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B-198962 1 (1981-05-12)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadjjt0001 and id is 1 raw text is: THE COMPTROLLER GENERAL OECISION ' /' ,. OF THE UNITEO STATES WASHINGTON, . N C. 20548 FILE: B-198962 DATE: May 12, 1981 MATTER OF: Evacuation Allowances for AID Employees and Other Dependents Lodging With Friends and Relatives DIGEST: AID evacuees who had initially been authorized the special subsi stence allowance on a flat rate basis were advised that the Secretary of State had authorized future payment on lodging-plus basis and that those who stayed with friends or relatives would not be reimbursed any amount for lodgings. Since regulations con- template payment on per diem basis, Secretary acted properly in author- izing reimbursement based on the lodging-plus system now in effect. Secretary's determination to pro- hibit reimbursement for noncommercial lodgings is within his authority and consistent with per diem regulation of certain other Federal agencies. Mr. William A. Miller, Certifying Officer, U.S. Agency for International Development Mission to Bangladesh, requests an advance decision on whether employees evacuated from Bangladesh and authorized a special subsistence expense allowance may be denied lodging expenses while occupying noncommercial facilities.-a Since the denial of these expenses was mandated by the Secre ary of State under a valid use of his authority in the Standardized Regulations (Government Civilians, Foreign Areas), there exists no basis to authorize the expenses. Between November 29, 1979, and December 6, 1979, Lemployees of the U.S. Agency for International Development (AID) stationed in Bangladesh were evacuated because of unsettled conditions in the Near East and South Asia. The evacqees, employees and their dependents, were authorized travel expenses to a safehaven post and a special subsis- tence expense allowance (subsistence allowance) to maintain themselves at the safehaven location.D Upon afrival in Washington, D.C., 5he first evacuees received an AID instruction sheet_dated December 1, 1979, hich indicated that lodging receipts would not be required Lw/5/

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