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Federal Travel Regulation (FTR);
Applicability of the Federal Travel
Regulation Part 301–13 to Employees
Who Are Nursing
Office of Government-wide
Policy (OGP), General Services
Administration (GSA).
ACTION: Notice of GSA Bulletin FTR 22–
03, Applicability of the Federal Travel
Regulation Part 301–13 to Employees
who are Nursing.
AGENCY:
GSA Bulletin FTR 22–03
provides guidance to agencies subject to
the Federal Travel Regulation (FTR) to
clarify that ‘‘special needs’’ travel may
include reasonable accommodations for
employees who breastfeed.
DATES: Applicability Date: This notice is
effective upon date of publication.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms.
Jill Denning, Office of Government-wide
Policy, Office of Asset and
Transportation Management, at
travelpolicy@gsa.gov. Please cite Notice
of GSA Bulletin FTR 22–03.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
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SUMMARY:
Background
Federal agencies can accommodate an
employee’s special needs while on
temporary duty travel pursuant to the
FTR, Part 301–13. Per § 301–13.2, an
agency can pay for additional travel
expenses to accommodate a special
physical need which is either: (a)
Clearly visible and discernible; or (b)
substantiated in writing by a competent
medical authority.
In recent years, agencies and
employees have asked whether
employees who breastfeed have a
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special need that agencies may
accommodate while the employee is on
temporary duty travel (TDY).
Employees who breastfeed and go on
official travel orders face a physical
challenge that other employees who are
not breastfeeding do not. Travel away
from home usually requires the
employee to be away from the child.
While milk can be expressed beforehand
and left for a caregiver, sometimes there
is not enough to last the duration of the
trip and milk must be safely stored and
shipped back home.
In order to not force employees to
make a choice between nursing or
fulfilling work duties, Federal agencies
may recognize that a nursing employee
on official travel has a special need, as
verified per regulatory requirements.
Agencies may determine that the special
need means that a spouse, nanny, or
other attendant can accompany the
employee on the trip at Government
expense in order to watch the child in
between the employee’s reasonable
break periods to breastfeed while
working at the temporary duty station.
If no attendant is necessary, an
employee on official travel may still
need to use services for storage and
shipment of breast milk to the child.
GSA Bulletin FTR 22–03 can be
viewed in its entirety at https://
www.gsa.gov/ftrbulletins.
Krystal J. Brumfield,
Associate Administrator, Office of
Government-wide Policy.
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GENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION
[Notice-MA-2021-05; Docket No. 2021-0002; Sequence No. 27]
Federal Travel Regulation (FTR); Applicability of the Federal
Travel Regulation Part 301-13 to Employees Who Are Nursing
AGENCY: Office of Government-wide Policy (OGP), General Services
Administration (GSA).
ACTION: Notice of GSA Bulletin FTR 22-03, Applicability of the Federal
Travel Regulation Part 301-13 to Employees who are Nursing.
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SUMMARY: GSA Bulletin FTR 22-03 provides guidance to agencies subject
to the Federal Travel Regulation (FTR) to clarify that ``special
needs'' travel may include reasonable accommodations for employees who
breastfeed.
DATES: Applicability Date: This notice is effective upon date of
publication.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. Jill Denning, Office of
Government-wide Policy, Office of Asset and Transportation Management,
at [email protected]. Please cite Notice of GSA Bulletin FTR 22-03.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
Federal agencies can accommodate an employee's special needs while
on temporary duty travel pursuant to the FTR, Part 301-13. Per Sec.
301-13.2, an agency can pay for additional travel expenses to
accommodate a special physical need which is either: (a) Clearly
visible and discernible; or (b) substantiated in writing by a competent
medical authority.
In recent years, agencies and employees have asked whether
employees who breastfeed have a special need that agencies may
accommodate while the employee is on temporary duty travel (TDY).
Employees who breastfeed and go on official travel orders face a
physical challenge that other employees who are not breastfeeding do
not. Travel away from home usually requires the employee to be away
from the child. While milk can be expressed beforehand and left for a
caregiver, sometimes there is not enough to last the duration of the
trip and milk must be safely stored and shipped back home.
In order to not force employees to make a choice between nursing or
fulfilling work duties, Federal agencies may recognize that a nursing
employee on official travel has a special need, as verified per
regulatory requirements. Agencies may determine that the special need
means that a spouse, nanny, or other attendant can accompany the
employee on the trip at Government expense in order to watch the child
in between the employee's reasonable break periods to breastfeed while
working at the temporary duty station. If no attendant is necessary, an
employee on official travel may still need to use services for storage
and shipment of breast milk to the child.
GSA Bulletin FTR 22-03 can be viewed in its entirety at https://www.gsa.gov/ftrbulletins.
Krystal J. Brumfield,
Associate Administrator, Office of Government-wide Policy.
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