41 CFR § 301-11.6 - Selecting lodging and making lodging reservations.
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identifier: "/us/cfr/t41/s301-11.6"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "41 CFR § 301-11.6 - Selecting lodging and making lodging reservations."
title_number: 41
title_name: "Public Contracts and Property Management"
section_number: "301-11.6"
section_name: "Selecting lodging and making lodging reservations."
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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# 301-11.6 Selecting lodging and making lodging reservations.
(a) Employees must make their lodging reservations through their agency's travel management service.
(b) Employees should always stay in a “fire safe” facility. This is a facility that meets the fire safety requirements of the Hotel and Motel Fire Safety Act of 1990 (the Act), as amended (*see* 5 U.S.C. 5707a).
(c) When selecting a commercial lodging facility, first consideration should be given to Government lodging agreement programs such as FedRooms®.
(d) Section 5707a of title 5, U.S.C., does not apply to the government of the District of Columbia.