[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 245 (Monday, December 27, 2021)]
[Notices]
[Pages 73279-73280]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2021-28044]


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GENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION

[Notice-MA-2021-08; Docket No. 2021-0002; Sequence No. 33]


Relocation Allowances--Extended Waiver of Certain Federal Travel 
Regulation (FTR) Provisions During the COVID-19 Pandemic

AGENCY: Office of Government-wide Policy (OGP), General Services 
Administration (GSA).

ACTION: Notice of GSA Bulletin FTR 22-04, extended waiver of certain 
federal travel regulation (FTR) provisions during the Coronavirus 
disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic.

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SUMMARY: This GSA Bulletin FTR 22-04 informs agencies that certain 
provisions of the FTR governing official relocation travel and renewal 
agreement travel (RAT) may continue to be temporarily waived for the 
period of time stated in the bulletin. This bulletin also rescinds an 
expiring GSA bulletin pertaining to relocation allowances during the 
pandemic and re-establishes information therein via this new bulletin.

DATES: Applicability Date: This notice is retroactively effective for 
official relocation travel performed after March 13, 2019, one year 
prior to the date of the Presidential national emergency proclamation 
concerning COVID-19.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. Rick Miller, Senior Policy 
Analyst, Office of Government-wide Policy, Office of Asset and 
Transportation Management, at 202-501-3822, or [email protected]. 
Please cite Notice of GSA Bulletin FTR 22-04.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
    Background: Federal agencies authorize relocation entitlements to 
those individuals listed at FTR Sec.  302-1.1 and those assigned under 
the Government Employees Training Act (GETA) (5 U.S.C. chapter 41). 
Since the Presidential national emergency proclamation issued March 13, 
2020 concerning COVID-19, the pandemic has resulted in various travel-
related disruptions to relocating employees. Accordingly, GSA issued 
Bulletin FTR 21-04 (86 FR 14326 March 15, 2021)(which rescinded and 
replaced related GSA Bulletins FTR 20-06 (85 FR 23029 April 24, 2020) 
and FTR 21-02 (85 FR 59311 September 21, 2020)), to allow agencies to 
determine whether to implement waivers of time limits established by 
the FTR for completion of all aspects of relocation, temporary storage 
of household goods (HHG) shipments, house hunting trips (HHT),

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and time remaining in a second tour of duty upon return from renewal 
agreement travel (RAT). GSA Bulletin FTR 21-04 and the waiver 
provisions therein is set to expire on December 31, 2021.
    As COVID-19 has continued to produce uncertainty and create 
difficulties for relocating individuals, GSA is extending certain FTR 
waivers by rescinding GSA Bulletin FTR 21-04 and re-establishing the 
information therein by issuance of this new GSA Bulletin FTR 22-04 with 
a later expiration date. GSA Bulletins FTR 20-06 and FTR 21-02 remain 
rescinded. The new GSA Bulletin FTR 22-04 can be viewed at https://www.gsa.gov/ftrbulletins.

    Dated: December 21, 2021.
Krystal J. Brumfield,
Associate Administrator, Office of Government-wide Policy.
[FR Doc. 2021-28044 Filed 12-23-21; 8:45 am]
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