---
kind: "section"
citation: "41 C.F.R. § 302-16.2"
title: "41"
number: "302-16.2"
heading: "MEA payment amount and calculation methodology."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/41/302-16.2"
---

# §302-16.2. MEA payment amount and calculation methodology.


The following amount will be paid for miscellaneous expenses:

- (a) A lump sum amount set in an FTR bulletin without support or documentation of expenses; or
- (b) An amount in excess of the lump sum amount if authorized by an agency; and
  - (1) The claim is supported by acceptable statements of fact, paid bills or other acceptable evidence (documentation) justifying the amounts claimed; and
  - (2) The aggregate amount does not exceed an employee's basic gross pay (at the time they reported for duty, at their new official station) for:
    - (i) One week if the employee is relocating without immediate family; or
    - (ii) **Two weeks if the employee is relocating with immediate family.**
  - (3) The amount authorized in [paragraph (b)(2)](#b-2) of this section cannot exceed the maximum rate of grade GS-13, Step 10 General Schedule (base) salary (excluding locality pay) (see [5 U.S.C. 5332](/usc/5/5332.md)) at the time the employee reported for duty at their new official station.

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 5 U.S.C. 5738; 20 U.S.C. 905(a); E.O. 11609, 36 FR 13747, 3 CFR, 1971-1975 Comp., p. 586.

### Source

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