---
kind: "section"
citation: "41 C.F.R. § 301-30.1"
title: "41"
number: "301-30.1"
heading: "Definition of employee emergency travel."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/41/301-30.1"
---

# §301-30.1. Definition of employee emergency travel.


Employee emergency travel is travel resulting from:

- (a) Becoming incapacitated by illness or injury not due to the employee's own misconduct;
- (b) The death or serious illness of a member of the employee's “immediate family” as defined in [§ 300-1.1](/cfr/41/300-1.1.md) of this subtitle. The agency may, on a case-by-case basis, expand the definition of “immediate family” to include additional members of the employee's or spouse's/domestic partner's extended family; or
- (c) A catastrophic occurrence or impending disaster, such as fire, flood, or act of God, directly affecting the employee's home.

## Notes

### Authority

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

### Source

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