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B-206720 1 (1982-06-23)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadkku0001 and id is 1 raw text is: W 1 CIECISION FILE; B-206720 MATTER OF DIGEST; //5V 7. 0,S TH! COMPTMOLLUR SENflAL OF THE UNITED S3TATUB WASHINGTON, D. . U0, O4 DATE; June 23, 1982 Thomau P, DeCair - Actual. Subsistence Expenses - Excess Cost of Hotel Room An employee on temporary duty in a high- rate geographical area stayed at a hotel room next to the Attorney General in order to conduct press conferences for the Attorney General. Employee may not be rlmbursed for that part of the rental cost that exceeds the daily maximum amount allowable. ThM excess cost may not be treated as a necessary expense of conducting official business, rather than as part of actual subsistence expenses, since the employee incurred no extra expenses for the room due to the press conferences conducted there. 'U' Kevin 0. Rooney, Assistant Attorney General for Administration, has requested our opinion concerning the proper reimbursement of an employee for expenses of renting a hotel room in a high-rate geographical area while on official travel. The question presented is whether the expense of the hotel room should be charged to the employee as parr. of his actual subsistence expenses when the btel room was used for both his personal lodging and to conduct press conferences. The answer is yes and all expenses incurred over the statutory limitation must be paid by the employee. Reimbursement for actual subsistence expenses while on travel on official business to a high-rate geographical area is lim.ited by statute to $75 per day. 5 U.S.C. § 5702(c), as amended by Pub. L. No. 96-346, § I, September 10, 1980, 94 Stat. 1148. We have held that this lirittation applies to the rental of hotel rooms, even if th rooms are contracted for by the agency, since such a method cannot be used to circum' vent the limitation on reimbursement for travel expenses. B-195133, January 19, 1981, 60 Comp. Gen. 181 (1981). Thomas P. DeCir, Director of Public Affairs in the Department of Justive, accompanied the Attorney General to Now York City r-n AuquJt 30, 1981. Adjacent ' 0T t fi-. 'p- r . - . - . .. . ...-..... I

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