41 CFR § 301-13.2 - Allowable additional travel expenses for special needs.
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identifier: "/us/cfr/t41/s301-13.2"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "41 CFR § 301-13.2 - Allowable additional travel expenses for special needs."
title_number: 41
title_name: "Public Contracts and Property Management"
section_number: "301-13.2"
section_name: "Allowable additional travel expenses for special needs."
chapter_number: 301
chapter_name: "TEMPORARY DUTY (TDY) TRAVEL ALLOWANCES"
subchapter_number: "B"
subchapter_name: "ALLOWABLE TRAVEL EXPENSES"
part_number: "301-13"
part_name: "13—TRAVEL OF AN EMPLOYEE WITH SPECIAL NEEDS"
positive_law: false
currency: "2026-04-05"
last_updated: "2026-04-05"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "5 U.S.C. 5707."
regulatory_source: "FTR Case 2025-05, 90 FR 56893, Dec. 8, 2025, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "301-13"
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# 301-13.2 Allowable additional travel expenses for special needs.
The agency approving official may pay expenses deemed necessary by the agency to reasonably accommodate a special need, including:
(a) Transportation and per diem expenses for an immediate family member or attendant required to accompany the employee;
(b) Specialized transportation to, from, and at the temporary duty location;
(c) Specialized services from a common carrier to accommodate the special need;
(d) Baggage handling costs directly resulting from the special need;
(e) Renting and transporting a wheelchair;
(f) Other than coach class accommodations to accommodate the special need; and
(g) Services of an attendant when necessary to accommodate the special need.
For limits on attendant payments beyond travel expenses, refer to 5 U.S.C. 3102 and guidance available at *https://www.opm.gov/FAQs.*