[Federal Register Volume 84, Number 157 (Wednesday, August 14, 2019)]
[Notices]
[Pages 40413-40414]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2019-17416]


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GENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION

[Notice-MA-2019-07; Docket No. 2019-0002; Sequence No. 19]


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 20-01, Fiscal Year (FY) 
2020 CONUS per diem reimbursement rates.

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SUMMARY: The GSA Fiscal Year FY 2020 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, 2019, through September 30, 2020.

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 20-01.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background

    The CONUS per diem reimbursement rates prescribed in Bulletin 20-01 
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

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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 2020, one new non-standard area (NSA) location was added for 
Boise, Idaho (Ada County). In addition, Park County, Montana was added 
to the Big Sky, Montana NSA area. In Montana, Missoula and Flathead 
Counties were separated into their own NSAs instead of a combined NSA. 
The standard CONUS lodging rate will increase from $94 to $96. The M&IE 
reimbursement rate tiers were unchanged for FY 2020. The standard CONUS 
M&IE rate remains at $55, and the M&IE NSA tiers remain at $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.

Jessica Salmoiraghi,
Associate Administrator, Office of Government-wide Policy.
[FR Doc. 2019-17416 Filed 8-13-19; 8:45 am]
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