Amendment of Joint Travel Regulations To Authorize Use of Special Per Diem Allowance Rates

An advance decision was requested regarding a proposed amendment to the Joint Travel Regulations (J.T.R.). J.T.R. may be amended to allow the Per Diem, Travel and Transportation Allowance Committee to approve payment of special per diem rates prescribed in the Appendix F of the regulations for duty performed under unusual or extraordinary circumstances outside the continental United States subsequent to the performance of duty. The approval merely constitutes a determination that the duty was in fact performed under unusual circumstances contemplated by the regulations and would not involve retroactive determination of entitlement.