---
kind: "section"
citation: "41 C.F.R. § 302-3.500"
title: "41"
number: "302-3.500"
heading: "Establishment of policies and procedures for authorization and payment of relocation allowances."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/41/302-3.500"
---

# §302-3.500. Establishment of policies and procedures for authorization and payment of relocation allowances.


Agencies must establish governing policies and procedures that determine:

- (a) When the agency will pay relocation expenses if an employee violates the service agreement;
- (b) When the agency will authorize separate relocation allowances to an employee and an employee's immediate family member that are both transferring to the same official station;
- (c) When the agency will grant an employee and/or the employee's immediate family member(s) an extension on beginning separation travel;
- (d) When the agency will allow an employee to arrange their own relocation upon separation;
- (e) When the agency will authorize a temporary change of station (TCS);
- (f) When the agency will pay extended storage of household goods for TCS;
- (g) When the agency will pay for the cost of storing, or provide for the storage without charge, of one POV when an employee is assigned a TCS in support of a contingency operation as defined in [10 U.S.C. 1482a(c)(2)](/usc/10/1482a.md?p=c-2) and under [part 302-9](/cfr/41/part302-9.md) of this chapter;
- (h) The criteria in accordance with [5 CFR part 572](/cfr/5/part572.md) on how the agency will determine if a new appointee is eligible for the relocation allowances authorized therein; and
- (i) The procedures which will provide new appointees with information surrounding relocation benefits.

## 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.