41 CFR 302-3.500: -3.500 Establishment of policies and procedures for authorization and payment of relocation allowances.

Agencies must establish governing policies and procedures that determine:

(a) When the agency will pay relocation expenses if an employee violates the service agreement;

(b) When the agency will authorize separate relocation allowances to an employee and an employee's immediate family member that are both transferring to the same official station;

(c) When the agency will grant an employee and/or the employee's immediate family member(s) an extension on beginning separation travel;

(d) When the agency will allow an employee to arrange their own relocation upon separation;

(e) When the agency will authorize a temporary change of station (TCS);

(f) When the agency will pay extended storage of household goods for TCS;

(g) When the agency will pay for the cost of storing, or provide for the storage without charge, of one POV when an employee is assigned a TCS in support of a contingency operation as defined in 10 U.S.C. 1482a(c)(2) and under part 302-9 of this chapter;

(h) The criteria in accordance with 5 CFR part 572 on how the agency will determine if a new appointee is eligible for the relocation allowances authorized therein; and

(i) The procedures which will provide new appointees with information surrounding relocation benefits.