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The Federal Travel Regulation summarizes the travel and relocation policy for all federal civilian employees and others authorized to travel at the government’s expense. Federal employees and agencies may use the FTR as a reference to ensure official travel and relocation is conducted in a responsible and cost effective manner.

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Last annual edition updated July 1, 2021. Prior years may be found at Code of Federal Regulations (Annual Edition) . Contents may be out of date. Refer to eCFR.gov for the most up-to-date regulation information.

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Rates are available between 10/1/2021 and 09/30/2024.

The End Date of your trip can not occur before the Start Date.

Traveler reimbursement is based on the location of the work activities and not the accommodations, unless lodging is not available at the work activity, then the agency may authorize the rate where lodging is obtained.

Unless otherwise specified, the per diem locality is defined as "all locations within, or entirely surrounded by, the corporate limits of the key city, including independent entities located within those boundaries."

Per diem localities with county definitions shall include "all locations within, or entirely surrounded by, the corporate limits of the key city as well as the boundaries of the listed counties, including independent entities located within the boundaries of the key city and the listed counties (unless otherwise listed separately)."

When a military installation or Government - related facility(whether or not specifically named) is located partially within more than one city or county boundary, the applicable per diem rate for the entire installation or facility is the higher of the rates which apply to the cities and / or counties, even though part(s) of such activities may be located outside the defined per diem locality.

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The Defense Department continually provides information and resources on a variety of coronavirus-related subjects for members of the DOD community and the general public. For vaccine guidance information, please see the section at the bottom of this page.

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Civilian personnel guidance.

March 17, 2022

see April 6, 2022 release "Consolidated Department of Defense Coronavirus Disease 2019 Force Health Protection Guidance"

Oct. 4, 2021

May 7, 2021

Nov. 30, 2020

Oct. 27, 2020

Sept. 14, 2020

May 6, 2020

March 30, 2020

March 8, 2020

Defense Industrial Base

April 4, 2022

Updated: see April 4, 2022 Infographic

Feb. 23, 2021

Jan. 14, 2021

March 20, 2020

Elective Surgery

May 21, 2020

May 20, 2020

Supersedes March 24 memo

May 19, 2020

March 24, 2020

Superseded by May 19 memo

Force Health Protection Guidance

Rescinds FHP Revision 5 , dated March 24, 2023

July 26, 2023

Amends Consolidated FHP Guidance – Revision 4 , dated Jan. 30, 2023

Rescinded, see July 26, 2023 USD(P&R) Memo “Force Health Protection Guidance-Coronavirus Disease 2019 and Other Infectious Respiratory Diseases”

March 24, 2023

Accompanying press release, Jan. 31, 2023

Amends Consolidated FHP Guidance - Revision 3 , dated Aug. 29, 2022

Updated, see Consolidated FHP Guidance Revision 5, dated March 24, 2023

Jan. 30, 2023

Amends Consolidated FHP Guidance - Revision 2 , dated Aug. 8, 2022

Updated, see Consolidated FHP Guidance - Revision 4 , dated Jan. 30, 2023

Aug. 29, 2022

Amends Consolidated FHP Guidance-Revision 1 , dated June 29, 2022

Updated, see Consolidated FHP Guidance-Revision 3 , dated Aug. 29, 2022

Aug. 8, 2022

Amends Consolidated FHP Guidance - Revision 1 , dated June 29, 2022

Updated, see Consolidated FHP Guidance - Revision 3 , dated Aug. 29, 2022

Accompanying press release, July 7, 2022

Amends Consolidated FHP Guidance , dated April 4, 2022

Updated, see Consolidated FHP Guidance - Revision 2 , dated Aug. 8, 2022

June 29, 2022

Consolidates, incorporates, and rescinds multiple policies and guidances

Accompanying press release, April 6, 2022

Updated, see Consolidated FHP Guidance - Revision 1 , dated June 29, 2022

Consolidates, incorporates, and rescinds multiple previously issued policies and guidances

Updated: see “Consolidated DoD Coronavirus Disease 2019 Force Health Protection Guidance - Revision 1”, June 29, 2022

April 6, 2022

Department of Defense Guidance for Personnel Traveling During the Coronavirus Disease 2019 Pandemic

Supplements (Supplement 18) Revision 1

Supplements Secretary of Defense Memorandum

Rescinds and replaces (Supplement 20)

Rescinds and replaces (Supplement 16) Revision 1

Jan. 11, 2022

Department of Defense Guidance for Protecting All Personnel in DOD Workplaces During the COVID-19 Pandemic

Rescinds and replaces (Supplement 18)

Supplemented by (Supplement 20) Revision 1

Jan. 7, 2022

Department of Defense Guidance for Coronavirus Disease 2019 Labratory Testing Services

Rescinds and replaces (Supplement 15) Revision 2

Dec. 30, 2021

Department of Defense Guidance for Coronavirus Disease 2019 Vaccination Attestation, Screening Testing, and Vaccination Verification

Rescinds and replaces Supplement 23, Revision 2

Supplemented by 18-1 (Jan. 7, 2022 release)

Dec. 20, 2021

Department of Defense Guidance for Coronavirus Disease 2019 Vaccination Attestation, Screening Testing, and Vaccination Verification (Updated)

(corrected copy of Oct. 29 memo )

Rescinded and replaced; see Force Health Protection Guidance Supplement 23, Revision 3

Nov. 15, 2021

(for corrected copy of Oct. 29 memo, see Nov. 15 release )

Rescinded and replaced; see Force Health Protection Supplement 15, Revision 3

Nov. 1, 2021

Rescinded and replaced: see Force Health Protection Guidance Supplement 23, Revision 2

Oct. 18, 2021

Department of Defense Guidance for Coronavirus Disease 2019 Vaccination Attestation and Screening Testing for Unvaccinated Personnel

DD Form 3150 (Certification of Vaccination)

Rescinded: see Force Health Protection Guidance Supplement 23, Revision 1

Sept. 7, 2021

Department of Defense Guidance for Coronavirus Disease 2019 Surveillance and Screening Testing

Rescinds Supplement 11

July 21, 2021

Department of Defense Guidance for Coronavirus Disease 2019 Laboratory Testing Services

Rescinds Supplement 15, Revision 1

complemented by Supplement 22

July 2, 2021

Department of Defense Guidance for the Use of Masks, Personal Protective Equipment, and Non-Pharmaceutical Interventions During the Coronavirus Disease 2019 Pandemic

Rescinds Supplement 17

Supplements Secretary of Defense Feb. 4, 2021 Memorandum, “Use of Masks and Other Public Health Measures”

Supplements Deputy Secretary of Defense May 13, 2021 Memorandum, “Updated Mask Guidelines for Vaccinated Persons”

Rescinded; see March 1, 2022, USD(P&R) memo “Updated Guidance for Mask and Screening Testing for all Department of Defense Installations and Other Facilities”

June 22, 2021

Department of Defense Guidance for Deployment and Redeployment of Individuals and Units During the Coronavirus Disease 2019 Pandemic

Rescinds and replaces Supplement 16

Rescinded and replaced; see Supplement 20, Revision 1 (Jan. 11, 2022 release)

May 4, 2021

Rescinds and replaces Supplement 14

April 12, 2021

Department of Defense Guidance for Movement and Medical Treatment of Coronavirus Disease 2019 Patients, Symptomatic Persons Under Investigation, or Persons Potentially Exposed to the Coronavirus Disease 2019

Rescinds and replaces Supplement 5

March 25, 2021

Department of Defense Guidance for Protecting All Personnel in Department of Defense Workplaces During the Coronavirus Disease 2019 Pandemic

Rescinds Supplement 8

Rescinded and replaced; see Supplement 18, Revision 1 (Jan. 7, 2022 release)

March 17, 2021

Rescinds and replaces Supplement 7

Rescinded, see Supplement 17, Revision 1

Department of Defense Guidance for Deployment and Redeployment of Individuals and Units during the Coronavirus Disease 2019 Pandemic

Rescinds Supplement 9

Rescinded; see Supplement 16 - Revision 1

March 16, 2021

Rescinds and replaces Supplement 15

March 15, 2021

Rescinded and replaced; see Supplement 15, Revision-1

Jan. 11, 2021

Supplements requirements in Supplement 8

Rescinds and replaces Supplement 12

Rescinds and replaces Supplement 1

Rescinded and replaced; see Supplement 20

Dec. 29, 2020

Department of Defense Guidance for Coronavirus Disease 2019 Clinical Laboratory Diagnostic Testing Services

Rescinds Supplement 10

Rescinded; see Supplement 15

Aug. 24, 2020

Rescinds Supplement 4

Rescinded; see Supplement 14

Aug. 6, 2020

Department of Defense Guidance for Coronavirus Disease 2019 Surveillance and Screening with Testing

Rescinded; see Supplement 22

June 11, 2020

Rescinds Supplement 6

Rescinded; see Supplement 13

Department of Defense Guidance for Deployment and Redeployment of Individuals and Units During the Novel Coronavirus Disease 2019 Pandemic

Rescinded; see Supplement 16

May 26, 2020

Department of Defense Guidance for Protecting Personnel in Workplaces During the Response to the Coronavirus Disease 2019 Pandemic

Requirements supplemented in Supplement 14

Rescinded; see Supplement 18

April 13, 2020

Department of Defense Guidance for Use of Cloth Face Coverings, Personal Protective Equipment, and Non-Pharmaceutical Interventions During the Coronavirus Disease 2019 Pandemic

Rescinds Supplement 3

Rescinded and replaced, see Supplement 17

April 8, 2020

Department of Defense Guidance for Coronavirus Disease 2019 Laboratory Testing Diagnostic Services

Rescinded; see Supplement 10

April 7, 2020

Department of Defense Guidance for Movement and Medical Treatment of COVID-19 Patients, Symptomatic Persons Under Investigation, or Potentially Exposed COVID-19 Persons

Rescinded and replaced; see Supplement 21

Department of Defense Guidance for Personnel Traveling During the Novel Coronavirus Outbreak

Rescinded; see Supplement 12

March 11, 2020

Department of Defense Guidance for the Use of Personal Protective Equipment and Non-Pharmaceutical Interventions During the Coronavirus Disease 2019 Outbreak

Rescinded; see Supplement 7

March 10, 2020

Department of Defense Guidance for Military Installation Commanders' Risk-Based Measured Responses to the Novel Coronavirus Outbreak

Rescinded; see April 29, 2021 memo "Guidance for Commanders on Risk-based Responses and Implementation of the Health Protection Condition Framework"

Feb. 25, 2020

Department of Defense Guidance for Personnel Returning from China During the Novel Coronavirus Outbreak

Feb. 7, 2020

Jan. 30, 2020

General Guidance

April 18, 2023

March 1, 2022

Dec 30, 2021

Rescinds May 13, 2021 memo

(additional information: release )

Rescinded; see release March 1, 2022 USD(P&R) memo “Updated Guidance for Mask and Screening Testing for all Department of Defense Installations and Other Facilities”

July 28, 2021

June 10, 2021

June 7, 2021

Supplemented, see June 21, 2021 Force Health Protection Guidance Supplement 17, Revision 1 memo

May 13, 2021

Rescinds April 5, 2020 memo

Updated, see May 13, 2021 memo

Feb. 4, 2021

Dec. 3, 2020

Nov. 19, 2020

July 20, 2020

Rescinded; see Feb. 4, 2021 release and memo

April 5, 2020

Jan. 31, 2020

Health Protection Condition Levels

Rescinds Force Health Protection Supplement 2

Rescinds Secretary of Defense April 1, 2020 memo "Guidance for Commanders on the Implementation of the Risk-Based Responses to the COVID-19 Pandemic"

Rescinds Secretary of Defense May 19, 2020 memo "Guidance for Commanders on Risk-Based Changing of Health Protection Condition Levels During the Coronavirus Disease 2019 Pandemic"

April 29, 2021

Supplements Secretary's April 1 memo "Guidance for Commanders on the Implementation of the Risk-Based Responses to the COVID-19 Pandemic"

Rescinded, see April 29, 2021 memo "Guidance for Commanders' Risk-Based Responses and Implementation of the Health Protection Condition Framework"

Military Personnel Guidance

Accompanying press release, Feb. 24, 2023

Feb. 24, 2023

Rescinds Secretary Austin’s Aug. 24, 2021 memo Mandatory Coronavirus Disease 2019 Vaccination of Department of Defense Service Members

Rescinds Secretary Austin’s Nov. 30, 2021 memo Coronavirus Disease 2019 Vaccination for Members of the National Guard and the Ready Reserve

Jan. 10, 2023

Rescinded, see Jan. 10, 2023 release: DOD Rescinds COVID-19 Vaccination Mandate

Nov. 30, 2021

Accompanying press release: Aug. 25, 2021

Aug. 24, 2021

July 1, 2020

June 30, 2020

Cancelled; see March 16, 2021 release (Travel Restrictions)

June 29, 2020

April 23, 2020

April 16, 2020

April 9, 2020

March 26, 2020

March 23, 2020

Moving During COVID-19 (PCS)

Pentagon personnel guidance.

Mar. 3, 2023

(CDC COVID data tracker, Arlington County, VA)

June 17, 2022

Sept. 14, 2022

May 4, 2022

Mar. 2, 2022

Jan. 6, 2022

Dec. 28, 2021

Dec. 27, 2021

Oct. 29, 2021

July 30, 2021

July 7, 2021

Rescinds CMO May 26, 2020 memo, “Pentagon Reservation Plan for Reslience and Aligning with National Guidelines for Opening Up American Again”

June 21, 2021

Nov. 24, 2020

Updates June 25 release

Nov. 20, 2020

Updates June 11 release

June 25, 2020

Updates June 10 memo

Updated; see June 25 release

Updated; see June 25 memo

June 10, 2020

Rescinded, see June 21, 2021 DAM memo

March 14, 2020

March 13, 2020

Secretary of Defense Guidance

Jan 2, 2022

March 4, 2021

May 27, 2020

Supplemented by HPCON memo May 19

Rescinded, see April 29, 2021 memo "Guidance for Commanders’ Risk-Based Responses and Implementation of the Health Protection Condition Framework"

April 1, 2020

March 27, 2020

Test Kits: Military Beneficiaries

Feb 24, 2022

Travel Restrictions

March 30, 2022

March 23, 2022

March 16, 2022

March 9, 2022

March 3, 2022

Feb. 23, 2022

Feb. 16, 2022

Feb. 9, 2022

Feb. 2, 2022

Jan. 26, 2022

Jan. 19, 2022

Jan. 12, 2022

Jan. 5, 2022

Dec. 29, 2021

Dec. 22, 2021

Dec. 15, 2021

Dec. 8, 2021

Dec. 1, 2021

Nov. 24, 2021

Nov. 18, 2021

Nov. 10, 2021

Nov. 3, 2021

Oct. 25, 2021

Oct. 20, 2021

Oct. 13, 2021

Oct. 6, 2021

Sept. 29, 2021

Sept. 22, 2021

Sept. 15, 2021

Sept. 8, 2021

Sept. 1, 2021

August 25, 2021

August 18, 2021

August 11, 2021

August 4, 2021

July 14, 2021

June 30, 2021

June 23, 2021

June 9, 2021

June 2, 2021

May 26, 2021

May 19, 2021

May 12, 2021

May 5, 2021

April 28, 2021

April 21, 2021

April 14, 2021

April 7, 2021

March 31, 2021

March 24, 2021

Supplemented see Force Health Protection (Supplement 20), Revision 1

March 10, 2021

March 3, 2021

Feb. 24, 2021

Feb. 17, 2021

Feb. 10, 2021

Jan. 27, 2021

Jan. 22, 2021

Jan. 6, 2021

Dec. 30, 2020

Dec. 23, 2020

Dec. 16, 2020

Dec. 9, 2020

Dec. 2, 2020

Nov. 25, 2020

Nov. 18, 2020

Nov. 12, 2020

Nov. 4, 2020

Nov. 1, 2020

Oct. 30, 2020

Oct. 21, 2020

Oct. 14, 2020

Oct. 7, 2020

Cancelled; see March 16, 2021 release

Oct. 5, 2020

Oct. 1, 2020

Sept. 23, 2020

Sept. 16, 2020

Sept. 9, 2020

Sept. 2, 2020

Aug. 26, 2020

Aug. 19, 2020

Aug. 12, 2020

Aug. 5, 2020

July 29, 2020

July 23, 2020

July 15, 2020

July 8, 2020

(This format replaces the weekly "Travel Restrictions: Green Locations" releases)

July 2, 2020

June 19, 2020

June 12, 2020

June 8, 2020

May 22, 2020

April 20, 2020

Cancelled; see May 22 memo

Cancelled; see April 20 memo

Vaccine Guidance

Nov. 9, 2021

Rescinds and replaced; see Supplement 23, Revision 3

Rescinded and replaced: see Force Health Protection 23, Supplement 2

Rescinded: see Force Health Protection 23, Supplement 1

August 9, 2021

July 29, 2021

May 20, 2021

Feb. 18, 2021

Updates Dec. 9, 2020 schema

Jan. 19, 2021

Jan. 13, 2021

Dec. 31, 2020

Dec. 11, 2020

Rescinded Jan. 19, 2021

Dec. 7, 2020

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