[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 102 (Thursday, May 27, 1999)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 28878-28879]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-13123]



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Part II





General Services Administration





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41 CFR Chapter 301 et al.



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Federal Travel Regulation: Maximum Per Diem Rates in Colorado, Florida, 
Georgia, Massachusetts, Minnesota, and New York; and Travel and 
Relocation Expenses Test Programs; Final Rules

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GENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION

41 CFR Chapter 301

[FTR Amendment 81]
RIN 3090-AH00


Federal Travel Regulation; Maximum Per Diem Rates in Florida, 
Massachusetts, and Minnesota

AGENCY: Office of Governmentwide Policy, GSA.

ACTION: Final rule.

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SUMMARY: This final rule amends the Federal Travel Regulation (FTR) 
Amendment 75, as corrected, published in the Federal Register on 
Wednesday, February 10, 1999 (64 FR 6550), to combine certain 
localities and increase the maximum lodging amounts in the States of 
Florida, Massachusetts, and Minnesota, and to remove an entry in the 
State of Massachusetts.

DATES: This final rule is effective May 27, 1999, and applies to travel 
performed on or after May 27, 1999.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jim Harte, Office of Governmentwide 
Policy, Travel and Transportation Management Policy Division, at 202-
501-1538.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

A. Background

    The General Services Administration (GSA), after an analysis of 
additional data, has determined that current lodging allowances for the 
localities of St. Petersburg, Tampa, and Tallahassee, Florida; 
Middlesex County, Massachusetts; and Dakota County, Minneapolis, and 
St. Paul, Minnesota, do not adequately reflect the cost of lodging in 
those areas. To provide adequate per diem reimbursement for Federal 
employee travel to those areas, the maximum lodging allowances are 
changed. Also, the per diem localities of St. Petersburg and Tampa, 
Florida, and Minneapolis and St. Paul, Minnesota, are revised to 
combine the localities within each State; and the per diem locality of 
Lowell (Middlesex County (except Cambridge)), Massachusetts, is 
removed.

B. Regulatory Flexibility Act

    This final rule is not required to be published in the Federal 
Register for notice and comment; therefore, the Regulatory Flexibility 
Act does not apply.

C. Executive Order 12866

    GSA has determined that this rule is not a significant regulatory 
action for the purposes of Executive Order 12866 of September 30, 1993.

D. Paperwork Reduction Act

    The Paperwork Reduction Act does not apply because the rule does 
not impose recordkeeping or information collection requirements, or the 
collection of information from offerors, contractors, or members of the 
public which require the approval of the Office of Management and 
Budget under 44 U.S.C. 501 et seq.
    E. Small Business Regulatory Enforcement Fairness Act
    This final rule is also exempt from congressional review prescribed 
under 5 U.S.C. 801 since it relates solely to agency management and 
personnel.

List of Subjects in 41 CFR Chapter 301

    Government employees, Travel and transportation expenses.

    For the reasons set forth in the preamble, under 5 U.S.C. 5701-
5709, 41 CFR chapter 301 is amended as follows:

CHAPTER 301--TEMPORARY DUTY (TDY) TRAVEL ALLOWANCES

    Appendix A to chapter 301 is amended by removing the entry Lowell 
(Middlesex County (except Cambridge)) under the State of Massachusetts, 
and by revising the entries under the State of Florida, St. Petersburg, 
Tallahassee and Tampa; under the State of Massachusetts, Cambridge; and 
under the State of Minnesota, Dakota County, Minneapolis, and St. Paul, 
to read as follows:

Appendix A to Chapter 301--Prescribed Maximum Per Diem Rates for 
Conus

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                        Per diem locality                            Maximum
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                                                                     lodging                         Maximum per
                                                                      amount     +   M&IE  rate   =  diem amount
              Key city 1                   County and/or other      (room rate          (b)          rate rate 4
                                          defined location 2, 3      only-no                              (c)
                                                                   taxes)  (a)
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                                                     FLORIDA
 
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St. Petersburg/Tampa..................  Pinellas and Hillsborough
    (January 1-April 30)..............  105......................           38                               143
    (May 1-December 31)...............  86.......................           38                               124
 
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Tallahassee...........................  Leon.....................           65               34               99
 
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                                                  MASSACHUSETTS
 
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Cambridge.............................  Middlesex County.........          109               46              155
 
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                                                    MINNESOTA
 
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Dakota County.........................  Dakota County............           75               34              109

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Minneapolis/St. Paul..................  Hennepin County and Fort            85               46              131
                                         Snelling Military
                                         Reservation and Navy
                                         Astronautics Group
                                         Detachment BRAVO),
                                         Rosemount; and Ramsey
                                         County.
 
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    Dated: May 18, 1999.
David. J. Barram,
Administrator of General Services.
[FR Doc. 99-13123 Filed 5-26-99; 8:45 am]
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