UTD for MAP 71-24(R), Increase Reimbursement for IDT Outside the Normal Commuting Distance | This item increases the reimbursement of actual expenses, from $500 to $750, that the Secretary concerned may authorize or approve when Reserve Component members in the Selected Reserve are required to perform Inactive Duty Training outside the local commuting distance. This item was requested by the Army in accordance with 37 USC § 452(b)(9). Effective December 27, 2024. | 12/27/2024 |
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 |
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 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 for MAP 99-23(I), Miscellaneous Corrections | This item makes administrative correction to the days identified in Table 5-15 from 10 to 14. | 11/29/2023 |
CTD FOR CAP 50-20(E) OCONUS CIVILIAN TOUR LENGTHS REVISIONS.PDF | This item makes updated to the Civilian Tour Lengths section of the Tour Lengths and Tours of Duty OCONUS website document. The change removes locations that are no longer relevant and clarifies what the applicable accompanied and unaccompanied tour lengths are for each location. | 7/19/2022 |
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 45-24(I), Additional Clarifications for Disrupted Travel | This item provides additional clarification for travelers that have disrupted, cancelled, changed, and missed transportation arrangements. Effective when published in the JTR. | 8/1/2024 |
UTD for MAP 24-24(I), Correction to Realign the JTR to Statutory Authority for the Career Intermission Program | This item realigns the JTR with the statutory authority contained in 10 USC §710 that entitles Service members participating in the program to "travel performed from the residence of the member, at the time of release from active service to participate in the program, to the location in the United States designated by the member as his residence during the period of participation in the program;...". The JTR originally stated "...HOS in the U.S..." but was inadvertently changed to “CONUS” in the December 2017 rewrite. | 4/19/2024 |
UTD for MAP 08-25(I), Reestablish Travel for Non-Covered Assisted Reproductive Technology (ART) | This item reestablishes the authority to travel for Non-Covered Assisted Reproductive Technology (ART). Under Secretary of Defense for Personnel and Readiness Memorandum “Non-Covered Assisted Reproductive Technology,” February 3, 2025, stated the rescission of Under Secretary of Defense for Personnel and Readiness Memorandum, “Administrative Absence for Non-Covered Reproductive Health Care,” February 16, 2023, should not be interpreted as the elimination of access to non-covered Assisted Reproductive Technology (ART), such as in vitro fertilization (IVF). Effective February 4, 2025. | 2/4/2025 |