R6/PNW FSH 6509.33.303-70.1
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FOREST SERVICE HANDBOOK
PACIFIC NORTHWEST REGION (REGION 6)
PORTLAND, OREGON
FSH 6509.33 – FEDERAL TRAVEL REGULATIONS
CHAPTER 303 – PAYMENT OF EXPENSES CONNECTED WITH THE DEATH OF
CERTAIN EMPLOYEES
R6/PNW Supplement No.: 6509.33-2009-2.
Effective Date: June 8, 2009.
Duration: This supplement is effective until superseded or removed.
Approved: Lenise Lago
for the Regional Forester
Date Approved: 05/18/2009
Approved: Rolando Ortegon
for the Station Director
Date Approved: 05/20/2009
Posting Instructions: Supplements are numbered consecutively by Handbook number and
calendar year. Post by document; remove the entire document and replace it with this
supplement. Retain this transmittal as the first page(s) of this document. The last supplement to
this Handbook was R6/PNW FSH 6509.33-2009-1 to chapter 301-11.
New Document
303-70.1
2 Pages
Superseded Document(s)
by Issuance Number and
Effective Date
R6/PNW FSH 6509.33-94-4, 6509.33, 3031, Effective 12/12/94
1 Page
Digest:
6509.33, 303-70.1 - Updates R6/PNW policy to reflect use of the GovTrip travel program.
R6/PNW SUPPLEMENT FSH-6509.33-2009-2
EFFECTIVE DATE: June 8, 2009
DURATION: This supplement is effective until superseded or removed.
6509.33.303-70.1
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FSH 6509.33 – FEDERAL TRAVEL REGULATIONS
CHAPTER 303 – PAYMENT OF EXPENSES CONNECTED WITH THE DEATH OF CERTAIN
EMPLOYEES
Part 303-70—Agency Requirements for Payment of Expenses Connected With the
Death of Certain Employees
Subpart A – General Policies
303-70.1 When must we authorize payment of expenses related to an employee’s death?
When death occurs for an employee while in travel status, the employee’s office shall
immediately prepare a travel claim in accordance with Part 301-11. Per diem or actual
subsistence is allowed up to and including the entire day the death occurred. In the remarks
section of the voucher, include a statement such as “Employee deceased while on temporary duty
in Portland, Oregon on October 15, at approximately 10:15 a.m.” The GovTrip travel arranger
will print a hardcopy of the voucher and in the claimant’s signature block write “Employee
Deceased”. The hardcopy voucher will then be scanned or faxed into GovTrip for the approving
officer’s electronic signature.