Government Travel Charge Card Regulations
May 2022
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A. Commanders or Supervisors should ensure Agency Program Coordinators
(APCs) regularly review cardholder transaction activity to identify travel card personal use,
misuse, abuse, or fraud. Some examples of misuse uncovered by Inspector General audits include
using the GTCC to pay for adult entertainment, gambling, any expenses for other than the
cardholder (with the exception of authorized expenses for dependents when on PCS or permanent
duty-related travel), and excessive ATM cash withdrawals for amounts exceeding authorized
meals and incidental expense amounts. Particular attention should be focused on those cardholders
with history of previously reported personal use, misuse, abuse, or fraud. Supervisors/APCs should
strongly consider temporarily blocking from use or restricting card active start and end dates for
both standard and restricted accounts when not in an official travel status for cardholders with a
history of misuse (to include delinquency). APCs should immediately report any additional travel
card personal use, misuse, abuse or fraud to the Commander or Supervisor. On a case by case
basis, Commanders or Supervisors should consider whether available personnel assistance
programs would be beneficial when travel card personal misuse, abuse, or fraud is identified
related to gambling, financial or other concerns.
B. Military personnel who violate the specific prohibitions contained in
paragraph 041005 can be prosecuted under Article 92 of the Uniform Code of Military Justice
(UCMJ) for failure to obey a lawful order or regulation, as well as, any other applicable article of
the UCMJ based on the nature of the misconduct involved. In each case of improper, fraudulent,
abusive, or negligent use of the travel card by military personnel, including any use at
establishments or for purposes that are inconsistent with the official business of DoD or with
applicable standards of conduct (such as adult entertainment or gambling establishments), the
commander or supervisor of the responsible individual or parties will be informed in a timely
manner in order that appropriate corrective or disciplinary action may be taken. The intent of this
policy is to ensure that management emphasis is given to the importance of supervisors carefully
considering all of the facts and circumstances in reaching a disposition that is warranted,
appropriate, and fair. Actions available when military personnel misuse the travel card include
counseling, supplemental training on DoD Travel Card policy, recertifying their Travel Card
Statement of Understanding, admonishment, reprimand, non-judicial punishment (Article 15,
UCMJ), court-martial, and administrative separation. In taking corrective or disciplinary action
against military personnel who misuse the travel card, commanders or supervisors must use the
procedures established for each action by the appropriate Military Department and consult with
their legal advisors as necessary. In addition to corrective or disciplinary action, military personnel
who misuse their travel card may have their access to classified information modified or revoked
if warranted in the interests of national security. Commanders or supervisors must ensure that
security clearance reviews are conducted when the cardholder comes under investigation for travel
card misuse. DoD Components must incorporate these guidelines into their own policies and
advise the Defense Travel Management Office (DTMO) of administrative or disciplinary action
against military personnel for personal use, misuse, abuse, or fraud of DoD travel charge card.
Additionally, each Military Department must have a regulation providing that a violation of any
of the rules governing the use of travel cards by a person subject to the UCMJ is punishable as a
violation of Article 92, UCMJ, at minimum.
C. Civilian personnel who misuse or abuse the travel card may be subject to
appropriate administrative such as written or verbal counseling, recertifying their Travel Card