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B-204211 1 (1982-04-05)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadkez0001 and id is 1 raw text is: ITHU COMPTROIWR CE1NE44AL DECIBIONF OP IHE UNITE UiTATtMU ft WAS-:INGTON, C0, UOtOD4U FILEwB-204231 DATE: April 5. 1982 MATTER OF: Kenneth E. Valant DIGEST: Where employee necessarily obtains lodgings in high-cost area because there were no accommodations in per diem area where em- ployee was assigned to temporary duty, situation falls within unusual circumutances criteria of paragraph C4606, Volume Ii of the Joint Travel Regulationa, under which actual expenses may be authorized or approved. A finance and accounting officer of the Army has asked for an advance decision on the reclaim of Mr. Kenneth E. Valant for reimbursement of the difference between per diem and actual expenses hile on a temporary duty, assign- ment, This request was forwarded through the Per Diem, Travel and Transportation Allowance Committee and assigned Control No. 81-20. Subject to the procedural requirements imposed by paras. C4606 through 4608 of Volume II of the Joint Travel Regulations, Mr. Valant's claim falls within the criteria of para. C4606 for approving actual expenses based on unusual circumstances. The record shows that Mr. Valant and four other employ- ees of the United States Army Defense Ammunition Center School at Rock Island Arsenal, Rock Island, Illinois, were assigned in October 1979 to temporary duty at Toole Army Depot, Utah. While at Toole the employees were reimbursed the maximum $35 per diem. However, because there was no Government housing available at Toole Army Depot and because lodgings otherwise were unavailable in the vicinity, the Protocal Office at Toole Army Depot arranged lodgings fog'7 the employees in Salt Lake City, a high-rate geographical area. Upon returning the employees requested reimbursement of actual expenses based upon the higher rate designated for Salt Lake City. The issue in this case is whether the employees may be reimbursed actual expenses based on the high-rate geographi- cal Area where they obtain lodgings instead of the per diem rate applicable to the site where they perform temporary duty. We have previously considered the actual expenses entitlement of an Interior Department employee who necessarily obtained lodgings in a high-rate geographical area en route to and from temporary duty in a nearby per diem area. We stated that the Federal Travel Regulations (FTR) provide

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