41 CFR § 303-70.701 - Authorized relocation expenses for immediate family.

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title: "41 CFR § 303-70.701 - Authorized relocation expenses for immediate family."
title_number: 41
title_name: "Public Contracts and Property Management"
section_number: "303-70.701"
section_name: "Authorized relocation expenses for immediate family."
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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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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# 303-70.701 Authorized relocation expenses for immediate family.

If the place where the immediate family will reside is different from the place where the immediate family resided at the time of the employee's death, and within the United States, then the agency must approve the following expenses:

(a) Transportation of the immediate family;

(b) Moving the household goods of the immediate family, including transporting, packing, crating, draying, and unpacking, not to exceed 18,000 pounds net weight;

(c) Storage of household goods moved pursuant to paragraph (b) of this section, not to exceed 60 days with an additional 90 days extension, if approved by the agency, not to exceed a total of 150 days; and

(d) Transportation of one privately owned motor vehicle.