Federal Travel Regulation; Airline Contract City-Pair Fares, Property Management Services, and Technical Corrections

Résumé

This final rule amends the Federal Travel Regulation (FTR) to correct exceptions to the mandatory use requirement of a contract city- pair fare, and to implement technical corrections made by the Travel and Transportation Reform Act of 1998 to chapter 57 of title 5, United States Code. This final rule amends, for purposes of relocation allowances, the definition of ``United States'', adds a definition of ``Foreign Service of the United States'', allows for property management services when an employee transfers within the continental United States, and for househunting trip expenses to areas within the United States, as amended. It also replaces ``United States'' with ``Government'' where the intent is to refer to the Government of the United States. This change will avoid confusion between the phrases ``the Government of the United States'' and ``the United States'', which is defined to mean the several States, the District of Columbia, and certain territories.