---
kind: "section"
citation: "41 C.F.R. § 302-15.3"
title: "41"
number: "302-15.3"
heading: "Circumstances in which an agency may authorize payment under this part."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/41/302-15.3"
---

# §302-15.3. Circumstances in which an agency may authorize payment under this part.

- (a) For a relocation to an official station in the United States or between official stations in the CONUS, agencies may authorize payment under this part when:
  - (1) The employee is being returned from a foreign area post of duty to a different official station than the one from which they were transferred for their foreign tour of duty;
  - (2) The agency has determined that property management services is more advantageous and cost effective for the Government than having to sell the residence;
  - (3) If the employee is on a TCS, the agency has determined that property management services is in the Government's interest;
  - (4) The employee has signed a service agreement; and
  - (5) **The employee meets any additional conditions that their agency has established.**
- (b) For relocations to official stations outside the United States, agencies may authorize payment under this part when the employee meets conditions set forth in paragraphs [(a)(4)](#a-4) and [(5)](#a-5) of this section.

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 5 U.S.C. 5738; 20 U.S.C. 905(a); E.O. 11609, 36 FR 13747, 3 CFR, 1971-1975 Comp., p. 586.

### Source

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