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B-202691 1 (1981-12-23)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadjys0001 and id is 1 raw text is: I- I DECIS.IONk 42 )3 r TH|f COMPTROLLER GENERAL OF THEUNITED STATifl WAUIHINGTON, Do,. R20B4S FILE; B-202691 MATTER OF; D1GES 0 11 DATE; December 23, 1981 D, Thomas Longo, Jr, - Fly America Act -- Travelers' LiabiLity Employees and dependents who travel overseas on foreign air carrier3 when service by US. air carriers is available in violation of Fly America Act are personally liable for costs even though they may have been ignorant of the Act and relied upon erroneous statements of a Government offtcial in charge of travel, Government is not estopped from enforcing valid Congressional requirements for charging the public treasury. Hr. D, Thomas Longo, Jr., Hungarian Affairs Officer, Departmeit of State, appeals our Claims Division's denial of reimbursement for over- seas travel on foreign air carriers, The issue in this case is whwther Hr. Longo and his dependents may be reimbursed for travel on foretgn air carriers in violation of the Fly America Act because they relied on erroneo'js advice by the Government official in charge of travel. A Government traveler is not relieved of the responsibility for correctly arranging his and his dependents' travel on U.S. air carriers when such service is available by relying on advice given by others. Reimbursement may not be allowed. Hr. Longo and his dependents were transferred from Budapest, Hungary, to Washington, D.C., 1 1978, For personal reasons, Hr. Longo actually traveled front Budapest throigh Rome and several other Italian cities to Paris by foreign ai.r carriers. i completed his travel on a U.S. air carrier from Paris tL Washington. lis depetdents' travel was essentially the save, except that they went through Zurich on the way to Rome. Mr. Longo states that these itineraries were cleared with agency and airline officiala in Budapest who advised him that the routings were consistent with the requirements of 49 U.S.C. 1517, as amended, commonly called the Fly America Act, When Mr. Longo submitted his travel voucher the State Department, and later our Claims Division, determined that he and his dependents Ehould have traveled by a routing making proportiun- ally greater use of U.S. air carriers. Under the formula set forth in Foreign Affairs Manual (FAN) Circular No. 730, September 14, 1977, Mr. Longo's liability for travel by foreign air carrier was determined to be $494.54.

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