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Travel Regulations

Visit the  Defense Travel Management Office  website to view all travel regulations.

The  Joint Travel Regulations   (JTR) are for members of the Uniformed Services of the United States and DoD civilian employees and civilians who travel using DoD funding. The JTR contains regulations related to per diem, travel and transportation allowances, relocation allowances, and certain other allowances.

October 1, 2014, the Joint Travel Regulations (JTFR) and the Joint Travel Regulations (JTR) officially merged into a single set of regulations called the "Joint Travel Regulations."

The consolidation process compared parallel JFTR/JTR regulations, eliminated redundant information where possible, and revised outdated language/terms when legally possible. 

The merger of the regulations into one volume makes them more easily accessible and understandable to travelers and provides aligned language that highlights where allowances are different for uniformed members and civilians.

This effort reduced the overall number of pages from 2,318 to 1,634. 

Joint Travel Regulations: https://www.defensetravel.dod.mil/Docs/perdiem/JTR.pdf

The Department of Defense Financial Management Regulation,  Volume 9: Travel Policy and Procedures  provides supplemental instructions regarding the payment of allowances authorized by the JTR. The DoD FMR applies to all personnel traveling under orders funded by the DoD, including:

• Military members
• Reserve component members
• Civilian employees
• Dependents on official orders
• Travelers on DoD invitational travel authorizations

The Per Diem Committee ensures that uniform travel and transportation regulations are issued for members of the Uniformed Services and DoD civilian employees. View the most recent  Travel Technical Message. Government Sponsored Travel Card   is intended for official travel related use only.

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Joint Travel Regulations

By Crystal Washington July 26, 2021

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From the Defense Travel Management Office (DTMO) website: The Joint Travel Regulations (JTR) implements policy and law to establish travel and transportation allowances for Uniformed Service members (i.e., Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps, Coast Guard, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Commissioned Corps, and Public Health Service Commissioned Corps), Department of Defense (DoD) civilian employees, and others traveling at the DoD’s expense.

The Per Diem, Travel, and Transportation Allowance Committee (PDTATAC) has oversight of the JTR. The Defense Travel Management Office serves as the administrative staff for the PDTATAC by developing, administering, and maintaining the JTR.

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Compensatory Time Off for Travel - Examples

Fact sheet: compensatory time off for travel - examples, examples of creditable travel time, example 1: travel to a temporary duty station on a workday.

On a workday, an employee is required to travel from home to a temporary duty station for an afternoon meeting. The employee's regular working hours are 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. In total, the employee spends 13 hours (6:00 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. and 4:30 p.m. to 11:00 p.m.) traveling to and from the worksite. However, the time between 8:00 a.m. and 12:30 p.m. is compensable as part of the employee's regular working hours. Also, an employee's time spent traveling outside of regular working hours to or from a transportation terminal (e.g., an airport or train station) within the limits of his or her official duty station is considered to be equivalent to commuting time and is not creditable travel time. (See 5 CFR 550.1404(d).) In this case, the employee spends 2 hours traveling to and from an airport within the limits of his official duty station.

In this example, the employee's compensatory time off for travel entitlement is as follows:

Total travel time: 13 hours

Travel time within regular working hours: 4.5 hours

Travel to/from airport within limits of official duty station: 2 hours

Compensatory time off for travel: 6.5 hours

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Example 2: Travel to a temporary duty station on a nonworkday

An employee is required to travel to a temporary duty station for a week-long conference. The employee's regular working hours are 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday. Because the conference begins early Monday morning, the employee travels to a hotel at the temporary duty station the Sunday evening before the conference. The conference is scheduled to continue into the evening on Friday, so the employee returns home on Saturday morning.

In total, the employee spends 13 hours (5:00 p.m. to 10:30 p.m. on Sunday and 6:30 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. on the following Saturday) traveling to and from the conference. However, the hour the employee spends on Sunday traveling to the airport and the hour the employee spends on Saturday traveling from the airport within the limits of her official duty station is considered equivalent to commuting time and is not creditable time in a travel status.

* The agency's compensatory time off for travel policy allows up to 90 minutes of creditable waiting time at a transportation terminal. Therefore, only the time from 7:00 to 8:30 a.m. is creditable as "usual waiting time." (See 5 CFR 550.1404(b)(1).) The time from 8:30 to 10:30 a.m. is considered "extended waiting time" and is not creditable. (See 5 CFR 550.1404(b)(2).)

Extended waiting time: 2 hours

Compensatory time off for travel: 9 hours

Example 3: Travel from a temporary duty station on a workday (with cancelled connecting flight)

On a Friday (workday), an employee is required to travel from a temporary duty station to home. However, due to severe weather, the employee's connecting flight is cancelled until Saturday morning (nonworkday). On Friday, the employee's regular working hours are 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. In total, the employee spends 17.5 hours (5:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. on Friday and 6:30 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. on Saturday) traveling from the temporary duty station. However, the time between 8:00 a.m. and 4:30 p.m. is compensable as part of the employee's regular working hours. (For the purpose of this example, we are assuming the employee has a 30-minute meal period during his regular working hours.) The extended waiting period from 4:30 p.m. until the employee departs for the airport on Saturday morning is not creditable travel time, since the employee is free to use the time for his own purposes. (See 5 CFR 550.1404(b)(2).) Also, an employee's time spent traveling outside of regular working hours to or from a transportation terminal (e.g., an airport or train station) within the limits of his or her official duty station is considered to be equivalent to commuting time and is not creditable travel time. (See 5 CFR 550.1404(d).) In this case, the employee spent 1 hour traveling from an airport within the limits of his official duty station.

Total travel time: 17.5 hours

Travel time within regular working hours: 8.5 hours

Travel from airport within limits of official duty station: 1 hour

Compensatory time off for travel: 8 hours

Example 4: Driving to and from a temporary duty station on a workday

An employee is required to travel to a temporary duty station on a workday for a 1-day training session. The training location is a 2-hour drive from the employee's home. The employee's regular working hours are 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. In total, the employee spends 4 hours (6:00 a.m. to 8:00 a.m. and 4:30 p.m. to 6:30 p.m.) driving to and from the training session.

If an employee travels directly between home and a temporary duty station outside the limits of his or her official duty station, the time spent traveling outside regular working hours is creditable travel time. However, the agency must deduct the time the employee would have spent in normal home-to-work/work-to-home commuting. (See 5 CFR 550.1404(c).) In this case, the employee's normal daily commuting time is 2 hours (1 hour each way). Therefore, 2 hours must be deducted from the employee's creditable travel time.

Total travel time: 4 hours

Normal commuting time: 2 hours

Compensatory time off for travel: 2 hours

Example 5: Travel to multiple temporary duty stations on a workday

An employee is required to travel on a workday to two temporary duty stations to make presentations to stakeholders. The employee's regular working hours are 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. In total, the employee spends 13.5 hours traveling (6:00 a.m. to 10:30 a.m., 12:00 noon to 3:00 p.m., and 4:30 p.m. to 10:30 p.m.) between home and the two presentation sites. However, the time between 8:00 a.m. and 4:30 p.m. is compensable as the employee's regular working hours. (For the purpose of this example, we are assuming the employee has a 30-minute meal period during her regular working hours.) Also, the 2 hours the employee spends traveling outside of regular working hours to and from the airport within the limits of her official duty station is not creditable travel time.

Total travel time: 13.5 hours

Travel time within regular working hours: 5.5 hours

Compensatory time off for travel: 6 hours

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Per diem is a set allowance for lodging, meal and incidental costs incurred while on official government travel. Calculation of travel per diem rates within the Federal government is a shared responsibility of the General Services Administration (GSA) , the Department of State (DoS) , and the Defense Travel Management Office (DTMO). DTMO publishes revised per diem rates in the Federal Register via a Civilian Personnel Per Diem Bulletin. Please see the Federal Register to access previously published Civilian Personnel Per Diem Bulletins.

First & Last Day of Travel

On the day of departure from the permanent duty station and on the day of return, a traveler receives 75 percent of the applicable M&IE rate regardless of departure or return time. Exemptions or waivers to this rule are not permitted.

The M&IE rate for the day of departure from the permanent duty station is the locality rate at the temporary duty location. The M&IE rate for the day of return to the permanent duty station is the M&IE rate at the last temporary duty location.

The 75 percent rule also applies to the day of departure from a previous permanent duty station and the day of arrival to a new permanent duty station in certain instances, depending on whether the traveler is a civilian employee or a Service member. See JTR Section 0503 for more information on per diem for Service members, and Section 0539 for more information on per diem for civilian employees.

The Government meal rate or proportional meal rate does not apply on the first and last days of travel.

If a traveler has a stopover when traveling to or returning from the temporary duty location, the traveler receives the M&IE rate for the stopover point. If return travel to the permanent duty station requires more than one day, and additional stopovers are required, per diem for the last day of travel is based on the M&IE rate at the last stopover location.

Rate Review

If the per diem rate for a location is too low, Military Advisory Panel (MAP) or Civilian Advisory Panel (CAP) members, DoS Office of Allowances, GSA Office of Government-Wide Policy, or an appropriate Federal Agency Travel Manager may request a rate review. Responsible Agencies should email non-foreign OCONUS rate review requests to [email protected] .

An OOC Rate Review Request should include:

• A letter on agency letterhead with a signature. The letter should identify the location, the insufficiency of the local per diem rate, the number of Government employees or Uniformed Service personnel impacted, and the number of times AEA was used in the previous year by travelers to the location.
• A complete Hotel and Restaurant Report (DS-2026) providing up-to-date price data from the location.
• Documentation verifying all price data reported in the attached DS-2026.

Rate review requests must be submitted in coordination with the agency or component’s chain-of-command. Submit the rate review request via one of the following:

• Uniformed Services. Local commanders must forward all rate review requests to the Service’s Military Advisory Panel (MAP) member for submission to the DTMO PRB for review. See MAP member contact information .
• DoD Civilian Employees. DoD component heads must forward all rate review requests to the appropriate Civilian Advisory Panel (CAP) member for submission to the DTMO PRB for review. See CAP member’s contact information .
• DoS Employees. The DoS Office of Allowances is responsible for submitting all non-foreign OCONUS rate review requests originating in the DoS to the DTMO PRB for review.
• GSA Employees. The GSA Office of Government-wide Policy is responsible for submitting all non-foreign OCONUS rate review requests originating in GSA to the DTMO PRB for review.
• All other Government Employees. Federal Agency Travel Managers are responsible for submitting all other non-foreign OCONUS rate review requests to the DTMO PRB for review. Email requests to [email protected] .

For more information, review further guidance on per diem reporting procedures and responsibilities [PDF, 4 pages] . For additional questions, email the DTMO Policy and Regulations Team .

If an authorizing official (AO) knows that lodging or meal costs during travel will be lower than usual due to prearrangements, special discounts, or other reasons, the AO may request a reduced per diem rate. A reduced per diem rate must be authorized before travel begins.

Requests for reduced per diem are submitted to the appropriate Military Advisory Panel (MAP) or Civilian Advisory Panel (CAP) representative. Requests must include the established lodging and meal costs, the traveler’s name, travel dates, the TDY location, the point of contact’s name and phone number for the request, and the recommended reduced per diem rate.