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B-229436 1 (1989-02-09)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadnjq0001 and id is 1 raw text is: OThe Comptroller General of the United States Washington, D.C. 20548 Decision Matterof: Alyan R. Hill - Travel - Baggage Handling Fees - Handicapped Employee File: B-229436 Date: February 9, 1989 DIGEST Under the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 an employee confined to a wheelchair may be reimbursed baggage handling fees he incurred at airports on temporary duty travel, but only to the extent that these fees were incurred as the result of his disability and were higher than those that would be incurred by a nondisabled person. DECISION In this decision, we hold that to the extent a handicapped employee traveling on official business incurs higher fees for personal baggage handling as a result of his disability than would a nondisabled person, he may be reimbursed for the difference under the authority of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973.1/ Mr. Alyan R. Hill is a handicapped employee confined to a wheelchair. While on temporary duty travel during March 23-27, 1987, he incurred personal baggage handling fees totaling $12 at airports in Albuquerque and New Orleans because his handicap prevented him from carrying his baggage to and from the airports to awaiting vehicles.2/ The employing office denied reimbursement, since personal baggage handling tips and fees are reimbursed to an employee as part of his per diem or actual subsistence expenses without any additional allowance. See Federal Travel 1/ Mr. Roger M. Sargent, Director, Financial Management Division, Department of Energy, Albuquerque Operations Office, requested our decision. 2/ Apparently, he paid $3 each time his baggage was carried for him. cr'4 DO2- 3?

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