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B-183291 1 (1975-06-16)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadchw0001 and id is 1 raw text is: . : i - 0j.LER THE COMPTROLLER GENERAL DECISION OF THE UNITED STATES WASHINGTON. D.C. 20549 ,5778 9 71 FILE: DATE: JUN 16 1975 3*183291 MATTER OF: Sbaman , Raigbt - Claim for travel xpmses DIGEST: Deduction of $37.50 from employee's claim fbr travel costs incurred due to overnight stop an route via air from Port Angeles, Washington, to Grand Canyon, Arizona, is correct. Federal Travel Regulations do not provide for rest stops, regardless of length of travel, when -travel is within the continental United States, and this Office has never approved rest stops unless travel during normal periods of rest Io Lavolved. This action is a request by an authorized certifying officer of the Pacific Northwest Region, National Park Service, Department of the Interior, for a decision on the propriety of certifying for payment a claim of $37.50 representing per dian in lieu of subsistence and taxi- cab fare which was deducted from the travel voucher sumitted by Mr. Sheman D. Knight, an employee at Olympic National Park. The record shows that Mr. Knight traveled under Travel Authorisa- tion number TA950050086 from Port Angeles, ashington, to Grand Canyon, Arizona, and returns to attend a seminar which began on October 7, 1974. Mr. Knight was authorized average cost of a night's lodging plus $12 en route to and from Grand Canyon and a fixed rate of $12 while at Grand Canyon. Travel was to begin on or about October 6, 1974. Mr. Knight actually departed on Saturday, October 5, 1974, leaving Port Angeles by Pearson Airlines at 6 a.m., arriving in Seattle at 7 am. and then departing Seattle at 10:30 a.m. by Western Airlines, arriving at Las Vegas at 159 p.m. Mr. Knight stayed overnight in Las Vegas and departed on Sunday, October 6, 1974, for Grand Canyon arriving at 3:30 p.m. The return trip from Grand Canyon to Port Angeles was accom- plished in one day leaving Grand Canyon October 11, 1974, at 12:30 p.m* with several stops en route and arriving in Port Angeles at 10:45 p.. Utilizing airline schedules in effect at the time of the trip, Kr. Faight could have departed from Port Angeles on Sunday, October 61, PUBISHED DECISION 54 Comp. Gen..............

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