41 CFR § 301-30.1 - Definition of employee emergency travel.
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identifier: "/us/cfr/t41/s301-30.1"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "41 CFR § 301-30.1 - Definition of employee emergency travel."
title_number: 41
title_name: "Public Contracts and Property Management"
section_number: "301-30.1"
section_name: "Definition of employee emergency travel."
chapter_number: 301
chapter_name: "TEMPORARY DUTY (TDY) TRAVEL ALLOWANCES"
subchapter_number: "B"
subchapter_name: "ALLOWABLE TRAVEL EXPENSES"
part_number: "301-30"
part_name: "30—EMPLOYEE EMERGENCY TRAVEL"
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. 5702; 5 U.S.C. 5707."
regulatory_source: "FTR Case 2025-05, 90 FR 56893, Dec. 8, 2025, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "301-30"
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# 301-30.1 Definition of employee emergency travel.
Employee emergency travel is travel resulting from:
(a) Becoming incapacitated by illness or injury not due to the employee's own misconduct;
(b) The death or serious illness of a member of the employee's “immediate family” as defined in § 300-1.1 of this subtitle. The agency may, on a case-by-case basis, expand the definition of “immediate family” to include additional members of the employee's or spouse's/domestic partner's extended family; or
(c) A catastrophic occurrence or impending disaster, such as fire, flood, or act of God, directly affecting the employee's home.