[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: 41CFR302-2.2]

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           TITLE 41--PUBLIC CONTRACTS AND PROPERTY MANAGEMENT
 
                   CHAPTER 302--RELOCATION ALLOWANCES
 
PART 302-2--ALLOWANCES FOR SUBSISTENCE AND TRANSPORTATION--Table of Contents
 
Sec. 302-2.2  For members of an employee's immediate family.

    (a) Transportation. Except as specifically provided in this chapter, 
allowable travel expenses for the employee's immediate family, including 
transportation, are governed by chapter 301 of this title. Travel of the 
immediate family may begin at the employee's old official station or 
some other point, or partially at both, and may end at the new official 
station or some other place selected by the employee, or partially at 
both. However, the cost to the Government for transportation of the 
immediate family shall not exceed the allowable cost by the usually 
traveled route between the employee's old and new official stations.
    (b) Per diem allowance when en route between employee's old and new 
official stations. When an employee is transferred, an allowance shall 
be paid for per diem expenses incurred by the employee's immediate 
family while traveling between the old and new official stations 
regardless of where the old and new stations are located. If the actual 
travel involves departure and/or destination points other than the old 
or new official station, the per diem allowance shall not exceed the 
amount to which members of the immediate family would have been entitled 
if they had traveled by a usually traveled route between the old and new 
official stations. 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. The maximum allowable per diem rates are as 
follows:
    (1) For the spouse--(i) When accompanying the employee. When the 
spouse accompanies the employee who is traveling under Sec. 302-2.1, the 
spouse is authorized three-fourths of the per diem rate to which the 
employee is entitled. However, under this provision the minimum per diem 
rate shall be $6 unless the employee receives a per diem rate of less 
than $6 and, in that instance, the spouse will receive the same rate as 
the employee.
    (ii) When not accompanying the employee. When the spouse is not 
accompanying the employee while he/she is traveling under Sec. 302-2.1, 
the spouse is authorized the per diem rate to which the employee is 
entitled under Sec. 302-2.1. In such instance the travel time of the 
employee and the amount of per diem allowance paid him/her are not 
factors in computing the amount of per diem allowance for travel of the 
spouse. (When more than one privately owned automobile is used, the 
spouse shall be considered to have been accompanied by the employee if 
travel is performed on the same days along the same general route.)
    (2) For each other member of the employee's immediate family. Three-
fourths of the per diem rate to which the employee is entitled is 
authorized for each other member age 12 or older, and one-half of the 
per diem rate to which the employee is entitled is authorized for each 
child under 12 years of age. However, under this provision the minimum 
per diem rate shall be $6 unless the employee received a per diem rate 
of less than $6 and, in that instance, the member shall receive the same 
rate as the employee.
    (c) Exclusions. The provisions of paragraph (b) of this section do 
not authorize payment of per diem allowances for members of the 
immediate families of:
    (1) New appointees;
    (2) Employees assigned to posts of duty outside the continental 
United States in connection with overseas tour renewal agreement travel;
    (3) Employees assigned to posts of duty outside the continental 
United States returning to places of actual residence for separation; or
    (4) Employees assigned under the Government Employees Training Act 
(5 U.S.C. 4109).

[54 FR 20314, May 10, 1989, as amended by FTR Amdt. 10, 55 FR 41537, 
Oct. 12, 1990; FTR Amdt. 17, 56 FR 23657, May 23, 1991; FTR Amdt. 54, 61 
FR 68161, Dec. 27, 1996]

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