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DATE: AUG11 1976 8
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OF: General Services Adinistration - Insurance policies
on vehicles operated in foreign countries.
1. General Services Administration may provide by
regulation for purchase of annual or trip insurance
policies on Government vehicles regularly or
intermittently driven into foreign countries
where requirements of law that insurance be
carried or legal procedures which may result
in extreme difficulties to Government employees
when involved in an accident require such
purchase. To the extent inconsistent, 39
Comp. Gen. 145, 19 id. 798, and similar
cases are overruled.
2. We are not required to object to retnbursement of
Government employees for costs of trip insurance
purchased while operating Goverrant-owned or
privately owned vehicles in foreign countries as
miscellaneous expense covered by FTR (FP01 101-7)
para. 1-9.ld (May 1973). ilowever, we believe change
in FTR specifically providing for such reimbursment
would be desirable because present applicable FTR
aections do not provide for payment for any kind
of insurance on vebicles operated in foraign
countries.
3. We have no legal objection to deletion of restriction
in FTR (1MXR 101-7) pars. 1-3.2c against reimbursement
of Governaent employees for purchase of additional
insurance available on vehicles rented for use in
foreign countries if GSA determines this is in best
interests of Government. PTR are statutory regula-
tions, and question of vhether or not reirabursement
for costs of additional insurance on rental vehicles
should be permitted, is within discretion of agency
authorized to promulgate the particular regulations
involved. See Comp. Gen. decs. cited.
4. We have no legal objections, if GSA determines it is
In best interests of Government, to amendment of FTR
to provide higher mileage allowance rates for opera-
tion of privately owned vehicles by Government employees
in foreign countries than for operation of such vehicles
in United States, within overall statutory limit.
FTR are statutory regulations, and such amendments
are for determination by agency authorized to pro-
.mulgate the travel regulations.
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