{"data":{"id":"us/41-cfr-302-5.6","jurisdiction":"us","citation":"41 CFR 302-5.6","heading":"-5.6 Methods for reimbursing househunting trip expenses.","body":"Agencies will reimburse househunting trip expenses as follows:\n(a) Transportation expenses—the employee and their spouse's actual transportation costs.\n(b) Subsistence expenses—one of the following three:\n(1) For a CONUS househunting trip, a lodgings-plus per diem allowance at the standard CONUS rate, for the employee and/or their spouse or domestic partner if they travel separately, or if both travel together, a lodgings-plus per diem allowance at the standard CONUS rate for the 10 days or less that the agency authorizes. The employee receives 100% of the rate and the spouse or domestic partner receives 75%;\n(2) For an OCONUS househunting trip, a lodgings-plus per diem allowance at the locality rate, for the employee and/or their spouse or domestic partner if they travel separately, or if both travel together, a lodgings-plus per diem allowance at the locality rate for the 10 days or less that the agency authorizes. The employee receives 100% of the rate and the spouse or domestic partner receives 75%; or\n(3) Only if offered by the agency and chosen by the employee, a lump sum, as follows:\n(i) If the employee performs a househunting trip and the spouse or domestic partner does not, or if the spouse or domestic partner performs a househunting trip and the employee does not, multiply the applicable locality rate by 5.00.\n(ii) If the employee and their spouse or domestic partner both perform a househunting trip, together or separately, multiply the applicable locality rate by 6.25.","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":"db58da48c26170472f9826e271e690a18dca5d1c832f4c965b3019334268afdf","source_id":"us-cfr","stale":true,"prev":"us/41-cfr-302-5.5","next":"us/41-cfr-302-5.7"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}