mortuary and/or cemetery;

(2) Shipping permits;

(3) Outside case for shipment and sealing of the case if necessary;

(4) Removal to and from the common carrier; and

(5) Ferry fares, bridge tolls, and similar charges.