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B-183091 1 (1975-10-20)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadcug0001 and id is 1 raw text is: kio THE COMPTROL.LER GENERAL DECISION OF THE UNITED STATES E I N WASHINGD'ON, D.C. 20548 FILE: DATE: OCT 201975 -B-183091 - / MATTER OF: Morris D. Quarles * Per diem computation DIGEST: Sines 2 JTR par&. 1100 provides that lodging does not include accommodations on trains, employee who used train accommodations for two nights while performing temporary duty may not include the cost of these accommodations which was paid by Government by means of Government transportation request as cost of lodging for purpose of establishing his per diem rate under the lodgings-plus system. This decision concerns the propriety of certifying for payment a reclaim voucher submitted by Mr. Morris D. Quarles, an employee of the Department of the Army, claiming entitlement to a higher per diem rate for a period of temporary duty travel on the basis that the per diem rate was computed improperly on his original voucher. Mr. Quarles was authorized to travel from Rock Island, Illinois, to Fort Monmouth, Nev Jersey, with per diem authorised to be computed in accordance with the Joint Travel Regulations. He traveled to his tem- porary duty station by train, spending two nights on the train. The cost of the accommodations for the two nights on the train, at $17 per night, was paid by the Government by means of a Government transportation request. Mr. Quarles paid a total of $84 ($16.80 per night) for lodging for five nights at his temporary duty station. On his original voucher, Mr. Quarles was allowed a per diem rate of $24. This was computed on the lodgings-plus system by dividing the total amount paid for lodgings at the temporary duty station, $84, by the number of nights he was away from his permanent duty station, 7, to obtain the average amount paid for lodgings, $12, to which was added $11.80 for meals and miscellaneous expenses. In submitting his reclaim voucher, Mr. Quarles contends that the cost of the accommodations on the train should have been included in this computation. Thus, he believes that $118 ($84 + $34) should be divided by 7 to obtain an average amount paid for lodging of $16.86. In making this contention, Mr. Quarles refers to the statement in 2 Joint Travel Regulations, para. C1100 (change 105, July 1, 1974), that the availability 0O/78/f0/ Iqlioi

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