§ 302-11.1 Eligibility to receive an allowance for expenses incurred in connection with residence transactions.

(a) Eligibility to receive an allowance for expenses incurred in connection with residence transactions is indicated where applicable at § 302-3.100 of this chapter; new appointees and employees assigned under the Government Employees Training Act (GETA) are not eligible for such expenses. Employees may receive reimbursement for the one residence from which they regularly commute to and from work on a daily basis and which was their residence at the time they were officially notified by competent authority of the transfer to a new official station. Employees must occupy the residence at the time they are notified of their transfer, unless the transfer is from a foreign area to an official station within the United States other than the one the employee left when they transferred out of the United States. If an employee previously transferred from an official station in the United States to a foreign area and they are now transferring back to the United States, then, in addition to the eligibility requirements of this section, they must have completed the time period specified in their service agreement for the overseas tour of duty. (b) The title to the property for which an employee is requesting an allowance for residence transaction must be: (1) Solely in the employee's name; (2) Solely in the name of one or more of their immediate family members; or (3) Jointly in the employee's name and in the name of one or more of their immediate family members. (c) Reimbursement of any residence transaction expenses (or settlement of an unexpired lease) that occurs prior to being officially notified (generally in the form of a change of station travel authorization) is prohibited. (d) Employees may not receive an advance of funds for residence transaction expenses.