---
kind: "section"
citation: "41 C.F.R. § 301-13.1"
title: "41"
number: "301-13.1"
heading: "Conditions of payment for additional travel expenses for special needs."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/41/301-13.1"
---

# §301-13.1. Conditions of payment for additional travel expenses for special needs.


In accordance with the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, as amended ([29 U.S.C. 701](/usc/29/701.md) et seq.) and [5 U.S.C. 3102](/usc/5/3102.md), an agency will pay additional travel expenses when necessary to reasonably accommodate a special physical need that is clearly visible and discernible; or substantiated in writing by a competent medical authority. Agencies should authorize and administer the payment to reasonably accommodate employee(s) with special needs.


## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 5 U.S.C. 5707.

### Source

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