GENERAL RULES

• Citation: 41 CFR Part 302-1
• Sections: 3

§ 302-1.1 Eligibility for relocation expense allowances.

Only the following categories of employees are generally eligible for relocation expense allowances under this chapter:

(a) A new appointee appointed to their first official station (as discussed in this chapter);

(b) An employee transferring in the interest of the Government from one agency or duty station to another for permanent duty, and their new duty station meets the distance test (see § 302-2.1 of this subchapter);

(c) An employee of the United States Postal Service transferred for permanent duty, under 39 U.S.C. 1006, from the Postal Service to an agency as defined in 5 U.S.C. 5721;

(d) An employee performing travel in accordance with an overseas tour renewal agreement (see §§ 302-3.203 through 302-3.209 of this chapter);

(e) An employee returning to the place of actual residence after completion of a prescribed tour of duty for the purposes of separation from Government service or separation from the overseas assignment for reassignment to the same or different Government agency;

(f) A student trainee assigned to any position upon completion of college work;

(g) A Department of Defense overseas dependents school system teacher;

(h) A career appointee to the Senior Executive Service (SES) as defined in 5 U.S.C. 3132(a)(4), and a prior SES appointee who is returning to their official residence for separation and who will be retaining SES retirement benefits; or

(i) An employee that is being assigned to a temporary duty station in connection with a long-term assignment.

§ 302-1.2 Employees not eligible for relocation expense allowances under this chapter.

An employee is not eligible to receive relocation expense allowances under this chapter if they are:

(a) A Foreign Service Officer or a Federal employee transferred under the rules of the Foreign Service Act of 1980, as amended;

(b) An officer or an employee transferred under the Central Intelligence Act of 1949, as amended;

(c) A person whose pay and allowances are prescribed under title 37 U.S.C., “Pay and Allowances of the Uniformed Services”;

(d) An employee of the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to whom 38 U.S.C. 707 applies; or

(e) A person not covered in § 302-1.1.

§ 302-1.100 Requirements for reporting payments for employee relocation.

Agencies (as defined in § 300-1.1 of this subtitle) must report total travel and transportation payments, including relocation, no later than November 30 of each year to GSA, as described in this part (see also § 301-80.1 of this subtitle):

(a) Information on agency reporting requirements is available at https://www.gsa.gov/trip.

(b) The head of the agency or designee is responsible for ensuring this data is complete, timely, and accurate before submitting it to GSA.

(c) The report must cover all components of the agency.

(d) The agency's automated relocation management system will be used to provide required reporting data.