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B-202232 1 (1981-07-10)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadjnw0001 and id is 1 raw text is: e -f DECISION FILE: B-202232 f/S<) THE COMPTROLLER GENERAL OF THE UNITED STATES WASHINGTON. 0.C. 20548 DATE: July 10, 1981 MATTER OF: Military Members' Travel to Appear as Witnesses in State Courts DIGEST: Regulations may be issued authorizing the payment of travel and transporta- tion allowances of members of the uniformed services who are requested to appear as witnesses for a State government in criminal proceedings, provided a determination is made in each situation that the travel is necessary and in the interest of the service because the court action is one directly related to the service or its members and is one in which the service has a strong interest. This action is in response to a letter from the Acting Assistant Secretary of the Army (Manpower and Reserve Affairs) requesting a decision on whether we would object to a proposed revision of paragraph M6300 of the Joint Travel Regulations, Volume 1 (1 JTR). Under the proposed revision a member of the uniformed services on active duty requested to appear as a witness for a State government in a criminal prosecution which is directly related to the service or its members, and is one in which the service takes a particularly strong interest, would be entitled to military travel and transportation allowances. This request was assigned Control Number 81-6 by the Per Diem, Travel and Transportation Allow- ance Committee. The letter states that paragraph M6300, 1 JTR, cur- rently permits Government funded travel of a member required to appear as a witness on behalf of the United States in any case involving the uniformed services. However in those cases not involving the uniformed services where the member is required to appear on behalf of the United States, the member may receive transportation or transportation allow- ances and per diem as prescribed by the Attorney General. In other cases, a member required to appear as a witness for a State, the District of Columbia, a Committee of Congress or a private corporation may not receive any allowance for travel and transportation from the service with which he is serving. Arrangements for such payments must be made between the witness and the individual or agency desiring his testimony.

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