{"data":{"id":"us/41-cfr-303-70.100","jurisdiction":"us","citation":"41 CFR 303-70.100","heading":"-70.100 Costs for preparation and transportation of employee remains.","body":"Agencies must pay all actual costs including but not limited to:\n(a) Preparation of remains, including:\n(1) Embalming or cremation;\n(2) Necessary clothing;\n(3) A casket or container suitable for shipment to place of interment; and\n(4) Expenses necessary to comply with local laws at the port of entry in the United States; and\n(b) Transportation of remains by common carrier (that is normally used for transportation of remains), hearse, other means, or a combination thereof, from the TDY station, OCONUS location, or CONUS location covered by § 303-70.1(e), to the employee's residence, official station, or place of interment, including but not limited to:\n(1) Movement from place of death to a mortuary and/or cemetery;\n(2) Shipping permits;\n(3) Outside case for shipment and sealing of the case if necessary;\n(4) Removal to and from the common carrier; and\n(5) Ferry fares, bridge tolls, and similar charges.","path":["Title 41—Public Contracts and Property Management","Subtitle F—Federal Travel Regulation System","CHAPTER 303—PAYMENT OF EXPENSES CONNECTED WITH THE DEATH OF CERTAIN EMPLOYEES","PART 303-70—AGENCY REQUIREMENTS FOR PAYMENT OF EXPENSES CONNECTED WITH THE DEATH OF CERTAIN EMPLOYEES AND IMMEDIATE FAMILY MEMBERS","Subpart B—Allowances for Preparation and Transportation of Employee Remains"],"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":"08bea3d0bff122adb76903a45c0902fed3e2a210a7998d8d718167f08e40c13f","source_id":"us-cfr","stale":true,"prev":"us/41-cfr-303-70.5","next":"us/41-cfr-303-70.101"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}