[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 131 (Monday, July 11, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Page 41126]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2022-14716]


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GENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION

[Notice-MA-2022-08; Docket No. 2022-0002; Sequence No.15]


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 22-07, 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 22-07 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 22-07.

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 22-04 (86 FR 73279 December 27, 2021) to rescind 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FR 14326 March 15, 2021) (which rescinded and replaced related GSA 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), and time remaining in a 
second tour of duty upon return from renewal agreement travel (RAT). 
GSA Bulletin FTR 22-04 and the waiver provisions therein, is set to 
expire on June 30, 2022.
    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 22-04 and re-establishing the 
information therein by issuance of this new GSA Bulletin FTR 22-07 with 
a later expiration date. GSA Bulletin FTR 20-06, FTR 21-02 and FTR 21-
04 remain rescinded. The new GSA Bulletin FTR 22-07 can be viewed at 
https://www.gsa.gov/ftrbulletins.

    Dated: June 30, 2022.
Krystal J. Brumfield,
Associate Administrator, Office of Government-wide Policy.
[FR Doc. 2022-14716 Filed 7-8-22; 8:45 am]
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