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B-215736 1 (1984-12-03)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadmar0001 and id is 1 raw text is: VTHE COMPTROLLER GENERAL OECISION OP THE UNITED STATES .A WASHINGTON. 0.C. 20548 FILE: B-215736 DATE: December 3, 1984 MATTER OF: Lieutenant Jeffrey S. Bangma DIGEST: A member of the Navy, authorized actual expenses while in a travel status, may be reimbursed for meals taken at normal meal times en route to and from the airport servicing his permanent duty station, where the airport is a con- siderable distance from his station and he is scheduled to travel on non-meal flights. The question presented is whether a member who has been, authorized actual subsistence expenses while in a travel status may be reimbursed for meals purchased en route to and from an airport servicing his permanent duty station when the airport is approximately 70 miles from the station.!/ We hold that under circumstances such as those presented here, the member may be reimbursed. Lieutenant Jeffrey S. Bangma was ordered to temporary additional duty in San Bruno, California, from his permanent duty station in Silverdale, Washington. He left his duty station at 10:30 a.m. on March 11, 1984, and drove to the Seattle/Tacoma Airport, approximately 70 miles away. There, he took a non-meal flight at 1:10 p.m. and arrived in San Bruno, California at 3 p.m. Upon completion of his duties, on March 13, 1984, he left San Bruno on a non-meal flight at 4:40 p.m. The flight arrived at the Seattle/ Tacoma Airport at 6:15 p.m. He left the airport at 6:30 p.m. and arrived at his duty station at 9:30 p.m. The meals in question were purchased en route to and from the Seattle/Tacoma Airport. The first meal was purchased by Lieutenant Bangma after he left his permanent duty station and was en route to the airport. Had he not purchased it when he did, he would have been required to have eaten lunch at 10 a.m., prior to his departure, or after his 3 p.m. arrival in San Bruno. The second meal was 1/ This decision is in response to a request for an advance decision by Mr. L. E. Estabrook, Disbursing Officer, Department of the Navy, Personnel Support Activity, Puget Sound. The request was assigned PDTATAC Control No. 84-13, by the Per Diem, Travel and Transportation Allowance Committee. 0306 q7

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