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Federal Travel Regulation (FTR); Relocation Allowances-Miscellaneous Expenses Allowance
The General Services Administration published this final rule in the Federal Register on January 15, 2025. It took effect on January 15, 2025.
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What the agency says
The United States (U.S.) General Services Administration (GSA) is issuing a final rule amending the Federal Travel Regulation (FTR) to remove the relocation miscellaneous expenses allowance (MEA) lump sum amounts from the FTR. These lump sum amounts will be published in FTR Bulletins on an intermittent basis, much like what is done for per diem and mileage rates. The relocation MEA actual expense (as opposed to lump sum) amounts are unchanged and will remain in the FTR. This final rule also updates the types of expenses that may or may not be reimbursed by relocation MEA when employees itemize under actual expense. Additionally, this final rule updates and clarifies other relocation MEA regulatory sections and rearranges them into a more sequential order.
Key facts
- Document number
- 2025-00497
- Type
- Final rule
- Action
- Final rule
- Agency
- General Services Administration
- Published
- January 15, 2025
- Takes effect
- January 15, 2025
- Dates
- Effective January 15, 2025.
- Docket
- FTR Case 2022-04 Docket No. GSA-FTR-2023-0017, Sequence No. 2
- Regulation ID (RIN)
- 3090-AK65
- Code of Federal Regulations
- 41 CFR 302
- Topics
- Government employees; Travel and transportation expenses
- Significant
- Yes, under Executive Order 12866
- Pages
- 5
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