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B-213293 1 (1983-12-07)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadllh0001 and id is 1 raw text is: OKClSION FILE: B-213293 THE COMPTROLLER GENENAL OF THE UNITED mTATUE WASHINGTON, O.C. 20548 DATE: December 7, 1983 MATTER OF: Major Peter D. Schofield, USA, and Major Michael T. Potter, USA Because of imminent danger of a natural gas explosion, a military installation commander responsible for protection of personnel and facilities, ordered two Army officers and their families to vacate Government family housing. Claims for reimbursement of the reasonable costs of motel lodgings necessarily incurred as a result of that order may be paid from the installation's operation and maintenance funds, since those costs were directly related to the commander's orders and the proper administration of the installation. A disbursing officer1 requests an advance decision on the question of whether claims presented by two Army officers may be paid. The officers claim reimbursement for motel bills that were incurred by them when they were ordered to vacate Government family housing at Redstone Arsenal, Alabama, because of the danger of a natural gas explosion. ISSUE AND HOLDING The issue is whether the two officers may be reimbursed for the costs of lodgings obtained in the vicinity of their permanent duty station when they were ordered to vacate Government housing under emergency conditions. We hold that reimbursement for the costs of commercial lodgings reasonably obtained by them in those circumstances may properly be made from base operation 1 John F. Wylie, Accounting Officer/Deputy Chief, Finance and Accounting Division, Comptroller, United States Missile Command, Redstone Arsenal, Alabama, questions the propriety of certifying two vouchers for payment in the amounts of $49.68 and $37.80 in favor of, respectively, Major Peter D. Schofield and Major Michael T. Potter. His request was forwarded here by the Office of the Comptroller of the Army in correspondence dated September 30, 1983. ,., ~ ~ , i--- - - i. DIQEST:

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