Interior Keeps Relocation Payment Claim Forms As-Is
Published Date: 1/22/2026
Notice
Summary
The Department of the Interior is renewing forms for people and businesses to claim moving payments when they have to relocate. No changes are being made, but they want your feedback by February 23, 2026. This keeps the process smooth and ensures everyone gets the help they need without extra hassle or cost.
Analyzed Economic Effects
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Residential relocation claim forms
If you are an individual displaced by a Federal property acquisition, you must use Form DI-381 (with Schedules A–D) to claim residential moving payments and to certify prior occupancy. The agency is renewing these forms without change; the form is estimated to take 50 minutes to complete, with a total estimated 24 respondents and 20 annual burden hours. The public may comment on the renewal by February 23, 2026.
Business relocation claim forms
If your business is displaced by a Federal property acquisition, you must use Form DI-382 (with Schedules A–D) to present allowable moving expenses and claim nonresidential relocation payments. The form collection is being renewed without change, is estimated to take 50 minutes per response, and the agency estimates 24 total annual respondents and 20 annual burden hours for this collection. Comments are requested by February 23, 2026.
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