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Procedural
Requirements
NPR 9780.1
Effective Date: January 17, 2017
Expiration Date: July 17, 2028
COMPLIANCE IS MANDATORY FOR NASA EMPLOYEES
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Subject: Payment of Expenses Connected With the Death of Certain Employees, Revalidated on January 24, 2023 with Change 1.

Responsible Office: Office of the Chief Financial Officer


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Chapter 1. Overview

1.1 Agency Requirements

1.1.1 Transportation of Remains, Dependents, and Effects; Death Occurring Away from Official Station or Abroad 5 U.S.C. § 5742 and the Federal Travel Regulations (FTR), 41 CFR § 303-70 authorize and establish Federal Government policies for paying certain expenses resulting from the death of employees and their immediate family members under certain circumstances.

1.1.2 NPR 1800.1, NASA Occupational Health Program Procedures describes the contract maintained by NASA to pay for emergency medical assistance to NASA civil service employees traveling internationally outside the Continental United States (OCONUS) while on official business. Assistance provided under the Office of the Chief Health and Medical Officer (OCHMO) emergency medical services contract includes arrangements and coordination for the repatriation of NASA civil service employee mortal remains.

Note: See NPR 1800.1E section 2.15 for detail process regarding this topic.

1.1.3 This NPR provides Agency requirements and allowances for travel and transportation expenses connected with the death of certain NASA employees. It will be used in conjunction with all applicable guidance contained in the 41 CFR § 303-70, as well as NPD 9710.1 Delegation of Authority - To Authorize or Approve Temporary Duty Travel on Official Business and Related Matters, and NPR 9710.1, General Travel Requirements and NPR 1800.1 NASA Occupational Health Program Procedures.

1.1.4 At the discretion of the Agency's Administrator or his/her designee, NASA will authorize payment of death-related expenses for deceased NASA employees who were engaged in official duties away from their official duty station at the time of death. In such cases, the Agency will pay for the transportation of the remains and mortuary services of a NASA employee's deceased immediate family member, if death occurs while residing with the employee in travel status. The Agency may also cover expenses related to the return of an immediate family member's baggage, privately owned vehicle (POV), and household goods.

1.2 Roles and Responsibilities

1.2.1 The NASA Administrator:

a. Approves the place of interment if other than the actual residence or official station.

b. Authorizes travel expenses related to the escort of an eligible employee's remains.

c. Approves payment of transport of the remains of a NASA employee's eligible immediate family member to an alternate destination as requested by the employee, other than the actual residence, when the death occurs while in residence with the employee on official travel, within the Continental United States (CONUS) or Outside the Continental United States OCONUS, and alternate servicing is requested by the employee.

1.2.2 The NASA Associate Administrator (AA) acts as the Administrator's designee and approves or denies death-related expenses for eligible employees and their immediate family as prescribed under 41 CFR § 303-70. In doing so, the AA shall approve:

a. OCONUS mortuary facilities for an employee's deceased family member when local costs are prohibitive.

b. Transportation of the remains of an employee's deceased family member.

c. Relocation of immediate family of a deceased employee.

1.2.3 The Executive Director, Office of Headquarters Operations, or designee shall approve:

a. Immediate family relocation expenses when an employee dies after reporting to a new station in CONUS and the family chooses to continue the relocation.

b. Extension of storage of household goods for an additional 90 days past the 60-day limit.

1.2.4 For CONUS employee deaths, the NSSC will coordinate with the appropriate Center contacts and NASA Headquarters, as well as the Department of Interior, to:

a. Facilitate payment of death-related expenses for eligible NASA employees and immediate family members.

b. Establish the terms under which an employee reimburses the Agency when NASA pays for mortuary services for the employee's immediate family member.



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