[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 154 (Monday, August 11, 1997)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Page 42928]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-21051]


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GENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION

41 CFR Part 301-8

[FTR Amendment 66]
RIN 3090-AG41


Federal Travel Regulation; Reimbursement of Higher Actual 
Subsistence Expenses in Special or Unusual Circumstances; Correction

AGENCY: Office of Governmentwide Policy, GSA.

ACTION: Correcting amendments.

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SUMMARY: This document contains corrections to the final rule, which 
was published in the Federal Register of Tuesday, June 3, 1997, (62 FR 
30279). The final rule related to reimbursement of higher actual 
subsistence expenses in special or unusual circumstances.

DATES: Effective on May 1, 1997.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jane E. Groat, 202-501-1538.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    The final rule that is the subject of these corrections amended the 
Federal Travel Regulation (FTR) (41 CFR chapters 301-304) to allow an 
agency to authorize or approve travel up to 300 percent of the 
prescribed maximum per diem rate on an actual subsistence expense basis 
under certain special or unusual circumstances.

Need for correction

    As published, the final rule contains information, which may prove 
to be misleading, and needs to be clarified.

List of Subjects in 41 CFR Part 301-8

    Government employees, Travel, Travel allowances, Travel and 
transportation expenses.

    Accordingly, 41 CFR Part 301-8 is corrected by making the following 
correcting amendments:

PART 301-8--REIMBURSEMENT OF ACTUAL SUBSISTENCE EXPENSES

    1. The authority citation for part 301-8 continues to read as 
follows:

    Authority: 5 U.S.C. 5707.


Sec. 301-8.3  [Corrected]

    2. Section 301-8.3 is amended in paragraphs (a)(1) and (b)(1)(i) to 
remove the phrase ``150 percent'' where it appears and to replace it 
with the phrase ``300 percent''; by revising paragraph (b)(1)(ii) to 
read ``The amount established by the Departments of Defense and State 
for travel outside CONUS.''; by removing paragraph (c); by 
redesignating paragraph (d) as (c); by amending newly redesignated 
paragraph (c) to remove the phrase ``paragraphs (a) through (c) of this 
section'' where it appears and to replace it with the phrase 
``paragraphs (a) and (b) of this section''.
    3. Section 301-8.3(a)(2) is revised to read as follows:
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    (a) * * *
    (1) * * *
    (2) Travel outside CONUS. For travel outside CONUS, the maximum 
daily rate for subsistence expenses shall not exceed the amount 
prescribed by:
    (i) The Department of Defense, Per Diem, Travel and Transportation 
Allowance Committee, for nonforeign areas, as set forth in Civilian 
Personnel Per Diem Bulletin No. 194; and
    (ii) The Department of State, for foreign areas, as set forth in 
section 925, a per diem supplement to the U.S. Department of State 
Standardized Regulations (Government Civilians, Foreign Areas).
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    Dated: August 5, 1997.
Peggy Wood,
Acting Director, Travel and Transportation Management Policy Division.
[FR Doc. 97-21051 Filed 8-8-97; 8:45 am]
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