Each time I traveled while in the military, I received the federal per diem rate. BUT I was not permitted to collect any per diem when I lived in my personal residence (legislative examples of collecting per diem while staying at home:  Dennis Egan, Sam Kito, Cathy Giessel, Liesel McGuire) or use my per diem to purchase real estate (real estate investor examples:  Gabrielle Ledoux, Mr. and Mrs. Mackinnon, Andy Josephson, and more).   

Alaska legislators should be eligible to collect the same per diem rates that all other state employees collect for the same travel AND they should be required to submit all relevant receipts in order to be reimbursed for actual expenses.