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B-212480 1 (1984-02-15)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadlnq0001 and id is 1 raw text is: TECOMPTROLLER GENERAL OECISION OP THE UNITED STATES WASHINGTON. 0.C. 20548 FILE: B-212480 DATE: February 15, 1984 MATTER OF: James R. Dunworth DIGEST: The children of an employee of the Panama Canal Commission who live in San Francisco with the employee's wife are not eligible for tour renewal travel to Panama to visit the employee during summer vacation. Unless the children return to Panama to live they cannot be considered members of the employee's household within the mean- ing of the Federal Travel Regulations. The issue in this decision is whether the sons of Captain James R. Dunworth, an employee of the Panama Canal Commission, who live in San Francisco, California, with their mother and attend school there, are eligible for tour renewal travel to Panama.1 The sons are not members of the employee's household within the meaning of the Federal Travel Regulations and are not, therefore, entitled to transportation at Government expense. BACKGROUND Captain Dunworth, a pilot employed by the Panama Canal Commission, resides in Panama. His wife and dependent sons, John and Michael, live in San Francisco where the sons attend school. In August 1982 Captain Dunworth and his family traveled to San Francisco on tour renewal agreement travel, but his wife and sons did not return to Panama. In 1983 Captain Dunworth requested tour renewal travel for his sons so that they could visit Panama during their summer vacation. The Commission denied Captain Dunworth's request on the basis that his sons were no longer members of his household within the meaning of para. 2-1.4d of the Federal Travel Regulations (FTR) (FPMR 101-7, September 1981) and our decision Matter of Gianotti, 59 Comp. Gen. 450 (1980). Captain Dunworth contends that his sons are members of his 1This decision results from the request of the Administrator of the Panama Canal Commission in a letter dated July 26, 1983, for an opinion on whether the employee's sons are eligible for tour renewal travel.

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