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B-241708 1 (1991-09-27)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadnyr0001 and id is 1 raw text is: Comptolicr General of the United States Wamiluw; DA 2014M EDcisi1on L44(? 97 Matter of: Bureau of Furnished Indian Affairs - SubsistencQ to Emergency Firefighters B-241708 September 27, 1991 DIGZST Bureau of Indian Affairs, Department of the Interior, practice of furnishing subsistence to emergency firefighters hired under special statutory authority and joint guidelines of the Interior Department and Agriculture Department is legally permissible. Although Agriculture has additional specific statutory authority to provide subsistence without charge to employees and Interior does not, both agencies have broad statutory authority to prescribe the pay and terms of employment of emergency firefighters. Further, firefighters of both agencies serve under the same conditions and it has been the longstanding practice to furnish them subsistence without charge. Interior's regular classified employees, however, are subject to charge under 5 U.S.C. § 5911 (1988) for subsistence furnished them. DECISION A certifying officer at the Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA), Department of the Interior, requests our decision whether payment may be made to vendors who furnished meals and lodging pursuant to BIA purchase orders for the subsistence of emergency firefighters hired by the BIA.1/ As explained below, payment may be made. BACKGROUND During the summer of 1990 the Yakima Indian Agency, BIA, issued purchase orders to some local restaurants to provide hot meals and sack lunches for BIA emergency firefighters fighting wildfires in the area. When the invoices for the meals reached the BIA Disbursements Office, questions were raised as to the propriety of the agency providing meals for firefighters who were not on temporary duty travel. After 1/ The certifying officer is the Section, Bureau of Indian Affairs, Chief, Disbursements Albuquerque, New Mexico. rile: Date: -D %An r)

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