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B-227383 1 (1987-09-25)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadmwc0001 and id is 1 raw text is: The Comptroler General of the United States Washington, D.C. 20548 Decision Charles H. McClelland - Temporary Duty Travel - Use of Motor Home - Monthly Mortgage Payments Matterof: and Utility Costs File: B-227383 Date: Septermber 25, 1987 DIGEST An employee who, incident to the performance of long-term temporary duty travel to a number of locations, chose to use a motor home as his travel residence, is permitted to include certain expenses to compute his average lodging costs for per diem purposes under the Federal Travel Regu- lations. The expenses permitted are parking space rental fees, utility costs (connection and disconnection fees, bath or shower fees and dumping fees), and where it is estab- lished that the motor home was purchased specifically as a travel residence for such temporary duty, monthly interest paid on his motor home loan during the temporary duty period. However, he may not include loan principal payments or the cost of maintenance or depreciation on the motor home. DECISION This decision is in response to a request from the Directorate of Settlement and Adjudication, Headquarters, Air Force Accounting and Finance Center. It concerns the entitlement of Mr. Charles H. McClelland, an Air Force employee, to be reimbursed certain expenses incident to temporary duty travel during the period from March 28 through December 1, 1983. We conclude that he may be reimbursed for the following reasons. Mr. McClelland was stationed at the F. E. Warren Air Force Base, Wyoming, and he was authorized to perform temporary duty travel to a number of Air Force Bases in Missouri, Wyoming, Montana, and North and South Dakota, under blanket travel orders issued September 28, 1982. In connection with his temporary duty travel to Montana and North Dakota, Mr. McClelland purchased a 33-foot motor home as a travel residence because of the questionable avail- ability, adequacy, and cost of lodgings due to the isolation 007

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