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B-196647(RCP) 1 (1980-01-16)

handle is hein.gao/gaobacupw0001 and id is 1 raw text is: GAO United States General Accounting Office Washington, DC 20548 Office of General Counsel In Reply Refer to: B-19 6647 (RCP) AN1 6 1980 Mr. Stuart E. Durden Department of Transportation 76r f South FAA Building Bolling Field Seattle, Washington .98108 Dear Mr. Durden:: Your letter of October 26, 1979, requested. a decision of this Office concerning specific questions on travel reimbursement In view of statutory and regulatory provisions relating to our decision making authority, formal decisions of the Comptroller General are generally rendered only to heads of departments and agencies, disbursing and certifying officers, or to claimants who have filed monetary claims with our Office. See 31 U.S.C. H 74 and 82(d) ..(1976). ' -owever,'on the basis of the information provided by you and our prior-decisions in this area, we believe that the following information will prove helpful to you. Briefly, your letter presents-the following fact pattern. A Government employee who tfave-lT onsthpeson and official Government busin&e-- purchased a membership in a club that: pr de certain discounts at partic tpat44~- otels -and:reatauranltsi+h oyp purchased the iub mer rship and paysr e as his own persohal fuds-In connectin with official Gocant business for which el and-.-perdiem xpen a- were- authoriz. .~-employee- sa -a a :motel I wiC, cl o r o _'iz cout cfjb dembership. Based upon thee ficts youhave asked wh~the th employee ma claim eimbursement ' th na discounted ra t or lodging since this a the rate he Wo have paid and cOld h ye __been.reimbursed had he-not used his personal discount --- mebership; or, mgst the e mployeeclair: only the discoued rate- which he actually paid? Section 5702 of title 5, United States Code, as amended by Public Law 94-22, May 19, 1975, provides that under regulations prescribed by the Administrator of General Services, employees f2. of3' Zo I z_ S'

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