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An agency may authorize a TCS when it would be more advantageous than to authorize a long-term TDY assignment. Agencies should compare the cost of the long-term TDY allowances and other factors against the cost of the TCS. Employees are generally eligible for a TCS when:
(a) They are directed to perform a TCS at a long-term duty location for no less than 6 months, nor more than 30 months; and
(b) The employee would be eligible for payment of temporary duty travel allowances authorized under chapter 301 of this subtitle. For exceptions, see § 302-3.401.
The following individuals are not eligible for a TCS:
(a) A new appointee;
(b) An employee assigned to or from a State or local government under the Intergovernmental Personnel Act (5 U.S.C. 3372 et seq.);
(c) An individual employed intermittently in the Government service as a consultant or expert and paid on a daily when-actually-employed (WAE) basis;
(d) An individual serving without pay or at $1 a year; or
(e) An employee assigned under GETA (5 U.S.C. 4109).
If the assignment is extended to exceed 30 months, the agency:
(a) Must permanently immediately assign the employee to their temporary official station or immediately return the employee to their previous official station;
(b) May not pay for extended storage or property management services incurred after the last day of the thirtieth month; and
(c) Must pay the expenses of returning the employee and their immediate family and household goods to their previous official station unless they are permanently assigned to the temporary official station.
If the employee separates from Government service prior to completion of their TCS for reasons beyond their control that are acceptable to their agency, the agency will pay the same relocation expenses it would pay under § 302-3.100 for a TCS.
Payment of TCS expenses stops once the employee's temporary official station becomes their permanent official station. The agency may not pay any TCS expenses incurred beginning the day the employee's temporary official station becomes their permanent official station.
When an employee is permanently assigned to their temporary official station, the agency may pay the same entitlements it would pay for a transferred employee (subject to the limitations in this section and those detailed in § 302-3.407) plus those noted in this section:
(a) Travel, including subsistence expenses, in accordance with part 302-4 of this chapter, for one round trip between the temporary official station and the previous official station, for the employee and members of their immediate family who relocated to the temporary official station. The agency may also pay the same expenses for a one-way trip from the previous official station to the new permanent official station for any immediate family members who did not accompany the employee to the temporary official station;
(b) Transportation of household goods not previously transported to the temporary official station under part 302-7 of this chapter; and
(c) Transportation of a privately owned vehicle(s) not previously transported to the temporary official station.
If the employee is permanently assigned to their temporary official station, they are limited to 18,000 pounds net weight for household goods they may transport at Government expense to their official station. This maximum weight will be reduced by the weight of any household goods transported at Government expense to the temporary official station under the TCS authorization. Subject to the 18,000 pound limit, the agency will pay to transport any household goods in extended storage to the employee's official station. Additionally, if the employee's residence changes as a result of the permanent assignment to the temporary official station, the agency may pay for transporting the employee's household goods, subject to the 18,000-pound limit, between the residence that was occupied during the temporary assignment and the new residence.
If the employee is permanently assigned to their temporary official station, the agency may not pay:
(a) Expenses of a househunting trip for the employee and their spouse to the temporary official station under part 302-5 of this chapter; or
(b) Residence transaction expenses for selling a residence or breaking a lease at the temporary official station under part 302-11 of this chapter.