{"data":{"id":"us/41-cfr-302-16.2","jurisdiction":"us","citation":"41 CFR 302-16.2","heading":"-16.2 MEA payment amount and calculation methodology.","body":"The following amount will be paid for miscellaneous expenses:\n(a) A lump sum amount set in an FTR bulletin without support or documentation of expenses; or\n(b) An amount in excess of the lump sum amount if authorized by an agency; and\n(1) The claim is supported by acceptable statements of fact, paid bills or other acceptable evidence (documentation) justifying the amounts claimed; and\n(2) The aggregate amount does not exceed an employee's basic gross pay (at the time they reported for duty, at their new official station) for:\n(i) One week if the employee is relocating without immediate family; or\n(ii) Two weeks if the employee is relocating with immediate family.\n(3) The amount authorized in paragraph (b)(2) of this section cannot exceed the maximum rate of grade GS-13, Step 10 General Schedule (base) salary (excluding locality pay) (see 5 U.S.C. 5332) at the time the employee reported for duty at their new official station.\nNote 1 to § 302-16.2:\nGSA publishes the lump sum amounts in an FTR bulletin on an intermittent basis at https://gsa.gov/ftrbulletins.","path":["Title 41—Public Contracts and Property Management","Subtitle F—Federal Travel Regulation System","CHAPTER 302—RELOCATION ALLOWANCES","SUBCHAPTER F—MISCELLANEOUS ALLOWANCES","PART 302-16—ALLOWANCE FOR MISCELLANEOUS EXPENSES","Subpart A—General Rules"],"source_url":"https://www.ecfr.gov/api/versioner/v1/full/2026-08-25/title-41.xml","current_through":"2026-08-25","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T02:26:05Z","sha256":"3b51b574020edf712ea1e68f560889ab3a80f0be0fac2dbcc04bae9490486745","source_id":"us-cfr","stale":true,"prev":"us/41-cfr-302-16.1","next":"us/41-cfr-302-16.3"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}