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B-232309 1 (1989-08-14)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadnnq0001 and id is 1 raw text is: The Comptroller General ) of the United States Washington, D.C. 20548 Decision Royelynn Warren, et al. - Per Diem and Mileage Matterof: Claims - Six-Year Barring Act File: B-232309 Date: August 14, 1989 DIGEST 1. Seven employees of the Forest Service claim per diem and other temporary duty expenses based on our decision in Mason E. Richwine, B-224811, Sept. 25, 1987. Since these seven claims were first received here on August 16, 1988, they are time-barred with respect to the period prior to August 16, 1982. 31 U.S.C. S 3702(b) (1982). 2. Erroneous payments of per diem and mileage allowances to eight other Forest Service employees for periods more than 6 years prior to the date their claims were received by the General Accounting Office may be subject to waiver. See 5 U.S.C. S 5584 (Supp. IV 1986). DECISION This decision is in response to a request from the Forest Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture, concerning the claims of seven employees for per diem, mileage, and miscellaneous expenses.l/ For the reasons that follow, we hold that these claims are limited to a period of 6 years prior to the date received in our Office. The claims of these seven employees are based upon our decision in Mason E. Richwine, B-224811, Sept. 25, 1987, where we allowed per diem and Other expenses to a Forest Service employee who worked at two remote, seasonal worksites 6 months of every year. However, we limited Mr. Richwine's claim to the period 6 years prior to the 1/ The request was submitted by Edgar B. Brannon, Jr., Forest Supervisor, Flathead National Forest, Kalispell, Montana. The seven employees are Royelynn Warren, Michael G. Ablutz, Frederick A. Flint, Geraldene 0. Bergerson, Susan E. Johnson, R. Keith Granrud, and Donald A. Bennett.

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