[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]