---
kind: "section"
citation: "41 C.F.R. § 304-5.4"
title: "41"
number: "304-5.4"
heading: "Exceeding subsistence allowances (per diem or actual expense)."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/41/304-5.4"
---

# §304-5.4. Exceeding subsistence allowances (per diem or actual expense).

- (a) An agency may authorize employees to exceed subsistence allowances established by this subtitle and by the Secretary of Defense as long as—
  - (1) The agency authorized acceptance of payment from a non-Federal source for such allowances;
  - (2) The non-Federal source pays the full amount of the subsistence expense, as authorized by the agency; and
  - (3) The subsistence expense paid by the non-Federal source is comparable in value to that offered to or purchased by other meeting attendees.
- (b) The maximum subsistence allowances prescribed by the Secretary of State for travel to foreign areas may not be exceeded.

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 5 U.S.C. 5707; 31 U.S.C. 1353.

### Source

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