|CHAPTER��2�-�TRANSPORTATION�MODES,�ACCOMMODATIONS,�TRANSPORTATION�REQUESTS,�AND�BAGGAGE
    PART�H:��LOCAL�TRAVEL�IN�AND�AROUND�PERMANENT�OR�TDY�LOCATION
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| | PART H:� LOCAL TRAVEL IN AND AROUND PERMANENT OR TDY LOCATION | 
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| | C2400� GENERAL | 
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| | A.� Authorization/Approval Authority. | 
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| | When it is determined to be advantageous to the Government, officials designated by the Service/Defense Agency concerned may authorize/approve reimbursement for transportation expenses necessarily incurred by employees conducting official business in the local area of their permanent and TDY stations as stated in this Part.� These expenses are those not specifically included in travel under orders as provided in this Chapter. | 
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| | B.� Local Area. | 
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| | The area in which transportation expenses may be authorized/approved shall be: | 
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| | 1.� within the limits of the duty station (permanent or temporary) and the metropolitan area around that station which is ordinarily served by local common carriers; | 
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| | 2.� within a local commuting area of the duty station, the boundaries which are determined by the official directing travel or as prescribed by local Service/Defense Agency directives; or | 
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| | 3.� separate cities, towns, or installations adjacent to or close to each other, within which the commuting public travels during normal business hours on a daily basis. | 
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| | An arbitrary distance radius must not be established in setting up the local commuting area of the permanent or� TDY station (59 Comp. Gen. 397 (1980)). | 
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| | C.� Control and Approval. | 
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| | Activity commanders shall designate in writing appropriate personnel at staff organization level who shall authorize/approve the use of local transportation facilities by employees, other than those under official travel orders, in the performance of official business.� These officials also are responsible for furnishing public carrier tokens or tickets, when appropriate; for making a determination of advantage to the Government; and for approving reimbursement claims when persons incur expense for authorized local transportation. | 
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| | C2401� TRAVEL IN AND AROUND PDS | 
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| | A.� General. | 
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| | Reimbursement for transportation expenses in the area of the PDS may be authorized/approved for travel between: | 
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| | 1.� office or duty point and another place of business; 
2.� places of business; or 
3.� residence and place of business other than office or duty point. | 
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| | B.� Travel By Commercial Means. | 
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| | When authorized/approved, an employe who travels by commercial means is entitled to reimbursement of the actual and necessary expenses incurred for: | 
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| | 1.� local public transportation (train, bus, streetcar, subway, ferry, etc., (when tokens, tickets or cash fares aren't furnished to the employee)); | 
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| | 2.� taxicab fares, plus tips of $0.15 for fares of $1 or less, or 15 percent of the fare (when 15 percent isn't a multiple of 5, it may be increased to the next multiple of 5); | 
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| | 3.� hire and operation of a special conveyance including necessary parking fees. | 
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| | C.� Use of POC Between Residence or PDS and Alternate Work Site Within the Local Area. | 
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| | When a POC is used for travel between an employee's residence or the PDS and one or more alternate work sites within the local area, the employee shall be paid mileage for the distance that exceeds the employee's commuting distance.� For travel to and from a common carrier terminal par.C4657applies. | 
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| | EXAMPLE 1 | 
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| | Employee's one way commuting distance to regular place of work is 7 miles.� Employee drives from residence to an alternate work site, a distance of 18 miles, upon completion of work employee returns to residence, a distance of 18 miles. | 
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| | In this case, the employee is entitled to be reimbursed for the distance that exceeds the normal round trip commuting distance (14 miles).� The employee is reimbursed for 22 miles (18 + 18 - 14 = 22). | 
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| | EXAMPLE 2 | 
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| | Employee's one way commuting distance to regular place of work is 15 miles.� Employee drives from residence to an alternate work site, a distance of 5 miles, upon completion of work employee returns to residence, a distance of 5 miles. | 
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| | In this case, the employee isn't entitled to be reimbursed for the travel performed (10 miles), since the distance traveled is less than the commuting distance (30 miles) to the regular place of work. | 
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| | EXAMPLE 3 | 
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| | Employee's one way commuting distance to regular place of work is 15 miles.� Employee drives to regular place of work.� Employee is required to travel to an alternate work site, a distance of 30 miles, upon completion of work employee returns to residence, a distance of 15 miles. | 
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| | In this case, the employee is entitled to be reimbursed for the distance that exceeds the normal round trip commuting distance (30 miles).� The employee is reimbursed for 30 miles (15 + 30 + 15 - 30 = 30). | 
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| | EXAMPLE 4 | 
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| | Employee's one way commuting distance to regular place of work is 12 miles.� In the morning the employee drives to an alternate work site (45 miles).� In the afternoon the employee returns to the regular place of work (67 miles).� After completion of work employee returns to residence, a distance of 12 miles. | 
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| | In this case, the employee is entitled to be reimbursed for the distance that exceeds the normal round trip commuting distance (24 miles).� The employee is reimbursed for 100 miles (45 + 67 + 12 - 24 = 100). | 
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| | EXAMPLE 5 | 
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| | Employee's one way commuting distance to regular place of work is 35 miles.� Employee drives to the regular place of work (35 miles).� Later, the employee drives to alternate work site #1 (50 miles) and then to alternate work site #2 (25 miles).� Employee then drives to residence (10 miles). | 
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| | In this case, the employee is entitled to be reimbursed for the distance that exceeds the normal commuting distance (70 miles).� The employee is reimbursed for 50 miles (35 + 50 + 25 + 10 - 70 = 50). | 
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| | EXAMPLE 6 | 
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| | Employee's one way commuting distance to regular place of work is 20 miles.� Employee drives to the regular place of work (20 miles).� Later, the employee drives to alternate work site #1 (10 miles) and then to alternate work site #2 (5 miles).� Employee then drives to residence (2 miles). | 
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| | In this case, the employee isn't entitled to be reimbursed for the travel performed (37 miles), since the distance traveled is less than the commuting distance (40 miles) to the regular place of work. | 
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| | C2402� TRAVEL IN AND AROUND TDY STATION | 
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| | A.� Points of Travel.� | 
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| | Reimbursement for transportation expenses in the TDY area may be authorized/approved for travel between:� | 
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| | 1.lodging and duty site;� | 
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| | 2.duty sites; or� | 
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| | 3.lodging or duty site and dining facility.� | 
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| | B.� Conditions of Entitlement.� | 
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| | When an employee is on TDY and suitable meals or lodging can't be obtained at the duty site, reimbursement is authorized for travel as indicated below, if the employee furnishes an acceptable statement that Government transportation wasn't available or, if available, wasn't suitable for the travel involved.� Employee may be reimbursed for:� | 
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| | 1.one round trip daily between lodging and duty site;� | 
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| | 2.one round trip daily between the duty site or lodging and dining facility.� The employee's commanding officer or order-issuing official may authorize/approve a second and third trip when justified;� | 
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| | 3.no more than 30 miles for each round trip unless the order-issuing official approves the use of a more distant facility as being in the Government's best interest; or� | 
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| | 4.if attendance at a Service school is involved, no more than the distance within which suitable lodging and meals were available as indicated by a statement of the commanding officer or the designated representative of the installation concerned.� | 
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| | C.� Travel By Commercial Means.� | 
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| | When authorized/approved, an employee who uses commercial transportation is entitled to reimbursement of:� | 
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| | 1.fares actually paid for local public transportation; | 
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| | 2.when advantageous to the Government, taxicab fares plus tip ($0.15 for fares of $1 or less, or 15 percent of the fare increased to the next multiple of 5 cents); and | 
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| | 3.when advantageous to the Government, the cost of special conveyance between lodging and duty site and between lodging and duty site and dining facility. | 
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| | D.� Travel By POC.� | 
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| | When the conditions of subpar. B are met, and if authorized/approved as being advantageous to the Government, an employee who travels by POC in and around the TDY station is entitled to reimbursement at the applicable mileage rate for the distance the POC was used for travel on official purposes (see par.C2050). | 
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