---
kind: "section"
citation: "41 C.F.R. § 302-5.100"
title: "41"
number: "302-5.100"
heading: "Governing policies the agency must establish for househunting trips."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/41/302-5.100"
---

# §302-5.100. Governing policies the agency must establish for househunting trips.


Agencies must establish policies and procedures governing:

- (a) When the agency will authorize a househunting trip for an employee;
- (b) Who will determine if a househunting trip is appropriate in each situation;
- (c) If and when the agency will authorize the lump sum option for househunting trip subsistence expenses reimbursement;
- (d) Who will determine the appropriate duration of a househunting trip for an employee who selects a lodgings-plus per diem allowance under [part 302-4](/cfr/41/part302-4.md) of this subchapter to reimburse househunting trip subsistence expenses; and
- (e) Who will determine the mode(s) of transportation to be used.

## 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.