41 CFR § 301-11.20 - Meals and incidental expenses (M&IE) reimbursement amounts.
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identifier: "/us/cfr/t41/s301-11.20"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "41 CFR § 301-11.20 - Meals and incidental expenses (M&IE) reimbursement amounts."
title_number: 41
title_name: "Public Contracts and Property Management"
section_number: "301-11.20"
section_name: "Meals and incidental expenses (M&IE) reimbursement amounts."
chapter_number: 301
chapter_name: "TEMPORARY DUTY (TDY) TRAVEL ALLOWANCES"
subchapter_number: "B"
subchapter_name: "ALLOWABLE TRAVEL EXPENSES"
part_number: "301-11"
part_name: "11—SUBSISTENCE EXPENSES"
positive_law: false
currency: "2026-03-24"
last_updated: "2026-03-24"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "5 U.S.C. 5702; 5 U.S.C. 5703; 5 U.S.C. 5707; 5 U.S.C. 5707a."
regulatory_source: "FTR Case 2025-05, 90 FR 56893, Dec. 8, 2025, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "301-11"
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# 301-11.20 Meals and incidental expenses (M&IE) reimbursement amounts.
(a) Except as provided in paragraph (b) of this section, when travel is more than 12 but less than 24 hours, employees receive a per diem allowance of 75 percent of the applicable M&IE rate for each calendar day they are in a travel status. If their travel is 24 hours or more, on the first day of departure and last day of travel, they receive 75 percent of the applicable M&IE rate. Full days of travel are reimbursed at 100 percent of the applicable M&IE rate.
(b) For travel by ship, whether commercial or Government, the agency will determine an appropriate rate within the applicable M&IE rate.