| UTD/CTD for MAP/CAP 22-25(I), Update DoDD 5500.07 and Joint Ethics Regulation References and Weblinks | This item replaces references and weblinks to DoD 5500.07-R (Joint Ethics Regulation) with DoDD 5500.07 and “Joint Ethics Regulation,” effective May 15, 2024. Effective April 1, 2025. | 4/1/2025 |
| UTD/CTD for MAP/CAP 20-25(I), Update Table 2-10, Rule 3 | This item aligns Joint Travel Regulations, par. 020210 and Table 2-10, “Reimbursement for Privately Owned Automobiles and Motorcycles,” Rule 3 with Table 2-11, “Cost Comparison Rules for Using a POV.” This item clarifies that if a privately owned vehicle is used, the traveler is authorized mileage and related travel expenses (e.g., tolls), limited to the policy constructed cost of the transportation and other related costs associated with the authorized transportation option. Effective April 1, 2025. | 4/1/2025 |
| UTD/CTD for MAP/CAP 19-25(I), Update Table 2-24, Rule 10 | This item removes the text pertaining to the authorization to use a Regular (blue or tourist) Passport when on official travel per passport issuance or approving authority identified in DoDM-O 1000.21. The Regular Passport must not be used for clearing immigration when entering or exiting a foreign country, unless explicitly authorized in the applicable DoD Foreign Clearance Guide country page. Effective April 1, 2025. | 4/1/2025 |
| UTD/CTD for MAP/CAP 18-25(I), Update Multiple Countries for Authorized Consumable Goods Allowance Locations | This item updates multiple countries in the Joint Travel Regulations Supplement, Authorized Consumable Goods Allowance Locations, to correspond to the Department of State’s List of Consumables Posts. Vladivostok, Russia is no longer a location with authorized consumable goods allowance for DoD civilian employees. The additional countries where DoD civilian employees are authorized consumable goods shipments are:
• Greenland, Nuuk
• India, Chennai
• Iraq: Baghdad, Basrah, BDSC, and Erbil
• Maldives
• Samoa
• Seychelles
• Somalia, Mogadishu
• Tonga, Nukualfoa
• Vanuatu, Port Villa
Effective when published to the JTR Supplements webpage. | 4/2/2025 |
| UTD/CTD for MAP/CAP 18-24(E), Zero-Emission Vehicle Rental Vehicle Charging Related Expenses | This item provides a clarification to JTR Table 2-8 to include the following: (1) A provision under rule 4 that includes when the nearest compatible charging station has no charge points open and available as a reason the rental company’s refueling charges may reimbursed.
(2) A rule to clarify a parking fee is reimbursable when the parking fee is a result of entering an airport parking lot or garage that offers free ZEV charging in order to charge the rental ZEV before return. | 6/1/2024 |
| UTD/CTD for MAP/CAP 16-25(I), Add INDOPACOM and SOUTHCOM to Authorized Funded Environmental and Moral Leave (FEML) Locations and Destinations | This item inserts the Republic of Palau, Los Condores Air Base/Iquique, Chile and Mendoza, Argentina to the Joint Travel Regulations (JTR) Supplement “Authorized Funded Environmental and Morale Leave (FEML) Locations and Destinations.” Effective February 27, 2025. | 2/27/2025 |
| UTD/CTD FOR MAP/CAP 15-25(I), Miscellaneous Corrections | This item corrects a minor table structure and grammatical errors in the Joint Travel Regulations. This change affects par. 050107 and Table 5-1.a. Effective March 1, 2025. | 3/1/2025 |
| UTD/CTD for MAP/CAP 14-25(I), Clarify Constructed Travel for POV Use | This item clarifies that when a traveler uses a privately owned vehicle (POV) instead of the authorized or directed mode of transportation, they are reimbursed the POV mileage rate and related travel expenses, not to exceed the total constructed cost of the
authorized transportation mode. This aligns the Joint Travel Regulations (JTR) with the language contained in the Federal Travel Regulation § 301-10.309. Effective March 1, 2025. | 3/1/2025 |
| UTD/CTD for MAP/CAP 14-24(E), Privately owned vehicle (POV) constructive cost analysis update | This item inserts clarifying language identified in GSA’s Federal register notice2023-00733, which issued a final ruling to clarify the calculation of “constructed cost” as it relates to temporary duty (TDY) travel. This item clarifies that what factors should be compared to privately owned vehicle costs to when preparing a constructive cost analysis. Prior Civilian Board of Contract Appeals (CBCA) and General Services Board of Contract Appeals(GSCBA)decisions also address the compiling of cost associated with the method selected as most advantageous to the government (See In the Matter of Russell E. Yates, GSBCA No.15109–TRAV (Jan. 28, 2000); In the Matter of Stephen M. England, CBCA 3903–TRAV (Jan.30,2015)). | 3/19/2024 |
| UTD/CTD for MAP/CAP 13-24(I), Clarification of Electronic Travel System Authorization Authority | This item clarifies that travel authorizations produced in an electronic travel system are not required to use or reproduce a corresponding DD Form 1610 as long as the system contains all data elements required by FTR, Chapter 301, Appendix C. A printed copy of an electronic travel authorization is considered a valid order if it contains the data elements that would be included in a DD Form 1610. | 3/6/2024 |