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B-212032 1 (1983-07-06)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadleb0001 and id is 1 raw text is: STHE COMPTROLLER GENER~AL DECISION 0 F T H E U N ITE 0 TATEB >7WASHINGTON, 0. C. 20548 FILE: B-212032 DATE: July 6, 1983 MATTER OF: John A. Maxim, Jr. - Travel Expenses - Fees tor Pet Care DIGEST: Employee of Department of Housing and Urban Development seeks reimbursement for the cost of boarding his pet in a kennel while he was on temporary duty in Seattle, Washington. Kennel expenses may not be paid since neither 5 U.S.C. § 5706 (1976), nor Chapter 1, Part 9 of the Federal Travel Regulations, FPMR 101-7 (September 1981) authorize such an entitlement. Absent statutory or regulatory authorization, kennel costs may not be reimbursed. The issue in this decision is whether an employee may be reimbursed for the cost ot boarding his pet in a kennel while he was on temporary duty away trom nis permanent duty station. We hold that he may not be reimbursed since kennel expenses are not authorized by either 5 U.S.C. 5706 (1976), or the iplementing provisions of Chapter I, Part 9 of the Federal Travel Regulations, EPMR 101-7 (September 1981) (FTR). This decision is in response to a request from Ms. Lena M. Jones, an authorized certifying officer with the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) in Washington, D.C., concerning the claim or Mr. Jonn A. Maxim, Jr., for kennel charges for boarding his pet incurred while he was on temporary duty in Seattle, Wasnington. Mr. Maxim, an Associate General Counsel with HUD in Washington, D.C., traveled to Seattle on official Government business from Feoruary 13, 1983, through February 19, 1983. Prior to leaving Washington, Mr. Maxim made arrangements for the K-Kennels International in Chantilly, Virginia, to care for his pet during the p- riod of his absence. He boarded his pet at the kennel on his way to the airport on February 13, 1983, and picked the pet up shortly after ne returned from Seattle on -'eoruary 19, 1983. The total cost of boarding the pet for 6 days was $105. Mr. Maxim subsequently filed a claim with HUD for reim- bursement of the kennel expenses. He has submitted to the

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