Federal Travel Regulation; Rental Car Policy Updates and Clarifications

Résumé

This proposed rule would clarify that agencies can reimburse rental car fees (up to a certain number of days) for Outside the Continental United States (OCONUS) relocations as a miscellaneous expense allowance to account for privately owned vehicle (POV) shipping delays at the employee's new official station. The proposed rule also updates rental car insurance policy to state that the Government will pay for both collision damage waiver(s) and theft insurance on rental car used OCONUS and also clarifies that rental cars may be used for the same purposes as a Government vehicle (other than a Government aircraft). Finally, the proposed rule substitutes the terms "gas" and "gasoline" with the term "fuel" where appropriate. The term "fuel" is broader as it still includes gasoline as a fuel source and also encompasses alternate vehicle energy sources, like electricity. A definition of the term "Fuel" is added to the FTR.