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B-199526 1 (1981-02-23)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadjdj0001 and id is 1 raw text is: - /710X) ' THE COMPTROLLER GENERAL DECISION 57; t OF THE UNITED STATES W A S H ING TO0N, 0.C. 20548 FILE: B-199526 DATE: February 23, 1981 MATTER OF: Donnie W. Daniels - Funeral Travel ExpensesJ DIGEST: In the absence of a statute express- ly authorizing payment, the costs of travel incurred by an employee, who traveled as the official representa- tive of his station on official trav- el orders to attend the funeral of a deceased son of a fellow employee, are not reimbursable, not having been incurred while traveling on official business. This matter concerns the appeal by Mr. Donnie W. Daniels of his claim for travel expenses incurred in connection with his attendance at the funeral of the -4 son of a fellow patrol officer of the U.S. Customs Service, Department of the Treasury. Customs Patrol Officer Daniels was issued a travel order authorizing the reimbursement of travel expenses to be incurred by him in attending the funeral of the son of a supervisory patrol officer. He was told that he would be sent as the official representative of the Deming, New Mexico Station, in travel status. He attended the funeral under travel orders with the approval of the Patrol Director and was reimbursed for the travel expenses incurred. It is also reported that, while on the travel in question, Mr. Daniels visited post personnel and dis- cussed customs patrol officer matters with the station supervisor. Subsequently, the Customs Service states, it was realized that the travel order approving this expense was outside the scope of authority granted the autho- rizing official by the applicable law and regulations. Mr. Daniels was, therefore, advised that he is required to repay the amount paid to him for travel expenses. Mr. Daniels' claim must be denied because the travel expenses in question could not lawfully be approved by the authorizing official. We so held in B-166141, February 27,

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