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B-242880 1 (1991-03-27)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadnwb0001 and id is 1 raw text is: \ComWptolier General of the United States Wadhagto, D.C. 25 Decision Matter of: Commission on Interstate Child Support--Payment of Lodging and Meal Expenses of Certain Attendees at the National Conference on Interstate Child Support File: B-242880 Date: March 27, 1991 DIGEST The Commission on Interstate Child Support may pay the lodging and meal costs of certain core invitees it determines are essential to assist the Commission in fulfilling its statutory duties and to ensure adequate representation at the statutorily mandated National Conference on Interstate Child Support. DECISION This is in response to a letter from the Executive Director of. the Commission on Interstate Child Support (Commission) dated February 5, 1991, in which he asked our opinion regarding the use of appropriated funds for the payment of lodging, lunches and coffee breaks for certain invitees to the National Conference on Interstate Child Support (Conference). BACKGROUND According to the letter, a number of invitees comprising state executive, legislative and judicial officials are to form the nucleus of the Conference. The Commission's enabling legislation mandates the holding of a Conference to assist the Commission in making its report and recommendations to Congress. Pub. L. No. 100-485, § 126, 102 Stat. 2354 (1988). The letter states that the Commission considers the presence of this core group of attendees vital to the Commission's mission. To that end, the Commission would like to pay some of the invitee's expenses--luncheon, coffee breaks and lodging--to ensure their attendance. ANALYSIS Under 31 U.S.C. § 1345 such expenditures are generally prohibited: Except as specifically provided by law, an appropriation may not be used for travel, transportation, and subsistence expenses for a

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