[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 20, Volume 3]
[Revised as of April 1, 2003]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 20CFR617.46]

[Page 131-132]
 
                      TITLE 20--EMPLOYEES' BENEFITS
 
 CHAPTER V--EMPLOYMENT AND TRAINING ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
 
PART 617--TRADE ADJUSTMENT ASSISTANCE FOR WORKERS UNDER THE TRADE ACT OF 1974--Table of Contents
 
                    Subpart E--Relocation Allowances
 
Sec. 617.46  Travel allowance.

    (a) Computation. The amount of travel allowance (including lodging 
and meals) payable under Sec. 617.45(a)(1) shall be 90 percent of the 
total costs of each of the following allowable transportation and 
subsistence items:

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    (1) Transportation. The more cost effective mode of transportation 
reasonably available shall be approved by using:
    (i) The actual cost of transportation for the individual and family, 
if any, by the most economical public transportation the individual and 
family reasonably can be expected to take from the individual's old 
residence to the individual's new residence in the area of relocation; 
or
    (ii) The cost per mile at the prevailing mileage rate authorized 
under the Federal travel regulations (see 41 CFR part 101-7) for the 
usually traveled route from the individual's old residence to the 
individual's new residence in the area of relocation. No additional 
mileage shall be payable for family members traveling on the same trip 
in the same vehicle.
    (2) Lodging and meals. The cost allowable for lodging and meals for 
an individual or each member of the individual's family shall not exceed 
the lesser of:
    (i) The actual cost to the individual for lodging and meals while in 
travel status; or
    (ii) 50 percent of the prevailing per diem allowance rate authorized 
under the Federal travel regulations (see 41 CFR part 101-7) for the 
locality to which the relocation is made.
    (b) Separate travel. If, for good cause, a member or members of an 
individual's family must travel separately to the individual's new 
residence, 90 percent of the total costs of such separate travel, 
computed in accordance with paragraph (a) of this section, shall be 
included in calculating the total amount the individual is entitled to 
be paid under this subpart E. For purposes of this paragraph (b), good 
cause means such reasons as would justify the family member's inability 
to relocate with the other members of the individual's family, including 
but not limited to reasons related to the family member's health, 
schooling or economic circumstances.
    (c) Limitation. In no case may the individual be paid a travel 
allowance for the individual or a member of the individual's family more 
than once in connection with a single relocation.

[51 FR 45848, Dec. 22, 1986, as amended at 53 FR 32351, Aug. 24, 1988]