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B-206329 1 (1982-04-09)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadkfj0001 and id is 1 raw text is: DISION FILE: B-206329 THU COMPTRO LR GENERAL OF THU UNITED STATUS WASHINGTON, o.C, 201548 DATEr April 9, 1982 MATTER OF; DIGIFCVT: Panamanian Members of the Panama Canal Commission's Supervisory Board Where refusal of Panama Canal Commission to pay official travel expenses of Panamanian members of its Supervisory Board who use a Panamanian airline would be detrimental to its overall objectives, the Commission may determine that use of available service by U.S. air carriers would not accomplish agency's mission, rmaking use of foreign air carrier necessary. The Comptroller General would nnt question agency's determination of necessity in these circumstances, and would allow payment of travel expenses. The Panama Canal Commission asked us to decide whether the Fly America Act prohibits the Commission from paying the travel expenses of the Panamanian member' of its Supervisory Board who fly to Board meeting3 on Air Panama. We conclude that payment of thase v.;nenses would be allowed if the Commission were to detotline that the use of available service by U.S. carriecu hould not accomplish the agency's mission. The Panama Canal Commission is an executive branch agency of the United States Government created by the Panama Canal Act of 1979, Pub. L. No. 96-70, 22 U.S.C. S J601 et seg. It is responsible for the maintenance and operation of the Panama Canal. The Commission is supervised by a Board composed of nine members, as many as four of whom may be nationals of the Republic of Panama. 22 U.S.C. 5 3612(a). Mumbers of the Board serve without compensation but are allowed travel or transportation expenses while on official business in the same manner as persons employed intermittently in Government service are allowed expense under 5 U.S.C. S 5703. 22 U.S.C. S 3617. The Board ',olds regular meetings four times during the yearl the next meeting is scheduled for October 1982. At present, the Pana- manian members of the Board plan to fly to the meeting on Air Panama evon though two U.S. air carriers have daily service between Panama and the United States. Those plans present an ostensible conflict with the so-called Fly America Act. * A? P//tx

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