41 CFR § 301-51.202 - Accounting for travel advance.

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identifier: "/us/cfr/t41/s301-51.202"
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legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "41 CFR § 301-51.202 - Accounting for travel advance."
title_number: 41
title_name: "Public Contracts and Property Management"
section_number: "301-51.202"
section_name: "Accounting for travel advance."
chapter_number: 301
chapter_name: "TEMPORARY DUTY (TDY) TRAVEL ALLOWANCES"
subchapter_number: "C"
subchapter_name: "ARRANGING FOR TRAVEL SERVICES, PAYING TRAVEL EXPENSES, AND CLAIMING REIMBURSEMENT"
part_number: "301-51"
part_name: "51—PAYING TRAVEL 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. 5707; 40 U.S.C. 121(c). Subpart A is also issued under 5 U.S.C. 5701 note. Subpart C is also issued under 5 U.S.C. 5705."
regulatory_source: "FTR Case 2025-05, 90 FR 56893, Dec. 8, 2025, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "301-51"
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# 301-51.202 Accounting for travel advance.

Employees must account for their travel advance after completion of their assignment. The employee must file a travel claim which accounts for the advance in accordance with the agency's policy. If the employee is in continuous travel status or submits periodic reimbursement vouchers on an individual trip authorization, the agency may reimburse the full amount of the employee's travel expenses without any deduction of the advance until such time as the employee files a final voucher.

(a) If the amount advanced is less than the amount of the voucher on which it is deducted, the employee will be reimbursed the net amount.

(b) If the advance exceeds the reimbursable amount, the employee must immediately refund the excess.