[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 234 (Thursday, December 5, 2013)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 73104-73109]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-28741]
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GENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION
41 CFR Part 303-70
[FTR Amendment 2013-02; FTR Case 2013-302; Docket Number 2013-0010,
Sequence 1]
RIN 3090-AJ37
Federal Travel Regulation (FTR); Agency Requirements for Payment
of Expenses Connected With the Death of Certain Employees and Family
Members
AGENCY: Office of Governmentwide Policy, U.S. General Services
Administration (GSA).
ACTION: Final rule.
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SUMMARY: GSA is amending the Federal Travel Regulation (FTR) by
revising its policy on agency requirements for payment of expenses
connected with the death of certain employees and family members. This
final rule establishes policy and procedures for relocation of
dependents and household goods of an employee whose death occurred
while away from the official station on a mandatory mobility agreement
in support of a contingency operation. This final rule also updates the
FTR to allow transportation of an employee's remains to the place of
interment or where the immediate family is going to reside, and
shipment of a Privately Owned Vehicle (POV) from the Temporary Duty
(TDY) station. Finally, this final rule reorganizes the policy to make
it easier to understand.
DATES: Effective: This final rule is effective January 6, 2014.
Applicability date: This final rule as addressing FTR part 303-70,
subparts A through F, H and I is applicable January 6, 2014. This final
rule as addressing FTR, part 303-70, Subpart G, is applicable to travel
relating to employees who died on or after January 28, 2008.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For clarification of content, contact
Rick Miller, Office of Governmentwide Policy, Travel and Relocation
Policy Division at 202-501-3822 or email at [email protected].
Contact the U.S. General Services Administration, Regulatory
Secretariat Division (MVCB), 1800 F Street NW., Washington, DC 20405-
0001, 202-501-4755, for information pertaining to status or publication
schedules. Please cite FTR Amendment 2013-02, FTR Case 2013-302.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
A. Background
Pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 5707, the Administrator of General Services is
authorized to prescribe necessary regulations to implement laws
regarding Federal employees who travel in the performance of official
business away from their official stations. Similarly, 5 U.S.C. 5738
mandates that the Administrator of General Services prescribe
regulations relating to official relocation. In addition, Executive
Order 11609, as amended, delegates to the Administrator of General
Services the authority to issue regulations under 5 U.S.C. 5742(b)
relating to the payment of expenses when an employee dies.
Also, the Presidential Memorandum, ``Delegation Under Section 2(a)
of the Special Agent Samuel Hicks Families of Fallen Heroes Act,''
dated September 12, 2011, and published in the Federal Register (76 FR
57621), delegates to the Administrator of General Services the
authority to issue regulations under Public Law 111-178, the Special
Agent Samuel Hicks Families of Fallen Heroes Act, codified at 5 U.S.C.
5724d, relating to the payment of certain expenses when a covered
employee dies as a result of injuries sustained in the performance of
his or her official duties. The overall implementing authority is the
FTR, codified in Title 41 of the Code of Federal Regulations, Chapters
300-304 (41 CFR Chapters 300-304).
This final rule incorporates language based on Public Law 110-181,
the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) for Fiscal Year 2008,
Section 1103 and codified in 5 U.S.C. 5742, to allow agencies to
provide for relocation of dependents and household effects of a
employee whose death occurred while performing official duties outside
the continental United States (OCONUS) or in transit thereto or
therefrom, or for an employee whose death occurred while subject to a
mandatory mobility agreement OCONUS and was supporting an overseas
contingency operation or overseas emergency as declared by the
President. This final rule allows the agency to relocate the dependents
and household goods to the covered employee's former actual residence
or such other place as is determined by the head of the agency
concerned. The term ``contingency operation'' has the meaning given in
10 U.S.C. 101(a)(13), to include a military operation that:
(A) Is designated by the Secretary of Defense as an operation in
which members of the armed forces are or may become involved in
military actions, operations, or hostilities against an enemy of the
United States or against an opposing military force; or
(B) results in the call or order to, or retention on, active duty
of members of the uniformed services under section 688, 12301(a),
12302, 12304, 12304a, 12305, or 12406 of this title, chapter 15 of this
title, or any other provision of law during a war or during a national
emergency declared by the President or Congress.
Pursuant to this authority, this final rule amends and updates FTR
part 303-70 regarding the authority to relocate dependents and
household goods of an employee on a service agreement or mandatory
mobility agreement who dies at or while in transit to or from an
official station OCONUS. This final rule amends and updates the FTR to
clarify no death-related expenses are authorized to relocate the
immediate family to another location for an employee who dies while at
the permanent official station except when the employee dies while
performing duties under the provisions of Subparts F, G, and H of
Chapter 303.
This final rule amends and updates the FTR to allow transportation
of the remains to the place of interment and shipment of a POV from the
TDY location or from an official station OCONUS when the agency
previously determined that use of POV was in the best interest of the
Government. This final rule also amends the household goods temporary
storage timeframe in Subpart H, and allows the agency to authorize
additional storage not to exceed a total of 150 days, which is the same
as an employee with relocation entitlements. This final rule
reorganizes FTR part 303-70 to make it easier to understand. Finally,
this final rule amends the part heading by adding the words ``and
family members''.
B. Executive Orders 12866 and 13563
Executive Orders 12866 and 13563 direct agencies to assess all
costs and benefits of available regulatory alternatives, and if
regulation is necessary, to select regulatory approaches that maximize
net benefits (including potential economic, environmental, public
health and safety effects, distributive impacts, and equity). Executive
Order 13563 emphasizes the importance of quantifying both costs and
benefits, of reducing costs, of harmonizing rules, and of promoting
flexibility. This final rule has not been designated as a ``significant
regulatory action'' and not economically significant, under section
3(f) of Executive Order 12866. Accordingly, the rule has been reviewed
by the Office of Management and Budget.
C. Regulatory Flexibility Act
This final rule will not have a significant economic impact on a
substantial number of small entities within the meaning of the
Regulatory Flexibility Act, 5 U.S.C. 601, et seq., because the
revisions are not considered substantive. This final rule is also
exempt from Administrative Procedure Act per 5 U.S.C. 553(a)(2),
because it applies to agency management or personnel. However, this
final rule is being published to provide transparency in the
promulgation of Federal policies.
D. Paperwork Reduction Act
The Paperwork Reduction Act does not apply because the changes to
the FTR do not impose recordkeeping or information collection
requirements, or the collection of information from
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offerors, contractors, or members of the public that require the
approval of the Office of Management and Budget under 44 U.S.C. 3501,
et seq.
E. Small Business Regulatory Enforcement Fairness Act
This final rule is also exempt from Congressional review prescribed
under 5 U.S.C. 801, since it relates solely to agency management and
personnel.
List of Subjects in 41 CFR Part 303-70
Agency requirements for payment of expenses connected with the
death of certain employees.
Dated: October 25, 2013.
Dan Tangherlini,
Acting Administrator of General Services.
For the reasons set forth in the Preamble, 41 CFR part 303-70 is
revised to read as set forth below:
PART 303-70--AGENCY REQUIREMENTS FOR PAYMENT OF EXPENSES CONNECTED
WITH THE DEATH OF CERTAIN EMPLOYEES AND FAMILY MEMBERS
Subpart A--General Policies
Sec.
303-70.1 When must we authorize payment of expenses related to an
employee's death?
303-70.2 Must we pay death-related expenses when the employee's
death is not work-related?
303-70.3 Must we pay death-related expenses for an employee who dies
while on leave, or who dies on a non-workday, while on temporary
duty (TDY) or stationed OCONUS?
303-70.4 Must we pay death-related expenses under this chapter if
the same expenses are payable under other laws of the United States?
303-70.5 Must we pay death-related expenses under this chapter to
relocate the immediate family to another location for an employee
who dies while at the permanent official station?
Subpart B--Allowances for Preparation and Transportation of Employee
Remains
303-70.100 Must we provide assistance for preparation and
transportation of employee remains?
303-70.101 What costs must we pay for preparation and transportation
of employee remains?
303-70.102 Are there any limitations on the place of interment?
Subpart C--Escort of Employee Remains
303-70.200 Under what circumstances may we authorize an escort for
the remains of a deceased employee?
303-70.201 How many persons may be authorized travel expenses to
escort the remains of a deceased employee?
303-70.202 What travel expenses may we authorize for the escort of a
deceased employee's remains?
Subpart D--Allowances for Preparation and Transportation of the Remains
of Immediate Family Members
303-70.300 When an immediate family member, residing with the
employee, dies while the employee is stationed OCONUS, must we
furnish mortuary services?
303-70.301 When an immediate family member, residing with the
employee, dies while the employee is stationed OCONUS, must we pay
expenses to transport the remains?
303-70.302 When an immediate family member, residing with the
employee, dies while the employee is stationed OCONUS, may we pay
interment expenses?
303-70.303 When an immediate family member, residing with the
employee, dies while in transit to or from the employee's duty
station OCONUS, must we furnish mortuary services and/or
transportation of the remains?
Subpart E--Transportation of Employee's Baggage and Privately Owned
Vehicles (POV) From Official Temporary Duty (TDY) Station
303-70.400 Must we pay transportation costs to return the deceased
employee's baggage from an official TDY location?
303-70.401 Are there any limitations on the baggage we must
transport from an official TDY location?
303-70.402 Must we pay transportation costs to return the deceased
employee's POV from the TDY location?
Subpart F--Transportation of Immediate Family Members, Baggage,
Household Goods, and Privately Owned Vehicles (POV)
303-70.500 When the employee, on a service agreement or a mandatory
mobility agreement, dies at or while in transit to or from his/her
official station OCONUS, must we return the employee's immediate
family, baggage, POV, and household goods to the former actual
residence, new official station in CONUS, or alternate destination?
303-70.501 Must we continue payment of relocation expenses for an
employee's immediate family if the employee dies while in transit
from a OCONUS official station to his/her new official station
within CONUS?
303-70.502 Must we continue payment of relocation expenses for an
employee's immediate family if the employee dies after reporting to
the new official station within CONUS, but the family was in transit
to the new official station or had not begun its en route travel?
303-70.503 What relocation expenses must we authorize for the
immediate family under Sec. Sec. 303-70.501 and 303-70.502?
Subpart G--Transportation of Immediate Family Members, Baggage,
Household Goods, and Privately Owned Vehicles (POV) for Employees
Assigned to Contingency Operation or an Operation in Response to an
Emergency Declared by the President
303-70.600 When an employee dies while performing official travel
duties directly supporting or directly relating to a contingency
operation or an operation in response to an emergency declared by
the President, must we provide transportation for the employee's
immediate family, baggage, and household goods from the current
official station to the former actual residence or an alternate
destination?
303-70.601 What relocation expenses must we authorize for the
immediate family under Sec. 303-70.600?
303-70.602 Must we pay transportation costs to return the deceased
employee's POV from the TDY location or from a official station
OCONUS for deceased employees under Sec. 303-70.600?
Subpart H--Transportation of Immediate Family Members, Baggage,
Household Goods, and Privately Owned Vehicle for Law Enforcement
Assignment
303-70.700 When an employee dies as a result of personal injury
sustained while in the performance of the employee's law enforcement
duties, either on official travel duties away from the official
station, or at the current official station, must we provide
transportation for the employee's immediate family, baggage, and
household goods to a alternate residential destination?
303-70.701 What relocation expenses must we authorize for the
immediate family under Sec. 303-70.700?
303-70.702 Must we pay transportation costs to return the deceased
employee's privately owned vehicle (POV) from the temporary duty
(TDY) location or from a official station OCONUS under Sec. 303-
70.700?
Subpart I--Policies and Procedures for Payment of Expenses
303-70.800 Are receipts required for claims for reimbursement under
this part?
303-70.801 To whom should we make payment?
Authority: 5 U.S.C. 5721-5738; 5741-5742; E.O. 11609, 3 CFR,
1971-1975 Comp., p 586; Presidential Memorandum dated September 12,
2011, ``Delegation Under Section 2(a) of the Special Agent Samuel
Hicks Families of Fallen Heroes Act.''
Subpart A--General Policies
Sec. 303-70.1 When must we authorize payment of expenses related to
an employee's death?
You must authorize payment of expenses when, at the time of death,
the employee was:
(a) On official travel status (away from the official station); or
(b) Performing official duties OCONUS or in transit to or there
from; or
(c) Reassigned away from his/her actual place of residence under a
mandatory mobility agreement; or
(d) In direct support of or directly related to a military
operation, including a contingency operation, or an
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operation in response to an emergency declared by the President as
provided in Sec. 303-70.600; or
(e) Performing official duties as determined by the head of agency
and be a covered employee as provided in Sec. 303-70.700.
Sec. 303-70.2 Must we pay death-related expenses when the employee's
death is not work-related?
Yes, provided the requirements in Sec. 303-70.1 are met.
Sec. 303-70.3 Must we pay death-related expenses for an employee who
dies when on leave, or who dies on a non-workday, while on temporary
duty (TDY) or stationed OCONUS?
Yes, provided the requirements in Sec. 303-70.1 are met. However,
payment cannot exceed the amount allowed if death had occurred while on
duty at the TDY station or at the official station OCONUS.
Sec. 303-70.4 Must we pay death-related expenses under this Chapter
if the same expenses are payable under other laws of the United States?
No. When an employee dies from injuries sustained while performing
official duty, certain death-related expenses are payable under the
Federal Employees' Compensation Act (FECA), 5 U.S.C. 8134. For further
information contact the: Department of Labor, Division of Federal
Employees' Compensation, 200 Constitution Avenue NW., Washington, DC
20210.
Sec. 303-70.5 Must we pay death-related expenses under this Chapter
to relocate the immediate family to another location for an employee
who dies while at the permanent official station?
No, except when the employee dies while performing duties under the
provisions of Subparts F, G, and H of this Chapter.
Subpart B--Allowances for Preparation and Transportation of
Employee Remains
Sec. 303-70.100 Must we provide assistance for preparation and
transportation of employee remains?
Yes, in accordance with Sec. Sec. 303-70.101 and 303-70.102.
Sec. 303-70.101 What costs must we pay for preparation and
transportation of employee remains?
You must pay all actual costs including but not limited to:
(a) Preparation of remains, including:
(1) Embalming or cremation;
(2) Necessary clothing;
(3) A casket or container suitable for shipment to place of
interment; and
(4) Expenses necessary to comply with local laws at the port of
entry in the United States; and
(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 Sec. 303-70.1(e), to the employee's residence,
official station, or place of interment, including but not limited to:
(1) Movement from place of death to a mortuary and/or cemetery;
(2) Shipping permits;
(3) Outside case for shipment and sealing of the case if necessary;
(4) Removal to and from the common carrier; and
(5) Ferry fares, bridge tolls, and similar charges.
Note to Sec. 303-70.101: Costs for an outside case are not
authorized for transportation by hearse. Costs for transportation by
hearse or other means cannot exceed the cost of common carrier (that
is normally used for transportation of remains).
Sec. 303-70.102 Are there any limitations on the place of interment?
No. You may pay expenses to transport the remains for interment at
the actual residence, the official station, or such other place
appropriate for interment as determined by the head of your agency.
Subpart C--Escort of Employee Remains
Sec. 303-70.200 Under what circumstances may we authorize an escort
for the remains of a deceased employee?
You may authorize the escort of remains when the employee's death
occurs:
(a) While in official travel status away from the official station
inside CONUS;
(b) While assigned to official duties OCONUS or in transit thereto
or therefrom; or
(c) While reassigned away from actual place of residence under a
mandatory mobility agreement.
Sec. 303-70.201 How many persons may be authorized travel expenses to
escort the remains of a deceased employee?
You may authorize travel expenses for no more than two persons.
Sec. 303-70.202 What travel expenses may we authorize for the escort
of a deceased employee's remains?
You may authorize any travel expenses in accordance with Chapter
301 of this Title that are necessary for the escort of remains to:
(a) The home or official station of the deceased; or
(b) Any other place appropriate for interment as determined by the
head of your agency.
Subpart D--Allowances for Preparation and Transportation of the
Remains of Immediate Family Members
Sec. 303-70.300 When an immediate family member, residing with the
employee, dies while the employee is stationed OCONUS, must we furnish
mortuary services?
Yes, if requested by the employee and when:
(a) Local commercial mortuary facilities or supplies are not
available; or
(b) The cost of available mortuary facilities or supplies is
prohibitive as determined by your agency head.
Note to Sec. 303-70.300: The employee must reimburse you for
all furnished mortuary facilities and supplies.
Sec. 303-70.301 When an immediate family member, residing with the
employee, dies while the employee is stationed OCONUS, must we pay
expenses to transport the remains?
Yes, if requested by the employee, you must pay to transport the
remains to the residence of the immediate family member. The employee
may elect an alternate destination, but it must be approved by your
agency head or his/her designated representative.
Sec. 303-70.302 When an immediate family member, residing with the
employee, dies while the employee is stationed OCONUS, may we pay
interment expenses?
No. You may not pay interment expenses when an immediate family
member, residing with the employee, dies while the employee is
stationed OCONUS.
Sec. 303-70.303 When a immediate family member, residing with the
employee, dies while in transit to or from the employee's duty station
OCONUS, must we furnish mortuary services and/or transportation of the
remains?
Yes, you must furnish transportation if requested by the employee.
You must follow the guidelines in Sec. 303-70.301 for transportation
expenses. You must furnish mortuary services only if the conditions in
Sec. 303-70.300 are met.
Subpart E--Transportation of Employee's Baggage and Privately Owned
Vehicles (POV) From Official Temporary Duty (TDY) Station
Sec. 303-70.400 Must we pay transportation costs to return the
deceased employee's baggage from an official TDY station?
Yes, you must pay transportation costs to return the deceased
employee's baggage to his/her official station or
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residence. However, you may not pay insurance of, or reimbursement for,
loss or damage to baggage.
Sec. 303-70.401 Are there any limitations on the baggage we must
transport from an official TDY location?
Yes. You must only transport Government property and the employee's
personal property, including professional books, papers, and equipment
(PBP&E).
Sec. 303-70.402 Must we pay transportation costs to return the
deceased employee's POV from the TDY location?
Yes. You must pay costs associated with returning the POV from the
TDY location to the employee's permanent official station, but only if
the agency had authorized the use of the employee's POV at the TDY
location as more advantageous to the Government than other means of
transportation.
Subpart F--Transportation of Immediate Family Members, Baggage,
Household Goods, and Privately Owned Vehicles (POV)
Sec. 303-70.500 When the employee, on a service agreement or a
mandatory mobility agreement, dies at or while in transit to or from
his/her official station OCONUS, must we return the employee's
immediate family, baggage, POV, and household goods to the former
actual residence, new official station in CONUS, or alternate
destination?
Yes. Travel and transportation must begin within one year from the
date of the employee's death. A one-year extension may be granted if
requested by the family prior to the expiration of the one-year limit.
The agency head or designated representative may approve the immediate
family's relocation to one of the following:
(a) The place of the employee's former residence at the time of
assignment to duty OCONUS; or
(b) The new CONUS location if in transit; or
(c) An alternate destination as approved by the agency.
Sec. 303-70.501 Must we continue payment of relocation expenses for
an employee's immediate family if the employee dies while in transit
from a OCONUS official station to his/her new official station within
CONUS?
Yes, if the immediate family chooses to continue the relocation,
you must continue payment of relocation expenses for the immediate
family, provided the immediate family was included on the employee's
relocation travel orders. (See Sec. 303-70.503.)
Sec. 303-70.502 Must we continue payment of relocation expenses for
an employee's immediate family if the employee dies after reporting to
the new official station within CONUS, but the family was in transit to
the new official station or had not begun its en route travel?
Yes, if the immediate family chooses to continue the relocation,
you must continue payment of relocation expenses for the immediate
family, provided the immediate family was included on the employee's
relocation travel orders. (See Sec. 303-70.503.)
Sec. 303-70.503 What relocation expenses must we authorize for the
immediate family under Sec. Sec. 303-70.501 and 303-70.502?
When the immediate family chooses to continue the relocation, the
following expenses must be authorized:
(a) Travel to the new duty station or alternate destination as
approved by the agency.
(b) Shipment of household goods not to exceed 18,000 pounds net
weight to the new duty station, or to an alternate destination selected
by the immediate family and approved by the agency.
(c) Storage of household goods not to exceed 60 days with a
additional 90 days extension, if approved by the agency, not to exceed
a total of 150 days.
(d) Reimbursement of real estate expenses incident to the
relocation, unless relocation is to the former actual residence.
(e) Temporary quarters subsistence expense (TQSE) not to exceed 60
days, to be paid at the per diem rate for an unaccompanied spouse or
domestic partner, and immediate family, if the TQSE was originally
authorized in the relocation travel orders.
(f) Shipment of one POV to the new duty station, or to an alternate
destination selected by the immediate family and approved by the
agency, if the POV shipment was originally authorized in the relocation
travel orders.
Subpart G--Transportation of Immediate Family Members, Baggage,
Household Goods, and Privately Owned Vehicles (POV) for Employees
Assigned to Contingency Operation or an Operation in Response to an
Emergency Declared by the President
Sec. 303-70.600 When an employee dies while performing official
travel duties directly supporting or directly relating to a contingency
operation or an operation in response to an emergency declared by the
President, must we provide transportation for the employee's immediate
family, baggage, and household goods from the current official station
to the former actual residence or an alternate destination?
Yes. However, the employee must have died as a result of disease or
injury incurred while performing official duties:
(a) In an overseas location where the employee was performing such
official duties;
(b) Within the area of responsibility of the Commander of the
United States Central Command; and
(c) In direct support of or directly related to a military
operation, including a contingency operation (as defined in 10 U.S.C.
101(a)(13)) or an operation in response to an emergency declared by the
President.
Sec. 303-70.601 What relocation expenses must we authorize for the
immediate family under Sec. 303-70.600?
When the immediate family selects to relocate to the former actual
residence or alternate destination as approved by the agency, you must
authorize the following expenses:
(a) Transportation of the immediate family;
(b) Transportation of household goods of the immediate family,
including transporting, packing, crating, draying, and unpacking, not
to exceed 18,000 pounds net weight; and
(c) Storage of household goods moved pursuant to subparagraph (b)
of this section, not to exceed 60 days with an additional 90 days
extension, if approved by the agency, not to exceed a total of 150
days.
Sec. 303-70.602 Must we pay transportation costs to return the
deceased employee's POV from the TDY location or from an official
station OCONUS under Sec. 303-70.600?
Yes. You must pay costs associated with returning the POV from the
following:
(a) TDY location to the employee's permanent official station, if
the agency had authorized the use of the employee's POV at the TDY
location as more advantageous to the Government than other means of
transportation; or
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(b) Official station OCONUS to the employee's former actual
residence or alternate destination as approved by the agency, if the
agency had determined that the use of the employee's POV was required
in accordance with part 302-9 of this Title.
Subpart H--Transportation of Immediate Family Members, Baggage,
Household Goods, and Privately Owned Vehicle for Law Enforcement
Assignment
Sec. 303-70.700 When an employee dies as a result of personal injury
sustained while in the performance of the employee's law enforcement
duties, either on official travel duties away from the official
station, or at the current official station, must we provide
transportation for the employee's immediate family, baggage, and
household goods to a alternate residential destination?
Yes. If the head of the agency concerned (or a designee) determines
that the employee died as a result of personal injury sustained while
in the performance of the employee's duties, and the employee was:
(a) A law enforcement officer as defined in 5 U.S.C. 5541;
(b) An employee in or under the Federal Bureau of Investigation who
is not described in paragraph (a); or
(c) A Customs and Border Protection officer as defined in 5 U.S.C.
8331(31).
Sec. 303-70.701 What relocation expenses must we authorize for the
immediate family under Sec. 303-70.700?
If the place where the immediate family will reside is different
from the place where the immediate family resided at the time of the
employee's death, and within the United States, then the agency must
approve the following expenses:
(a) Transportation of the immediate family;
(b) Moving the household goods of the immediate family, including
transporting, packing, crating, draying, and unpacking, not to exceed
18,000 pounds net weight;
(c) Storage of household goods moved pursuant to paragraph (b) of
this section, not to exceed 60 days with an additional 90 days
extension, if approved by the agency, not to exceed a total of 150
days; and
(d) Transportation of one privately owned motor vehicle.
Sec. 303-70.702 Must we pay transportation costs to return the
deceased employee's privately owned vehicle (POV) from the temporary
duty (TDY) location or from an official station OCONUS under Sec. 303-
70.700?
Yes. The agency must pay cost associated with returning the POV
from the following:
(a) TDY location to the employee's permanent official station if
the agency had authorized the use of the employee's POV at the TDY
location as being advantageous to the Government; or
(b) Official station OCONUS to the employee's former actual
residence or alternate destination as approved by the agency, if the
agency determined that the use of the employee's POV was required in
accordance with part 302-9 of this Title.
Subpart I--Policies and Procedures for Payment of Expenses
Sec. 303-70.800 Are receipts required for claims for reimbursement
under this part?
Yes. Receipts are required for claims for reimbursement under this
part.
Sec. 303-70.801 To whom should we make payment?
You should:
(a) Pay the person performing the service; or
(b) Reimburse the person who made the original payment.
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