[Code of Federal Regulations]

[Title 41, Volume 4]

[Revised as of July 1, 2006]

From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access

[CITE: 41CFR301-50.6]



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           TITLE 41--PUBLIC CONTRACTS AND PROPERTY MANAGEMENT

 

           CHAPTER 301--TEMPORARY DUTY (TDY) TRAVEL ALLOWANCES

 

PART 301-50_ARRANGING FOR TRAVEL SERVICES--Table of Contents

 

Sec.  301-50.6  Are there any limits on travel arrangements I may make?



    Yes, there are limits on travel arrangements you may make for common 

carrier, commercial lodging, and car rental accommodations. Such 

limitations include, but are not limited to the following:

    (a) Common carrier accommodations. (1) If your agency is a mandatory 

user of the General Services Administration's city-pair contracts for 

air passenger transportation services, you must use the contract 

carrier, unless you have an approved exception (see Sec. Sec.  301-

10.107 and 301-10.108 of this chapter);



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    (2) You may use first-class accommodations only under Sec. Sec.  

301-10.123, 301-10.162, and 301-10.183 and business-class accommodations 

only under Sec.  301-10.124 of this chapter; and

    (3) You must always use a U.S. Flag Air Carrier unless your travel 

circumstances meet one of the exceptions in Sec. Sec.  301-10.131 

through 301-10.143 of this chapter.

    (b) Lodging accommodations. (1) You should always stay in a ``fire 

safe'' facility. This is a facility that meets the fire safety 

requirements of the Hotel and Motel Fire Safety Act of 1990, as amended 

(see 5 U.S.C. 5707a).

    (2) When selecting a commercial lodging facility, first 

consideration must be given to the commercial lodging facilities 

contracted by GSA under the Federal Premier Lodging Program (FPLP) (a 

list of FPLP facilities may be found on the Internet at http://

www.gsa.gov), all of which meet fire safety requirements, unless one or 

more of the following conditions exist:

    (i) An FPLP facility is not available at the location you need 

(e.g., there are no FPLP facilities under contract within a reasonable 

proximity of your temporary duty station, or there are no vacancies at 

the FPLP facilities at that location). (Your agency's TMS or eTravel 

Service (eTS) must provide you with a list of alternative facilities 

that meet the fire safety requirements of the Act).

    (ii) Your agency has other contractual arrangements with commercial 

lodging facilities that meet the FEMA fire safety requirements at a 

lower cost than FPLP properties.

    (iii) Your agency determines on an individual case-by-case basis 

that it is not practical to use FPLP facilities to meet mission 

requirements.

    (iv) You are attending a conference with prearranged lodging 

accommodations and are required to book lodging directly with the 

lodging facility.

    (v) Your travel is OCONUS.

    (c) Car rental accommodations. When authorized to use a rental 

vehicle under Sec.  301-10.450 of this chapter, you must rent a vehicle 

from a vendor that participates in the Military Traffic Management 

Command (MTMC) U.S. Government Car Rental Agreement, unless you are 

OCONUS and no agreement is in place for your TDY location. MTMC has 

negotiated rental car agreements that include automatic unlimited 

mileage, collision damage insurance, and ceiling rates.



[FTR Amdt. 2003-07, 68 FR 71029, Dec. 22, 2003, as amended by FTR Amdt. 

2005-03, 70 FR 28460, May 18, 2005]