Federal · Title 5 — Government Organization and Employees

5 U.S.C. § 5724d: Transportation and moving expenses for immediate family of certain deceased Federal employees

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different from the place where the immediate family resided at the time of the employee’s death; and within the United States; and the place where the immediate family will reside following the death of the employee; or such other place appropriate for interment as is determined by the agency head (or designee). No expenses may be paid under this section if those expenses are paid from Government funds under section 5742 or any other authority. a law enforcement officer, as defined in section 5541; any employee in or under the Federal Bureau of Investigation who is not described in subparagraph (A); a customs and border protection officer, as defined in section 8331(31); and any nuclear materials courier, as defined in section 8331(27); and the term “qualified expense”, as used with respect to an immediate family changing its place of residence, means the transportation expenses of the immediate family, the expenses of moving (including transporting, packing, crating, temporarily storing, draying, and unpacking) the household goods and personal effects of such immediate family, not in excess of 18,000 pounds net weight, and, when authorized or approved by the agency head (or designee), the transportation of 1 privately owned motor vehicle.

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