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B-185286 1 (1976-08-26)

handle is hein.gao/gaobaddgt0001 and id is 1 raw text is: L R~ THE COMPTROLt -R GENERAL DECIS101\1 . OF THE UNITED STATES WASHINGTON, D. C. 20548 FILE: DATE: AUG 2 6 1976 B-185286 MATTER OF: Claim of Julian D. Hammond for reimbursement of cost of currency conversion DIGEST: Costs resulting from currency exchange at unfavorable rate, due to necessity to comply with U.S.S.R. require- rient that payment for hotel room in Moscow be made in hard currency, through American Express agency, may be allowed under section 1-9.1d, Federal Travel Regulations permitting reimbursement for miscellaneous expenditures necessarily incurred for official purposes. Cost of cablegram for initial hotel reservation is also allow- able. B-139733, November 23, 1970 This action is in response to a request from a certifying officer for an advance decision as to whether a voucher presented by Mr. Julian B. 1amond, a Department of Commerce employee, for reimburse- ment of certain travel expenses may be certified for payment in its present form. The claim, in the amount of $315.16, is stated on Mr. Hammond's voucher dated June 17, 1974, as being for com.missions for conversion of currencies in foreign countries or loss of exchange rate. The voucher cites a provision of the Standardized Government Travel Regulations, Office of Management and Budget Circular A-7, which had been superseded, at the time the claim arose, by the Federal Travel Regulations, FPMR 101-7 (FTR) issued by the General Services Admin- istration pursuant to Executive Order No. 11,609, 36 Fed. Reg. 13747, as amended, 3 U.S.C. § 301 nt. (Supp. IV, 1974). The facts giving rise to the claim are explained by Mr. Hamond in a letter dated June 17, 1975, as follows: At the time I was assigned to Moscow in 1974, it was necessary to have a receipt for hotel room rent paid in advance in order to obtain a visa. American Express at the time was the only recognized agency for booking rooms in entourist hotels and issuing receipts that were acceptable to the Soviet Consulate.

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