[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 165 (Monday, August 28, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Pages 58580-58581]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2023-18398]


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GENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION

[Notice-MA-2023-06; Docket No. 2023-0002; Sequence No. 7]


Federal Travel Regulation (FTR); First Class and Business Class 
Transportation Reporting Requirements

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

ACTION: Notice of GSA Bulletin FTR 23-07, first class and business 
class transportation reporting requirements.

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SUMMARY: FTR Bulletin 23-07 clarifies the information agencies are 
required to report on the authorized use of first class and business 
class transportation accommodations and how to determine the 
comparative coach class accommodations. This bulletin also rescinds FTR 
Bulletin 20-05.

DATES: Applicable: August 28, 2023.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For clarification of content, contact 
LaMan Dantzler J.D., Office of Government-wide Policy, Office of Asset 
and Transportation Management, at 202-615-5399 or [email protected]. 
Please cite Notice of GSA Bulletin FTR 23-07.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: GSA amended the FTR by introducing premium 
economy airline accommodations as a class of service, creating 
management controls related to the use thereof, and changing the 
deadline for reporting the use of first class and business class 
transportation accommodations. This rule, titled ``Common Carrier 
Transportation,'' and published at 87 FR 55699, on September 12, 2022, 
did not change the requirement for agencies to report the use of all 
first class and business class transportation accommodations which 
exceed the coach class fare, nor did it change the requirement for 
agencies to report the use of extra-fare train service. However, since 
publishing 87 FR 55699, Common Carrier Transportation, GSA has received 
questions from agencies on how to determine the comparative cost of a 
coach class train fare when the use of an extra-fare train is 
authorized. In accordance with 41 CFR 300-70.101, FTR Bulletin 23-07 
clarifies the information agencies are required to report on the 
authorized use of first class and business class transportation 
accommodations and how to determine the comparative coach class 
accommodations. This bulletin also rescinds FTR Bulletin 20-05, 
published at 85 FR 17890, on March 31, 2020.

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    GSA Bulletin FTR 23-07 can be viewed in its entirety at https://www.gsa.gov/ftrbulletins.

Krystal J. Brumfield,
Associate Administrator, Office of Government-wide Policy.
[FR Doc. 2023-18398 Filed 8-25-23; 8:45 am]
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