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DECISION




FILE:    B-191

MATTER   OF:


DIGEST:


~   THE COMPTROLLER GENERAL
       OF   THE   UNITED STATES
       WASHINGTON, D.C. 20548


1857               DATE:  December 28, 1978

                       - Travel to and
  from common  carrier terminals


p        ,who  lived outside normal
commutinarea   o     taton   traveled
by privately owned automobile to and
from residence to local airport and by
airline to and from such airport to air-
port at designated official duty station.
She is entitled to mileage and airline
fares between home and terminal in the
absence of agency regulation limiting
reimbursement  to travel within pre-
scribed normal commuting distance
from official duty station. Also, reim-
bursement may  not be made for con-
structive travel costs in excess of actual
travel costs.


                This action is in response to a r t, dated May 2, 1978,
            from Ms.  Martha R. Johnson, an authorized certifying officer of
4C-C    2-2- the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare (DHEW), for a
            decision concerning seven vouchers of Dr. Stephanie B. Stolz, a
            DHEW   employee, for certain travel expenses incurred incident to
            the performance of temporary duty.

                Dr. Stolz, who is stationed in Kansas City, Missouri, traveled
            on several occasions, in connection with the alcohol, drug abuse,
            and mental health activities of the Public Health Service during the
            period from October 1977 to March 1978. On every trip in question
            Dr. Stolz drove to and from her home to Lawrence, Kansas, and
            flew between there and the Kansas City International Airport (KCI).

                Five vouchers claiming mileage between Dr. Stolz' residence to
            and from the Lawrence Airport and airline fare between Lawrence
            and KCI have been paid. Airline fare from KCI to Lawrence was dis-
            allowed on a sixth voucher. On a seventh voucher, which has not been
            paid, Dr. Stolz claims a constructive mileage allowance of $40. 80
            for two round trips of 120 miles each which her husband would have
            made,  to take her to and from KCI if she had not driven to and from
            Lawrence  and traveled by airplane between there and KCI. The cer-
            tifying officer requests a decision whether the air fare payments for


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