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B-197402 1 (1980-09-16)

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                        THE  COMPTROLLER GENERAL
DECISION      OF THE UNITED STATES
                        WASHINGTON, D. C. 20549


FILE:  B-197402


DATE: September 16, 1980


  MATTER  OF:   Captain William I. Parrish, USN


  DIGEST: A service rhember authorized reimbursement
          of *h~e cost of transoceanic transportation
          used when performing travel upon PCS who
          traveled by privately owned sailboat may
          be reimbursed only necessary expenses
          directly connected with the operation of
          the vessel (fuel, oil and docking fees),
          provided they do not exceed the amount
          which would have been paid by the sponsor-
          ing service for available *Sovernment
          transportation.

     The.Disbursing Officer, Persobnel Support Activity,
Pensacola, Florida, requests an advance decision con-
cerning payment on a voucher submitted for reimbursement
of expenses.incurred in transoceanic travel by a privately
owned boat or vessel in connection with a permanent change
of station.(PCS).  The request, forwarded by the Navy
Accounting and Finance Center, has been assigned Control
No. 80-4 by the Per Diem, Travel and Transportation Allow-
ance Committee.            .

     The member is entitled to reimbursement of actual
expenses limited to those expenses directly connected
with the operation of the privately owned boat or
vessel used in the transoceanic travel not to exceed
the cost of Government air transportation or Government
procured air transportation.

     Captain William I. Parris was authorized travel by
Government air transoceanic travel at personal expense
upon PCS from Kenitra, Morocco, to Pensacola, Florida,
in accordance with paragraph M4159-5 of Volume 1, Joint
Travel Regulations (1 JTR), with reimbursement of the
cost of transoceanic transportation actually used when
performing circuitous travel not to exceed the total
amount he would have been entitled to for travel
between his old and new permanent duty stations via
the direct route.  Incident to these orders, he used
a privately owned sailboat to make the PCS.


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