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B-198824 1 (1981-01-23)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadiut0001 and id is 1 raw text is: DECIION f' ~THE COMPTROLLER GENERAL DECISIONl. . OF THE UNITED STATES / WASHINGTON, 0. C, 20548 FILE: B-198824 JIDATE: January 23, 1981 MATTER OF: Alex Per e - Reimbursement for travel expenses DIGEST: An employee on official travel may not be reimbursed for expenses incurred because he locked a key in his hotel room. Regulations do not allow reim- bursement since fee incurred was not in connection with the transaction of official business. The employee was at fault for locking the key in his room and the fee is in the nature of a fine or penalty incurred through negligence. Such fee would be personal to the employee and not payable by the Government. This decision is in response to a request by an authorized certifying officer of the Department of Energy (DOE), concerning a claim of Mr. Alex Perge for reimbursement of a $37.85 fee paid to a hotel as a penalty for locking his key in his hotel room while on temporary duty. For the following reasons, Mr. Perge may not be reimbursed his claimed amount. Mr. Perge,fan employee of DOE, was on official business in Vienna, Austria., Mr. Perge stayed at the Pension Suzanne.. HeJlocked his key in his hotel room on the day he was scheduled to return to the United States. The Pension Suzanne would not release him until he paid a feeof $37.85 for locking the key in his room.^j>Mr. Perge paid the fee and claimed reim- bursement. He says the fee was necessary and incident to his travel since the hotel would not release him until the fee was paid. The DOE Travel Audit Section disallowed the claim on the basis that the fee was not essential to the transacting of official business. We agree with DOE's contention. There is no specific statute or regulation,allowing reimburse- ment for a room key feed The(Federal Travel Regula- tions(FTR) paragraph 1-9.ld (FPMR 101-7, May 1973),

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