[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 5, Volume 1]
[Revised as of January 1, 2007]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 5CFR410.403]

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                    TITLE 5--ADMINISTRATIVE PERSONNEL
 
                CHAPTER I--OFFICE OF PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT
 
PART 410_TRAINING--Table of Contents
 
                 Subpart D_Paying for Training Expenses
 
Sec. 410.403  Payments for temporary duty training assignments.

    Section 4109(a)(2) of title 5, United States Code, provides that an 
agency may pay, or reimburse an employee for, all or a part of the 
necessary expenses of training, including the necessary costs of travel; 
per diem expenses; or limited relocation expenses including 
transportation of the immediate family, household goods and personal 
effects:
    (a) If an agency chooses to pay per diem, or in unusual 
circumstances the actual subsistence, expenses for an employee on a 
temporary duty training assignment, payment must be in accordance with 
41 CFR part 301-7 or 41 CFR part 301-8 (or, for commissioned officers of 
the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, in accordance with 
sections 404 and 405 of title 37, United States Code, and the Joint 
Federal travel Regulations for the Uniformed Services).
    (b) An agency may pay a reduced per diem rate, such as a 
standardized payment less than the maximum per diem rate for a 
geographical area. If a reduced or standardized per diem rate was not 
authorized in advance of the travel and the fees paid to a training 
institution include lodging or meal costs, an appropriate deduction 
shall be made from the total per diem rate payable on the travel voucher 
(see 41 CFR 301-7.12).
    (c) An agency may pay limited relocation expenses for the 
transportation of the employee's immediate family, household goods and 
personal effects, including packing, crating, temporarily storing, 
draying, and unpacking the household goods in accordance with section 
5724 of title 5, United States Code (or, for commissioned officers of 
the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, in accordance with 
sections 406 and 409 of title 37, United States Code, and the Joint 
federal travel Regulations for the uniformed Services). Limited 
relocation expenses are payable only when the estimated costs of 
transportation and related services are less than the estimated 
aggregate per diem or actual subsistence expense payments for the period 
of training. An employee selected for temporary duty training may 
receive travel and per diem (or actual subsistence expenses) for the 
period of the assignment or payment of limited relocation expenses, but 
not both.

[61 FR 66193, Dec. 17, 1996; 61 FR 66821, Dec. 30, 1996]