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B-246829 1 (1992-05-18)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadobg0001 and id is 1 raw text is: I I Comptroller General of the United States WW*lgto n D.C.210H8 Decision Matter of: Patricia A. Pierce Nile: B-246829 Date; May 18, 1992 DIGEST Fees for child care are not reimbursable expenses in connec- tion with an employee's travel or relocation since neither the governing statutes nor the Federal Travel Regulation authorize such an entitlement, DECISION Ms. Patricia A. Pierce, an employee of the Federal Aviation Administration, appea. our Claims Group's settlement which denied her cJ,aims for child care expenses while on temporary duty away from her permanent duty station on three occa- sions.' For the following reasons, we affirm our Claims Group's settlement and deny her claims. On appeal, Ms. Pierce contends that when she has to travel on temporary duty, especially when hersagency gives her very short notice, the extra expenses that she incurs for child care (but not the ordinary day care expenses) should be considered reimbursable as essential to the transacting of official business since she would not have incurred these extra expenses but for her temporary duty assignments. Title 5 U.S.C. § 5706 (1988) authorizes the payment of only actual and necessary expenses incurred by government employees traveling on official business away from their permanent duty stations. Implementing this statute, the Federal Travel Regulation (FTR), 41 C.F.R. § 301-9.1 (1991), authorizes the payment of miscellaneous expenses which may be incurred by employees in the performance of their duties. Section 301-9.1(e) also allows agencies to approve other miscellaneous expenses not enumerated in 41 C.F.R.( § 401-9.1(a) to (d), but only when necessarily incurred by th& traveler in connection with the transaction of official business..o.. ee also 41 C.F.R. § 301-1.3(b) (1991)0 'Settlement Certificate Z-2867224, Oct. 17, 1991.

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