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B-184496 1 (1976-11-09)

handle is hein.gao/gaobaddzf0001 and id is 1 raw text is: Lfl L4-\ DECISIOilN FILE: B-184496 Herbert Dunn Civ.Pers. THE CDIVIPTROL.LER GENERAL (OF THE UNITED STATE VWASHINGTON. D.0. 20540 DATE: November 9, 1976 MATTER OF: Mark N. Jacobs - Travel Expenses Incurred Due to Death in Employee's Family Employee of Securities and Exchange Commission an temporary duty assignment in San Francisco, California, may not be reimbursed for cost of round-trip air transportation to New York City to attend funeral of grandmother. Travel was for personal reasons, and there is no authority under applicable statutes and regulations authorizing reimbursement for personal travel. Mr. Lawrenca 11, 'Haynes, an authorized certifying officer of the Securities anj Exchange Commission, by letter dated July 3, 1975, requested to advance decision as to the propriety of paying a travel voucher in favor of Mark N. Jacobs, an attorney employed by the Securities and Exchange Commission. The record shows that Mr. Jacobs, whose duty station was New York City, New York, was on temporary duty assignment In 'San Francisco, California, to represent the agency at a trial. IJuring the temporary duty assignment In San Francisco, Mr. Jacobs returned to New York City to attend the fune-al of his grand- mother. After the funeral, he returned vo San Francisco to com- plete his assignment. The claim in question is for the cost of his round-trip air transportation between San Francirco and New York City to attend the funeral. There is no authority under applicable statutes or regula- tions to reimburse Mr. Jacobs for the cost of either part of his round-trip air travel between San Francisco arid New York City. es the travel was for personal reasons. In this connection we ht.. in a case similar to the present one, 45 Comp. Gen. 299 (1965), that round-trip travel from a temporary duty statidn to a perna- nant duty station resulting from the death or illness of a family member was personal travel and not compensable under statutes and regulations authorizing travel expenses for Federal employees. See 47 Co.ip. Con. 59 (1967). Accordingly, Mr. Jacobs may not be reimbursed for the cost of round-trip air travel to attend the funeral in New York. The DIGEST

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