[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 163 (Wednesday, August 22, 2018)]
[Notices]
[Page 42501]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2018-18040]


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GENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION

[Notice-MA-2018-07; Docket No. 2018-0002; Sequence No.16]


Maximum Per Diem Reimbursement Rates for the Continental United 
States (CONUS)

AGENCY: Office of Government-wide Policy (OGP), General Services 
Administration (GSA).

ACTION: Notice of GSA Per Diem Bulletin FTR 19-01, Fiscal Year (FY) 
2019 Continental United States (CONUS) per diem reimbursement rates.

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SUMMARY: The General Services Administration's (GSA) Fiscal Year (FY) 
2019 per diem reimbursement rates review has resulted in lodging and 
meal allowance changes for certain locations within CONUS to provide 
for reimbursement of Federal employees' subsistence expenses while on 
official travel.

DATES: Applicability Date: This notice applies to travel performed on 
or after October 1, 2018, through September 30, 2019.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For clarification of content, contact 
Ms. Jill Denning, Program Analyst, Office of Government-wide Policy, 
Office of Asset and Transportation Management, at 202-208-7642, or by 
email at [email protected]. Please cite Notice of GSA Per Diem 
Bulletin FTR 19-01.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 
    Background: The CONUS per diem reimbursement rates prescribed in 
Bulletin 19-01 may be found at www.gsa.gov/perdiem. GSA bases the 
maximum lodging allowance rates on the average daily rate that the 
lodging industry reports to an independent organization. If a maximum 
lodging allowance rate and/or a meals and incidental expenses (M&IE) 
per diem reimbursement rate is insufficient to meet necessary expenses 
in any given location, Federal executive agencies can request that GSA 
review that location. Please review questions six and seven of GSA's 
per diem Frequently Asked Questions page at www.gsa.gov/perdiem for 
more information on the special review process. In addition, the 
Federal Travel Regulation (FTR) allows for actual expense reimbursement 
as provided in Sec. Sec.  301-11.300 through 301-11.306.
    For FY 2019, one new non-standard area (NSA) location was added for 
Cobb County, Georgia. Hancock and Knox Counties in Maine were combined 
into one NSA. The standard CONUS lodging allowance rate will increase 
from $93 to $94. The M&IE reimbursement rate tiers were revised for FY 
2019; they were last revised in FY2016. The revised standard CONUS M&IE 
rate is now $55, and the M&IE NSA tiers are revised from $54-$74 to 
$56-$76.
    GSA issues and publishes the CONUS per diem rates, formerly 
published in Appendix A to 41 CFR Chapter 301, solely on the internet 
at www.gsa.gov/perdiem. GSA also has removed and now solely publishes 
the M&IE deduction table from Appendix B to 41 CFR Chapter 301, which 
is used when employees are required to deduct meals from their M&IE 
reimbursement pursuant to FTR Sec.  301-11.18, at www.gsa.gov/mie. This 
process, implemented in 2003, for per diem reimbursement rates and in 
2015 (internet publication) and 2018 (removal from the FTR) for the 
M&IE deduction table, ensures more timely changes in per diem 
reimbursement rates established by GSA for Federal employees on 
official travel within CONUS.
    Notices published periodically in the Federal Register now 
constitute the only notification of revisions in CONUS per diem 
reimbursement rates to agencies other than the changes posted on the 
GSA website.

    Dated: August 14, 2018.
Jessica Salmoiraghi,
Associate Administrator, Office of Government-wide Policy.
[FR Doc. 2018-18040 Filed 8-21-18; 8:45 am]
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