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B-213660 1 (1984-05-03)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadlrh0001 and id is 1 raw text is: TH COMPTROLLER OENERAL OECISION OP THE UNITEO STATES WASHINGTON. 0. C. 20548 FILE: B-213660 DATE: May 3, 1984 MATTER OF: Airman First Class Vernell J. Townzel DIGEST: A member of the Air Force who was ordered to vacate his quarters in a Government dormitory for 3 months during renovation was authorized reimbursement for allowing his private telephone service to continue as a less costly alternative to paying reconnection charges at his temporary quarters. During that period although he could not use his telephone he was able to charge toll calls to his account. Use of appropriated funds for reimbursement for the service charges that accrued during renovation is prohibited under 31 U.S.C. S 1348. Relocation of a telephone for this temporary period is not analogous to the situation in which telephone reloca- tion charges were authorized because that case involved a permanent move caused by Government necessity and not a temporary move. Absent authority to pay for reloca- tion of telephone service there is no authority to pay for basic service charges. An Accounting and Finance Officer of the Department of the Air Force1 requests a decision on the question of whether Airman First Class Vernell J. Townzel may be reim- bursed basic telephone service charges he incurred for pri- vate telephone service installed in a Government dormitory for a 3-month period when the dormitory could not be occu- pied because of renovations. The base commander authorized payment as a lower cost alternative to payment of reconnec- tion charges, which he believed could be paid in connection with the member's move to and from temporary quarters. Payment of these charges from appropriated funds is prohibited by 31 U.S.C. S 1348. 1 M. D. Mason, Captain, USAF, Accounting and Finance Officer, Headquarters 82nd Flying Training Wing (ATC), Williams Air Force Base, Arizona. 0 a-c -1 0

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