41 C.F.R. § 302-1.1

Only the following categories of employees are generally eligible for relocation expense allowances under this chapter:

(a) A new appointee appointed to their first official station (as discussed in this chapter);

(b) An employee transferring in the interest of the Government from one agency or duty station to another for permanent duty, and their new duty station meets the distance test (see § 302-2.1 of this subchapter);

(c) An employee of the United States Postal Service transferred for permanent duty, under 39 U.S.C. 1006, from the Postal Service to an agency as defined in 5 U.S.C. 5721;

(d) An employee performing travel in accordance with an overseas tour renewal agreement (see §§ 302-3.203 through 302-3.209 of this chapter);

(e) An employee returning to the place of actual residence after completion of a prescribed tour of duty for the purposes of separation from Government service or separation from the overseas assignment for reassignment to the same or different Government agency;

(f) A student trainee assigned to any position upon completion of college work;

(g) A Department of Defense overseas dependents school system teacher;

(h) A career appointee to the Senior Executive Service (SES) as defined in 5 U.S.C. 3132(a)(4), and a prior SES appointee who is returning to their official residence for separation and who will be retaining SES retirement benefits; or

(i) An employee that is being assigned to a temporary duty station in connection with a long-term assignment.