PART 301-1—APPLICABILITY Authority: 5 U.S.C. 5707. Source: FTR Case 2025-05, 90 FR 56893, Dec. 8, 2025, unless otherwise noted. § 301-1.1 Purpose. The Federal Travel Regulation (FTR) in this subtitle serves two principal purposes. First, it implements statutory and other policy requirements in a manner that balances the need to ensure that official travel is conducted responsibly while minimizing administrative costs. Second, it communicates the resulting policies in a clear manner to executive agencies (see § 300-1.1 of this subtitle) and civilian employees of executive agencies, both of which are subject to this subtitle. § 301-1.2 Eligibility for TDY allowances. This chapter covers the following individuals: (a) Employees traveling on official business; (b) Interviewees performing pre-employment interview travel; (c) Employees who must interrupt official business travel to perform emergency travel as a result of an incapacitating illness or injury or a personal emergency situation; and (d) Threatened law enforcement/investigative employees and members of their immediate family temporarily relocated to safeguard their lives because of a threat resulting from the employee's assigned duties.