[Code of Federal Regulations] [Title 41, Volume 4] [Revised as of July 1, 2001] From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access [CITE: 41CFR302-2.1] [Page 141-142] TITLE 41--PUBLIC CONTRACTS AND PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CHAPTER 302--RELOCATION ALLOWANCES PART 302-2--ALLOWANCES FOR SUBSISTENCE AND TRANSPORTATION--Table of Contents Sec. 302-2.1 For the employee. (a) Applicability. This part applies to travel of (1) Transferred employees, (2) New appointees, and (3) Employees assigned to posts of duty outside the continental United States in connection with either overseas tour renewal agreement travel or return travel to places of residence for the purpose of separation. (b) Payment for employee's travel expenses. Except as specifically provided in this chapter, an agency shall pay per diem, transportation costs, and other travel expenses of the employee in accordance with the provisions of 5 U.S.C. 5701-5709 and chapter 301 of this title. The prohibition in Sec. 301-7.5(b) of this title on paying per diem for travel of 12 hours or less applies to change of official station travel. (c) Maximum per diem rates for relocation travel--(1) Travel when en route between employee's old and new official stations. The maximum per diem rate for en route travel within CONUS between the employee's old and new official stations shall be the standard CONUS rate prescribed under Sec. 301-7.3 of this title. (2) Travel to seek residence quarters. The maximum per diem rate for travel to seek residence quarters shall be the lesser of the maximum per diem rate prescribed under Sec. 301-7.3 of this title for the locality where the employee [[Page 142]] seeks residence quarters or for the locality where the employee obtains lodging accommodations. An agency may prescribe the standard CONUS rate as the maximum per diem rate if it determines that establishment of such lower rate is advantageous to the Government. [FTR Amdt. 54, 61 FR 68161, Dec. 27, 1996]