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B-208232 1 (1982-12-02)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadktm0001 and id is 1 raw text is: +nc1hltTHE CCMPTRICLILUA WENERAIL CECISION C1 TH UNITED UTATIEE 4' WASHINGTON, 0,C. 920548 FILE: B-208232 DATE: December 2, 1982 MATTER OF: William H. Tueting - Actual Subsistence Expenses for Personal Travel While on DIGEST; Temporary Duty Employee, whose official duty station was Washington, D.C., was on temporary duty assignment in New York City. He took annual leave on Thursday and Friday and utilized the weekend to attend a family funeral in Denver. He returned to his temporary duty site on Sunday. Although the employee would be entitled to subsis- tence expenses for Saturday and Sunday as provided for in the Federal Travel Regula- tions, he is not entitled to the construc- tive cost of 2 days subsistence as an offset against the cost of his travel to and from Denver. May an employee be reimbursed the constructive amount of actual subsistence expenses for a weekend as an offset against the cost of his pnrsonal travel away from his temporary duty station? We hold that the employee is not entitled to constructive subsistence expenses as an offset against the airline expenses he incurred in traveling to attend a family funeral. Mr. William H. Tueting, an employee of the U.S. Customs Service, was sent to New York on temporary duty for the period January 15 to January 29, 1982. On Thursday January 21, he took leave due to a death in the family, traveled to Denver to attend the funeral, and returned to his temporary duty site on Sunday night. Mr. Tueting's official duty station is in thc District of Columbia. Mr. Tueting claims the maximum subsist itnce allowed for Saturday and Sunday of $150, less $53.97 that he has been reimbursed for a meal and lodging on Sunday. Thus, he claims $96.03 in order to offset part of the cost of

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