---
kind: "section"
citation: "41 C.F.R. § 301-11.2"
title: "41"
number: "301-11.2"
heading: "Agency requirement to pay subsistence expenses."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/41/301-11.2"
---

# §301-11.2. Agency requirement to pay subsistence expenses.


The agency must pay subsistence expenses (either a per diem allowance or actual expense) unless:

- (a) The travel is to a training event under the Government Employees Training Act ([5 U.S.C. 4101-4121](/usc/5/4101-4121.md)), and the employee agrees not to be paid subsistence expenses; or
- (b) The travel is for a pre-employment interview, and the interviewing agency does not authorize subsistence expense payment.

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 5 U.S.C. 5702; 5 U.S.C. 5703; 5 U.S.C. 5707; 5 U.S.C. 5707a.

### Source

Source: FTR Case 2025-05, 90 FR 56893, Dec. 8, 2025, unless otherwise noted.