§ 5724d. Transportation and moving expenses for immediate family of certain deceased Federal employees
(a)
In General.—
Under regulations prescribed by the President, the head of the agency concerned (or a designee) may determine that a covered employee died as a result of personal injury sustained while in the performance of the employee’s duty and authorize or approve the payment by the agency, from Government funds, of—
(1)
any qualified expense of the immediate family of the covered employee attributable to a change in their place of residence, if the place where the immediate family will reside following the death of the employee is—
(b)
No Duplicate Payment of Expenses.—
No expenses may be paid under this section if those expenses are paid from Government funds under section
5742 or any other authority.
(c)
Definitions.—
For purposes of this section—
(1)
the term “covered employee” means—
(2)
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.