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B-189061 1 (1978-03-15)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadfuh0001 and id is 1 raw text is: I D 1 41 COMPTROLLER GENERAL DECISON ..F THM UNITE SrATUE ANINUTON. 0.0C. 9054SA FILE: L-109061 MATTER DiGEST: DATE: arch l5, 197 OF: Richard F. Bollinger and Adam B. Muckenfuss - Mileage Costs Between Residence and Official Station Two civilian employees of Department of Agriculture claim reimbursement of mileage costs incurred for tranaportation between their residences and regular places of duty on nonregular workdays and for call-back overtime duty. The established rule is that an employee must bear cost of trans- portation between residmnce and official station. Also, agency may restrict mileage allowance when employee is rassigned to location within his official station or per- forms work at temporary duty post within reasonable commuting area. Agency policy to regard such expenses as normal commuting expanses and its application to claims in this case are not unreasonable. Therefore, mileage is not allowable. Mr. Ralph II. Weaver. an authorized certifying officer of the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, United States De- partment of Ajrkiilture, by letter dated May 6, 1977, requested our ndvance decition as to the propriety of paying travel vouchers iiiitted by Missrs. Richard F. BoUlirer and Adam E. Muckenfuss, eniployees of the Plant Pro! ection and Quarantine Programs, covering claiins for mileage zosts between their residences and their regular places of duty on r.'rregular work- days and for call-back overtime duty. The vouch ..- ubmitted by Mr. Bollinger is for the period August 6, 1975, to Deicember 20, 1976, with claimed travel expenses of $212. 38. Mr. Muckenfubs claims travel expmses in the sum of $129. 74 for tne period January 14 to December 19, 1976. The pertinent facts and circumstances upon which the claims are based are reported by the certifying officer as follows: * * * They perform inspectional servirts required to enforce the provisions of the Federal ?lant Peat Act (7 USC 150 a.et seq) and the Vhant K uarantine Act (7 USC 151 et seq). Inspections of eargo. baggage, mail, ships, vehicles, railwa cars, I I 1~

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