---
kind: "section"
citation: "41 C.F.R. § 302-1.1"
title: "41"
number: "302-1.1"
heading: "Eligibility for relocation expense allowances."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/41/302-1.1"
---

# §302-1.1. Eligibility for relocation expense allowances.


Only the following categories of employees are generally eligible for relocation expense allowances under this chapter:

- (a) A new appointee appointed to their first official station (as discussed in this chapter);
- (b) An employee transferring in the interest of the Government from one agency or duty station to another for permanent duty, and their new duty station meets the distance test (see [§ 302-2.1](/cfr/41/302-2.1.md) of this subchapter);
- (c) An employee of the United States Postal Service transferred for permanent duty, under [39 U.S.C. 1006](/usc/39/1006.md), from the Postal Service to an agency as defined in [5 U.S.C. 5721](/usc/5/5721.md);
- (d) An employee performing travel in accordance with an overseas tour renewal agreement (see [§§ 302-3.203 through 302-3.209](/cfr/41/302-3.203..302-3.209.md) of this chapter);
- (e) An employee returning to the place of actual residence after completion of a prescribed tour of duty for the purposes of separation from Government service or separation from the overseas assignment for reassignment to the same or different Government agency;
- (f) A student trainee assigned to any position upon completion of college work;
- (g) A Department of Defense overseas dependents school system teacher;
- (h) A career appointee to the Senior Executive Service (SES) as defined in [5 U.S.C. 3132(a)(4)](/usc/5/3132.md?p=a-4), and a prior SES appointee who is returning to their official residence for separation and who will be retaining SES retirement benefits; or
- (i) An employee that is being assigned to a temporary duty station in connection with a long-term assignment.

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 5 U.S.C. 5738; 20 U.S.C. 905(a).

### Source

Source: FTR Case 2025-05, 90 FR 56893, Dec. 8, 2025, unless otherwise noted.