{"data":{"id":"us/41-cfr-302-5.5","jurisdiction":"us","citation":"41 CFR 302-5.5","heading":"-5.5 Timeframe for completion of the househunting trip.","body":"The househunting trip must be completed as follows:\n(a) For the employee—the day before reporting to the new Official station.\n(b) For the spouse or domestic partner—the earlier of:\n(1) The day before the family relocates to the new Official station; or\n(2) The day before the maximum time for beginning allowable travel expires.","path":["Title 41—Public Contracts and Property Management","Subtitle F—Federal Travel Regulation System","CHAPTER 302—RELOCATION ALLOWANCES","SUBCHAPTER C—ALLOWANCES FOR SUBSISTENCE AND TRANSPORTATION","PART 302-5—ALLOWANCE FOR HOUSEHUNTING TRIP EXPENSES","Subpart A—Employee's Allowance for Househunting Trip Expenses"],"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":"73b6f88855a7184fc74e2171a0e936ba3d3af41932c74271b6a0216dff15a49a","source_id":"us-cfr","stale":true,"prev":"us/41-cfr-302-5.4","next":"us/41-cfr-302-5.6"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}