{"data":{"id":"us/41-cfr-302-3.500","jurisdiction":"us","citation":"41 CFR 302-3.500","heading":"-3.500 Establishment of policies and procedures for authorization and payment of relocation allowances.","body":"Agencies must establish governing policies and procedures that determine:\n(a) When the agency will pay relocation expenses if an employee violates the service agreement;\n(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;\n(c) When the agency will grant an employee and/or the employee's immediate family member(s) an extension on beginning separation travel;\n(d) When the agency will allow an employee to arrange their own relocation upon separation;\n(e) When the agency will authorize a temporary change of station (TCS);\n(f) When the agency will pay extended storage of household goods for TCS;\n(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;\n(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\n(i) The procedures which will provide new appointees with information surrounding relocation benefits.","path":["Title 41—Public Contracts and Property Management","Subtitle F—Federal Travel Regulation System","CHAPTER 302—RELOCATION ALLOWANCES","SUBCHAPTER B—RELOCATION ALLOWANCES","PART 302-3—RELOCATION ALLOWANCE BY SPECIFIC TYPE","Subpart F—Agency Responsibilities"],"source_url":"https://www.ecfr.gov/api/versioner/v1/full/2026-08-25/title-41.xml","current_through":"2026-08-25","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T02:26:05Z","sha256":"dabd54a9233e2889728b5525f80fb3cec2819212b479708caacb90d672e3c5c4","source_id":"us-cfr","stale":true,"prev":"us/41-cfr-302-3.407","next":"us/41-cfr-302-3.501"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}