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B-166506 1 (1976-02-12)

handle is hein.gao/gaobaddgk0001 and id is 1 raw text is: FILE: B-166506 MATTER DIGEST: \ THE COMPTROLLER GENERAL . ..j OF THE UNITEo STATES SVWASHINGTON. D.C. 20548 FEB 12 1976 DATE: OF: Environmental Protection Agency -- funding of conferences. 1. Decision B-166506, July 15, 1975, holding payment by Environmental Protection Agency of transportation and lodging expenses of State officials attending National Solid Waste !!anagement Association Convention is prohibited by 31 U.S.C-§551, unless othervise authorized by statute, is affirmed. Provision of Administrative Expenses Act (5 U.S.C.§5703(c)), per- mitting payment of such expenses for persons serving the Government without compensation does not provide necessary exception to 31 U.S.C.§551 since attendees at conference are not providing a direct service to the Government and are therefore not covered by 5 U.S.C. § 5703(c). 2. Proposed lump-sum grant by Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to mnerican Law Tnstitute to provide scholarships to defray transportation, food, and lodging expenses at environmental law senlinar does not violate 31 U.S.C. § 551 which prohibits use of appropriated funds to pay expenses of conventions or gatherings without specific authority since expenditures of properly authorized grant funds are not subject to restrictions upon the direct expenditure of appropriations. This decision to the Administrator, United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), is in response to twvo requests for recon- sideration or modification of our decision of July 15, 1975, B-166506, which held that payment by EPA of transportation and lodging expenses for 87 State officials at the National Solid Vaste Management Association Convention held in San Francisco on November 13-16, 1974, violated 31 U.S.C. 5551 (1970), set forth below: Unless specifically provided by law, no moneys from funds appropriated for any purpose shall be used for the purpose of lodging, feeding, conveying, or furnishing transportation to, any conventions or other form of assemblage or gathering to be held in the PUBLISED DC 55 Comp. Ge-i. 67 40P , 96 /:a

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