National Weather Service Employees Organization

Employees may be eligible to receive allowances for travel and transportation expenses for the purpose of returning home to a home of record in the contiguous U.S. on leave between tours of duty overseas. This entitlement is sometimes know as "Vacation Leave".
(See FTR 302 - 1.13)

Up to two trips every 5 years may be authorized for an employee and his family who are eligible for the reimbursement of these travel expenses. Employees in Alaska and Hawaii prior to 9/8/82 had the right for Overseas Tour Renewal Agreement Travel. After that date this travel is only authorized on a site-by-site basis for those locations where it is found necessary for recruitment purposes. Additionally, the previous tour of duty must have been successfully completed and a new written agreement for an additional tour must be executed.

SECTION 2. RETURN FOR SEPARATION

Employees that are retiring from Government service or otherwise leaving Government service and are eligible for return transportation to his/her place of actual residence (See FTR 302-1.12(d)), must set a return date at the time of their termination. That transportation date must be within a reasonable period of time (normally 6 months) and be clearly incident to the termination of his/her assignment in order for the transportation costs to be reimbursable.