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B-191297 1 (1979-08-02)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadhll0001 and id is 1 raw text is: . THE COMPTROLLER GENERAL DECISION * OF THE UNITED STATES 9. .: JWASHINGTON, 0. C. 2054B VNITLO. FILE: B-191297 MATTER OF: Jerry Cardinal DIGEST: DATE: August 2, 1979 Civilian employee of Air Force attending training course at Chanute AFB may not be reimbursed for commercial lodging when he chose not to occupy Government quarters. Regulations implementing Public Law 95-111, 91 Stat. 908, state employee may not be reimbursed for commercial quarters unless he obtains statement from the Commanding Officer at training center saying occupation of Government quarters was impractical and employee did not obtain such statement. This decision responds to the letter of December 15, 1978, reference 1041-RE-03, from Mr. James M. Peirce, President, National Federation of Federal Employees, and designated repre- sentative of Mr. Jerry Cardinal, an Air Force civilian employee at Minot Air Force Base. Mr. .Peirce presents Mr. Cardinal's Slaim for reimbursement of commercial lodging expenses incident Eo a training assignment For the reasons below, we disallow the claim. Briefly, Mr. Cardinal was assigned to Chanute Air Force Base (AFB) from November 9 until November 29, 1977, for training. He was assigned quarters on the base, but after one night moved to a nearby Holiday Inn because he felt the Government quarters were substandard. His home base Commanding Officer, Colonel Kenneth L. Holden, told him that if he could, he would authorize per diem to cover occupation of commercial quarters. However, Mr. Cardinal never obtained a statement from the Commanding Officer at Chanute AFB that occupation of quarters was impracticable. Section 853 of Public Law 95-111, September 91 Stat. 908, provides that none of the funds of of Defense for fiscal year 1978 are available to expenses of any person on official business away designated headquarters when adequate Government available, but not occupied by such person. 21, 1977, the Department pay lodging from his quarters are

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