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B-190182 1 (1978-09-05)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadgii0001 and id is 1 raw text is: 1 \ THE COMPTROLLER D W AA CECISION .( z7/O. O F TMM UNITWD STATES WASHINGTON, D.C. 20548 FILE: B-190182 DATE: September 5, 1978 MATTER OF: Foreign Service - Travel Expenses on IPA Assignments DIGEST: 1. The travel and transportation expanses of Foreign Service personnel incident to details made pun- suantto the Intergovernmental Personnel Act are payable only hsdora'r as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3375(a), aha that portion of the Federal Travel Regulations which implement the provisions cited therein. 2. Where Foreign Service personnel recdive permanent changes of duty station and Intergovernrmertal Personnel Act assignments,travel and transpcrla- tion expenses incident to the permanent changes of duty station are payabl, under the Foreign Jervice Travel Segulations and travel and thans- portation expenses incident to the IPA assisn- ments are payable pursuant tc 5 U.s.C. 3375(a). This action concerns the request of Daniel L. Williamson, Jr., Deputy Assistant Secretary for Budget and Finance, Department of State, for An advance decision concerning the proper authority for reimbursemant of the travel and transportation expenses of Foreign Serico personnel assigned to universities or to state and local governihnts under te Intergovernmental Personnel Act (IPA), 5 U.S.C. 3371-76 (1976). The request shows that the Department of State is'ip the pro- cess of assigning Foreign Service personnel, some of whom are now located overseari, to IPA assignment? within the United States. Pursuant to 22 U.SC.-1136 (1970), the Secretary of State has *ieen given the autho~ity to issue regulatfrunsgovitrning the travel and transportation expenses of Foregn Service personnel. 1i accordance wiH this authori'y the Secrotar has promulgated Foreign Service Travel Regulations (FS'.q) whic are published in Volume 6 of the Foreign Affairs anual. Thosqj regulafions provide for coverage of viriinally all foreign aid dowestic travel of Foreign Service personnel ant' their families' 6 FAM '11 (August 14, 1973). However, the IIPA specifscally authories pay- ment of certain travel expenses 'pursuant to chbpter 57 of title 5 of the United States Code, and these provisions ar& implemented by the Federal Travnl Regulations (FTR) (FPNR 101-7 May 1973). Lg . .~~ is 5 .. 11 9

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