41 CFR § 302-6.1 - Temporary quarters and temporary quarters subsistence expenses (TQSE) allowance.

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title: "41 CFR § 302-6.1 - Temporary quarters and temporary quarters subsistence expenses (TQSE) allowance."
title_number: 41
title_name: "Public Contracts and Property Management"
section_number: "302-6.1"
section_name: "Temporary quarters and temporary quarters subsistence expenses (TQSE) allowance."
chapter_number: 302
chapter_name: "RELOCATION ALLOWANCES"
subchapter_number: "C"
subchapter_name: "ALLOWANCES FOR SUBSISTENCE AND TRANSPORTATION"
part_number: "302-6"
part_name: "6—ALLOWANCE FOR TEMPORARY QUARTERS SUBSISTENCE EXPENSES"
positive_law: false
currency: "2026-04-05"
last_updated: "2026-04-05"
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generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "5 U.S.C. 5738; 20 U.S.C. 905(a); E.O. 11609, 36 FR 13747, 3 CFR, 1971-1975 Comp., p. 586."
regulatory_source: "FTR Case 2025-05, 90 FR 56893, Dec. 8, 2025, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "302-6"
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# 302-6.1 Temporary quarters and temporary quarters subsistence expenses (TQSE) allowance.

The term *temporary quarters* refers to lodging obtained for the purpose of temporary occupancy from a private or commercial source incident to an official relocation or temporary change of station. TQSE is a discretionary allowance that an agency may use to reimburse an employee reasonably and equitably for subsistence expenses incurred when it is necessary to occupy temporary quarters. Transportation expenses incurred in the vicinity of the temporary quarters are not TQSE expenses; there is no authority to pay such expenses under TQSE.