---
kind: "section"
citation: "41 C.F.R. § 302-16.3"
title: "41"
number: "302-16.3"
heading: "Costs not reimbursable under the MEA."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/41/302-16.3"
---

# §302-16.3. Costs not reimbursable under the MEA.


The MEA cannot be used to reimburse:

- (a) Costs or expenses incurred which exceed maximums provided by statute or in this subtitle;
- (b) Costs or expenses incurred but which are disallowed elsewhere in this subtitle;
- (c) Costs reimbursed under other provisions of law or regulations;
- (d) Costs or expenses incurred for reasons of personal taste or preference and not required because of the move;
- (e) Losses covered by insurance;
- (f) Fines or other penalties imposed upon the employee or members of their immediate family;
- (g) Judgments, court costs, and similar expenses growing out of civil actions; or
- (h) Any other expenses brought about by circumstances, factors, or actions in which the move to a new official station was not the proximate cause.

## 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.