| CTD for CAP 42-26(I), Clarify Travelers Eligible for a House-Hunting Trip | This item clarifies that a domestic partner is eligible to take a house-hunting trip (HHT) when the civilian employee has accepted a permanent transfer, and the circumstances indicate the need of a HHT. Effective August 1, 2026. | 8/1/2026 |
| CTD for CAP 39-24(R), Removal of Temporary Quarters Subsistence Expenses Actual Expense (TQSE (AE)) | On May 7, 2024, the General Services Administration (GSA) published new regulations in the Federal Travel Regulation (FTR) affecting Title 41 of the Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) Parts 300-2, 302-6, and 302-17. These changes established Temporary Quarters Subsistence Expenses “Lodgings Plus” (TQSE (LP)) as the preferred reimbursement method and granted the DoD the authority to discontinue use of TQSE Actual Expense (TQSE (AE)). The DoD has determined that TQSE (AE) is unnecessary, redundant, and administratively burdensome. As a result, this item will remove TQSE (AE) as a reimbursement option. Instead, the DoD will offer TQSE (LP) as the preferred reimbursement method and TQSE Lump Sum (TQSE (LS)) as a second option. When compared with TQSE (AE), the new TQSE (LP) method results in a more efficient process for the civilian employee, travel examiner, and certifying official by significantly reducing the administrative burden of maintaining, submitting, and reviewing itemized subsistence expenses and receipts. Effective February 1, 2025. | 2/1/2025 |
| CTD for CAP 35-24(S), Redefining Temporary Quarters Subsistence Expenses (TQSE) Allowances | This item implements a mandatory provision of the Federal Travel Regulation affecting Title 41 of the Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) Parts 300-2, 302-6, and 302-17, issued by the General Services administration on May 7, 2024. This item inserts changes to the Temporary Quarters Subsistence Expenses (TQSE) allowances and establishes TQSE Lodgings Plus (LP) as the preferred reimbursement method. Effective July 1, 2024. | 7/1/2024 |
| CTD for CAP 33-26(I), New DD Form 1610 and DD Form 1614, dated Apr 2026 | A new version of the DD Form 1610, “Request and Authorization for TDY Travel of DoD Personnel” and DD Form 1614, “Request and Authorization for DoD Civilian Permanent Duty or Temporary Change of Station Travel” have been published. Effective April 27, 2026. | 4/27/2026 |
| CTD for CAP 31-21(R) Unaccompanied Baggage for Dependent Student Travel | This item specifies the rules for unaccompanied baggage for travel of a civilian employee’s dependent student, to mirror the Service member rules. The Department of State Standardized Regulations (DSSR) Section 285.1 contains the allowances for dependent student travel but does not specify the weight limitation for unaccompanied baggage. | 4/26/2022 |
| CTD for CAP 22-24(E), Shipment of Alternative Fueled POV or Circuitous Route to New PDS | This item inserts clarifying language identified in General Service Administration’s (GSA) Federal Travel Regulation (FTR) Case 2022-03, which issued a final ruling to allow agencies greater flexibility for authorizing shipment of an alternative fueled privately-owned vehicle (POV) or authorizing a circuitous route for these types of POVs to a new permanent duty station (PDS). These changes will provide Services with additional factors to help determine whether shipping a traveler’s alternative fueled POV is more cost-effective and advantageous to the Government than authorizing the traveler to drive their POV to the new permanent duty station (PDS). | 6/1/2024 |
| CTD for CAP 17-25(I), Update GSA Waiver Authority for Storage in Transit Extensions | This item updates the Joint Travel Regulations, in accordance with the General Services Administration's waiver authority for storage in transit extensions, January 22, 2025. Effective April 1, 2025. | 4/1/2025 |
| CTD FOR CAP 13-26(I), Update Temporary Quarters Subsistence Expense Methodology and FTR References | In accordance with the General Services Administration’s rewrite of the Federal Travel Regulation, dated December 8, 2025, the Temporary Quarters Subsistence Expense (TQSE) Lump Sum was eliminated and TQSE Lodgings Plus is now the only method of reimbursement. Effective April 1, 2026. | 4/1/2026 |
| CTD for CAP 11-25(I), Update Flat Payment Miscellaneous Expense Allowance (MEA) Rates | In accordance with Federal Travel Regulation (FTR) Bulletin 25-05, this item updates the Joint Travel Regulations (JTR), Table 5-80 to provide the new relocation MEA flat rate amounts of $905 or the equivalent of one week’s basic gross pay, whichever is the lesser amount, for an employee without immediate family members relocating with them, and $1,810 or the equivalent of two week’s basic gross pay, whichever is the lesser amount, for an employee with immediate family members relocating with them. Effective upon the date of signature and retroactively applies to travel authorized on or after January 15, 2025. | 2/12/2025 |
| CTD for CAP 06-23(I), “Expiration of FTR Bulletin 22-07” | This item removes certain provisions from the JTR which implemented Federal Travel Regulations (FTR) Bulletin 22-07, “Relocation Allowances – Extended waiver of certain Federal Travel (FTR) provisions during the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic.” The bulletin temporarily waived certain provisions of the FTR governing official relocation travel and renewal agreement (RAT) travel during the COVID-19 pandemic. FTR Bulletin 22-07expired effective December 31, 2022. | 1/24/2023 |