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B-181814 1 (1975-06-06)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadcir0001 and id is 1 raw text is: L. L0 ~THE COMPT* .LLER GENERAL DECISION ZOF THE UNITED STATES WASHINGTON. D. C. 20548 FILE: B-181814 DATE: JUN 61975 MATTER OF: Proposed revisions of Coast Guard Regulations DIGEST: Coast Guard Regulations may not be amended to permit Reserve members serving on inactive duty for training who are permitted to receive rations-in-kind under the last sentence of 37 U.S.C. 402(b), to receive a subsistence allowance in lieu thereof, since 37 U.S.C. 402 (a) limits such entitlement to those members receiving basic pay. This action is in response to a letter from Rear Admiral J. B. Bayes, Comptroller, United States Coast Guard, requesting an advance decision concerning the propriety of amending Coast Guard Regulations to permit payment of subsistence allowances under 37 U.S.C. 402(b) (1970), in lieu of providing rations-in-kind to certain members of the Coast Guard Reserve in an inactive duty training (INACDUTRA) status. The submission states that under an augmentation program recently developed for the purpose of assisting performance of Coast Guard missions and providing a meaningful training experience for the Coast Guard Reserve, Reserve members are assigned as relief for members at an active duty operating unit of the Coast Guard, such as a group office, station or cutter. Under this program, often only one Reserve member is assigned to a particular location and in many instances must travel significant distance from his normal INACDUTRA site to the active duty unit, which many times has inade- quate messing facilities. Further, the nature of the duties which the reservist is called upon to perform. occasionally makes it impossible to provide him with rations-in-kind in such a situation. The submission goes on to state that as a consequence of the program, it has been found necessary to permit these Reserve members to perform multiple drills for periods extending for more thAn eight hours in a calendar day instead of the normal training period of four hours. In such circumstances, the affected Reserve members become entitled to rations-in-kind under the provisions of 37 U.S.C. 402(b). However, since such rations-in-kind are often unavailable to them, the Coast Guard is desirous of amending its regulations to permit payment of a monetary allowance in lieu thereof.

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