A bill to amend 5 U.S.C. 5724 to liberalize certain provisions which authorize reimbursement for the expenses of the sale and purchase of a residence upon transfer of an employee.

Authorizes a Federal agency to reimburse an employee for: (1) the expenses of selling his or her residence (or settling an unexpired lease) when the employee is transferred from an official station within the United States, its territories or possessions, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, or the Canal Zone, to a post of duty outside the United States; and (2) the expenses of purchasing a home at the new official station within the United States when the employee returns from his or her foreign tour of duty, provided that the employee returns to an official station other than the station from which the employee was transferred.