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B-194881 1 (1979-12-27)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadhvi0001 and id is 1 raw text is: DECISION FIE: B-1 881 MATTER OF: Rental of Limousine trative Hearing! fV~ I D TE: DEC 2 7 1979 to ake Witn ss to Adminis- DIGEST: Agency with express authority to expend appropri- ation for hire of passenger motor vehicles may rent chauffeured limousine to transport witness from airport to hearing and back, although other means of transport may have been less costly. Statute which authorizes agencyto pay witnesses whom it summons the same witn[ss and mileage fees as are paid to witnesses in the courts of the United States, does not preclude providing trans- portation by means other than reimbursing witness.. The Director, Budget and Finance, Equal Employment Oppor- tunity Commission (EEOC), requests a decision on whether the EEOC may use appropriated funds to pay for a limousine rented to transport a witness to an agency hearing. Although the matter was submitted in the posture of- a claim by the contrac-t6r, this is essentially a request for an advance decision-ornChether the contractor's invoice can properly be paid. Our opinion is that the EEOC may make payment. The EEOC was conducting hearings at one of its regional offices. A United States Senator was to be a witness. The Office of Policy Implementation of the EEOC arranged for the rental of a chauffeured limousine from Academy Limousine, Inc., to trans- port the Senator from the airport to the hearing site, where it was to wait and then take the Senator back to the airport. -Aca- demy Limousine, Inc., has billed the EEOC in the amount of $1' 7.50 for the rental of the limousine, including toll charges-, and a gratuity, presumably paid to the chauffeur Section 628 of title 31, United States Code (1976), p:ohibits an agency from using appropriated funds for any purpose except those for which the funds are appropriated. We have held, however, that funds appropriated for a particular purpose are also avail- able for other expenses which are necessary to execute that purpose. 50 Comp. Gen. 534 (1971); see also 56 Comp. Gen. 111 (1976). The question, therefore, becomes whether the rental of a limousine was a necessary expense of the agency. THE COMPTROLLER GENERAL OF THE UNITED STATES WASHINGTON. D.C. 20548

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