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B-201186 1 (1982-03-04)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadkcv0001 and id is 1 raw text is: FElCISION FILE: B -2Q1186 MATTER OF: Use of appropriated funds for Marine Corps Highway Safety Program DIGEST: Expenditure of appropriated funds to stock highway rest stations with coffee and doughnuts as part of Marine Corps Highway Safety Program is not objec- tionable, since Congress has authorized Secretary of Navy to use appropriated funds for accident pre- vention, and Marine Corps has determined that avail- ability of rest stations stocked with food items decreases nirober of traffic accidents involving Marines. However, unless Marine Corps determines that making highway rest stations provisions avail- able to non-Marines contributes to Marine safety, any refreshments for non-Marines should be provided on reimbursable basis only. The Comandant of the Marine Corps has asked, through the Office of the Comptroller, repartrsent of the Navy, whether appropriated funds may be used to purchase coffee, doughnuts, and relatcd items used in onjunction with the Marine Corps Highway Safety Program. For the following reasons, we believe that appropriated funds msy be expended to furnish Marines on active duty with such. items. However, unless the Marine Corps determines that making the highway rest stations pro- visions available to non-Marines contributes to Marine safet;, any refreshments for non-1arines should be provided on a reimbarsable basis only. Since 1971, the Marine Corps has established rest stations on highways leading to Camp Lejeune on the final evening of six holiday weekends. The personnel staffing the rest stations encourage cars with Marine Corps stickers to pull over and take advantage of free coffee, doughnuts, and soda. In addition, cots are provided for those in need of sleep. Civilians also stop at the rest stations, and, according to the submission, ap roxi.atelv one-cuarter of the persons -who stopped at the rest stations Curing the •final evenina of the memorial Day weekend of 1980 were civilians. The estimated annual costs for the foad and beverages provideC the travelers is $1200 ($200 for each of the six holiday weekends.) The command at Camp Lejeune established the rest stationi. after statistics revealed a large number of accidents involvinq Marines on the final stretch of thu hiqhways leading to tlhe base. Until 1980, the Marines purchasel provisions for the highway safety prociram with non-Vapnroprlatsd funds. In 1980, aowre.r, the. Dputy Chief nf .taff THE CO3MPTROJ1LLEI SENE&tAL OF THE UNITED STATES1 WASHINGTON., .C. _0548 OATE: March 4, 1982

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