---
kind: "section"
citation: "41 C.F.R. § 301-31.5"
title: "41"
number: "301-31.5"
heading: "Allowable subsistence expenses."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/41/301-31.5"
---

# §301-31.5. Allowable subsistence expenses.


Agencies may only pay lodging costs. However, the agency may pay for meals and laundry/cleaning expenses if:

- (a) The temporary living accommodations do not have kitchen or laundry facilities; or
- (b) The agency determines that other extenuating circumstances exist which necessitate payment of these expenses.

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 5 U.S.C. 5705; 5 U.S.C. 5706a; 5 U.S.C. 5707.

### Source

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