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B-209150 1 (1983-03-22)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadkyp0001 and id is 1 raw text is: 7 THE COMPTROLLER GENERAL DECISION OF THE UNITED STATES WASHINGTON. 0.C. 20548 FILE: B-209150 DATE: March 22, 1983 MATTER OF: Lloyd G. Chynoweth DIGEST: The 30-minute rule applicable to the pay- ment of per diem under paragraph 1-7.6e, FTR, when the time of departure or arrival is within 30 minutes before or after the beginning of a quarter, respectively, is not intended to be applicable to continu- ous travel of 24 hours or less. 40 Comp. Gen. 400 (1961). A certifying officer for the Department of the Interior requests our decision whether the 30-minute rule stated in paragraph 1-7.6e of the Federal Travel Regulations (FTR) (FPMR 101-7), for computing per diem allowances applies to travel of 24 hours or less. For the reasons that follow we hold that the 30-minute rule is not applicable to such travel. On August 20, 1982, Mr. Lloyd G. Chynoweth, an employee of the Bureau of Reclamation, Department of the Interior, left Billings, Montana, his permanent duty station, at 5:45 a.m., flew to Pierre, South Dakota, and returned to Billings at 6:15 p.m. the same day. He claimed three quar- ters of a day per diem based on actual time in an official travel status of 12-1/2 hours. His per diem entitlement was reduced to two quarters by a voucher examiner on the basis that he had failed to provide a statement justifying the necessity for his departure within 30 minutes prior to the end of a quarter day and his return within 30 minutes after the beginning of a quarter day. Paragraph 1-7.6d(l) of the FTR, as amended by GSA Bulletin A-40, Supp. 1, September 28, 1981, provides in part: Travel of 24 hours or less. For con- tinuous travel of 24 hours or less, the travel period shall be regarded as commencing with the beginning of the travel and ending with its completion and for each 6-hour portion of the period, or fraction of such

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