| UTD for MAP 15-24(I), Clarify Inactive Duty Training (IDT) Outside the Normal Commuting Area | This item clarifies that allowances paid to Reserve component (RC) members performing IDT outside the normal commuting distance are limited to expenses for travel to and from the IDT location (as identified in JTR, par. 032304-B). | 3/13/2024 |
| UTD/CTD for MAP/CAP 80-24(I), Clarify POV Use During Evacuation and Evacuation Related TDY | This item clarifies that an Authorizing or Approving Official (AO) may authorize privately owned vehicle (POV) use as advantageous to the Government without the use of a constructed cost comparison or constructed travel worksheet for evacuation travel or evacuation related temporary duty (TDY) travel. It also clarifies if an AO authorizes POV use for evacuation travel as advantageous to the Government, it is automatically considered advantageous for travel returning to the permanent duty station. Effective November 1, 2024. | 11/1/2024 |
| UTD/CTD for MAP/CAP 23-24(I), Partially Rescinding MAP-CAP 12-24 (I) | This item clarifies that due to review by the Office of General Counsel subsequent to the publication of MAP-CAP 12-24 (I) "Clarification of Rental Vehicle Expenses" it was identified that the changes made to Table 2-8 Rule 5 must be rescinded. Additional changes may be implemented once guidance is received regarding rental vehicle vendors charging the Government Administrative Rate Supplemental (GARS) after April 1, 2024 for reservations made prior to April 1, 2024 and how the U.S. Government will recoup any charges that may have occurred. | 4/15/2024 |
| UTD for MAP 68-24(E), Clarification of Entitlements for Retirement and Separation Travel | This item clarifies that entitlement to travel and transportation allowances for eligible retiring and separating Service members is based on two things, the first is the Service member is issued orders for any of the categories listed in JTR par. 051001, and the second is that the Service member and/or dependents must actually travel to the appropriate location identified in JTR section 0510. Effective November 1, 2024. | 11/1/2024 |
| UTD/CTD for MAP/CAP 60-23(E), Travel In and Around the PDS | This item clarifies that for Service members and employees who are working remotely, whose official worksite is as defined in 5 CFR 531.602 and determined under the criteria in 5 CFR 531.605, whose remote official worksite is not within a defined local area, the local area will be within 50 miles of that remote official worksite. For remote Service members and employees within the local commuting area, transportation expenses between a Service member’s or an employee’s official worksite and the Service’s or organization’s worksite may be authorized, at the discretion of the Service’s or organization’s remote work policy. | 7/18/2023 |
| UTD/CTD for MAP/CAP 05-24(I), Clarification of Limitation on Lodging Taxes and Fees Reimbursement | This item clarifies that if a traveler does not utilize lodging at or below the lodging portion of the applicable per diem rate, and is not authorized AEA, lodging taxes and percentage-based fees will be prorated to what the Government would have paid if the traveler did utilize lodging at the per diem rate. If the TDY location is an ILP location, the same applies to the published ILP rate rather than the per diem rate. | 3/7/2024 |
| UTD for MAP 97-23(I) – Reduction of Extended Temporary Lodging Expense (TLE) Allowances When Receiving Basic Allowance for Housing Per Diem | This item clarifies that if the Service member is in receipt of per diem equal to the amount of the basic allowance for housing at the without-dependent rate, in accordance with par. 032201-B3 and Table 3-5, then the lodging portion of TLE is reduced to $0, from days 15 to 60, when the Service member is at a location approved for extended TLE. | 11/28/2023 |
| UTD for MAP 62-24(I), Clarify POV Shipment is Limited to One Vehicle IAW Updated Statutes | This item clarifies that in accordance with 37 USC §453(c)(2) vehicle shipment may not exceed one privately owned vehicle per member household. This clarification is in conjunction with MAP 28-24(R), “Sunset of Rental Vehicle Reimbursement when POV Shipment is Delayed.” Effective October 1, 2024. | 10/1/2024 |
| UTD/CTD for MAP/CAP 56-24(I), Clarify Laundry Reimbursement is not Authorized In CONUS” | This item clarifies that laundry reimbursement is not authorized within CONUS. Laundry and dry-cleaning expenses are a personal expense and are not reimbursable as part of per diem, AEA, or a miscellaneous reimbursable expense within CONUS. Effective immediately. | 8/5/2024 |
| UTD/CTD for MAP/CAP 70-24(I), Clarification of Rental Vehicle Insurance Reimbursement for Certain Classified Special Operations | This item clarifies that rental vehicle insurance is reimbursable for certain special classified special operations when the nature of the mission does not allow the traveler to rent a vehicle under the U.S. Government Rental Car Agreement. The Joint Travel Regulations previously stated “…in the CONUS or non-foreign areas OCONUS” as a result of the 2017 JTR rewrite. The U.S. Government Accountability Office decision B 204486 dated January 19, 1982 is the basis for this reimbursement and does not limit it to CONUS or non-foreign OCONUS. Effective October 1, 2024. | 10/1/2024 |