| UTD for MAP 16-23(S), Transportation Reimbursement for Armed Forces Members Assigned to Alaska | This is a statutory (S) item implementing a mandatory provision of the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) for Fiscal Year (FY) 2023. Section 603 of the FY23 NDAA directs the Secretaries of the Armed Forces to reimburse eligible Armed Forces members the cost of airfare from the member’s permanent duty station (PDS) to their home of record when they are assigned to a PDS in Alaska and travel is authorized by an Officer above the grade of O-5. | 12/23/2022 |
| UTD for MAP 17-23(I), Update Administrative Household Goods (HHG) Weight Allowance Locations Table | This item updates the Joint Travel Regulations Supplement, Administrative Household Goods (HHG) Weight Allowance Locations. | 3/17/2023 |
| UTD for MAP 19-24(I) Temporary Lodging Expense (TLE) Recertification – Edwards AFB/Palmdale, CA (CA457) | This item extends the TLE extension recertification dates for the Edwards AFB/Palmdale CA (CA457) Military Housing Area (MHA). The initiating local command documented and certified the continued existence of a housing shortage. | 3/14/2024 |
| UTD for MAP 20-24(R), Expansion of Secretarial Process Authority to Increase the Number of Roundtrips for Designated Individuals and Non-Medical Attendants | This item increases the number of roundtrips that may be authorized through the Secretarial Process for family members and non-medical attendants. This item amends Joint Travel Regulations (JTR), par. 033201, to authorize up to two round trips in a 60-day period for family members through the Secretarial Process and amends JTR, par. 033202, to authorize additional round trips for non-medical attendants if more than one medical attendant is authorized. This item also includes updates to statutory references and other minor clarifications. Upon legal review, legal counsel identified that the term “Designated Individual” is no longer used in the statutory authority; 37 USC §452(b)(12) specifies that “family members” are authorized to travel to a military medical facility and the term “family member” is defined in 37 USC §451(a)(3). Accordingly, The JTR revisions for this item have been updated in accordance with legal counsel’s recommendations and MAP Item 38-24(I) “Clarify Designated Place is Replaced by Family Member” will accompany publication of this item to simultaneously change all other references of “designated individual” to “family member” as required. Effective October 31, 2024. | 10/31/2024 |
| UTD for MAP 21-23(R), Increase Recruiter Expenses | This item edits Joint Travel Regulations (JTR), pars. 020605 and 020606 to incorporate an increase to the reimbursement limits for recruiting expenses and monthly parking expenses. | 8/2/2023 |
| 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 25-24(R), Transport or Shipment of Human Breast Milk for PCS Travel | To provide a “special need” accommodation for a nursing Service member that allows for reimbursement of expenses associated with the transport or shipment of human breast milk while on travel for a permanent change of station (PCS) in accordance with Federal law. This authority would not extend to an accommodation for nursing Service members during an unaccompanied tour. Effective on May 24, 2024. | 5/24/2024 |
| UTD for MAP 26-24(R) TLE Extension Recertification - Portsmouth, NH/Kittery, ME | This item extends the TLE extension recertification dates for the Portsmouth, NH/Kittery, ME (NH194) Military Housing Area. | 4/25/2024 |
| UTD for MAP 27-22(R), “Gun Safe Transportation” | This item creates authority for the transportation of empty gun safes, totaling up to 500 pounds, in addition to a Service member’s prescribed Household Goods (HHG) weight allowance, not to exceed 18,000 pounds, as authorized in 37 U.S.C. §453(c)(3). | 5/1/2022 |
| UTD for MAP 28-23(E) Add Pretoria, Johannesburg, and Cape Town, South Africa and Mbabane, Eswatini Authorized Consumable Goods Locations | This item updates the Joint Travel Regulations Supplement, Authorized Consumable Goods Locations to authorize a Consumable Goods Allowance for Service members assigned to Pretoria, Johannesburg, and Cape Town, South Africa and Mbabane, Eswatini. | 5/23/2023 |