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B-201554 1 (1981-10-08)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadjui0001 and id is 1 raw text is: DECISIOIN FILE: B-2015 MATTER OF: DIGEST: 54 THrE COMPTROLLER GENERAL ,?F THE UNITED STATES WASHINGTON, 0.C. 20548 DATE: October 8, 1981 Harry G. Bayne - Claim for Actual Subsistence Expense Employee on temporary duty assign- ment questions agency's authority to issue guidelines limiting reim- bursement for meals and miscellaneous expenses to 46 percent of the maxi- mum rate for actual subsistence expenses when traveler incurs no lodging expenses. Agency may issue guideline alerting employees that the maximum amount considered reasonable under ordinary circum- stances is 46 percent of the statu- tory maximum, but it should also provide that amounts in excess of 46 percent may be paid if adequate justification based on unusual cir- cumstances is submitted. The issue in this case is whether an agency has the authority, by written memorandum, to limit reim- bursement of the cost of meals to 46 percent of the maximum rate for actual subsistence expenses when a traveler on a temporary duty assignment incurs no lodging expenses. This request for a decision was filed by Jefferson Wyatt, Jr., Certifying Officer and Chief, Financial Management Branch, Department of Energy (DOE), Dallas, Texas. It concerns the claim of Harry G. Bayne, Chief Counsel, Crude Production Audit Division, Office of Special Counsel, DOE. Mr. Bayne traveled from Dallas, Texas, to Houston, Texas, to perform temporary duty for the period August 13-15, 1980. He stayed with friends and so incurred no lodging expenses. With regard to meals, he submitted a voucher claiming $27.95 for August 13, $33 for August 14, and $37.70 for August 15, for a totil of $98.65. / & 5_w a - , It

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