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B-211812 1 (1984-03-26)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadlpl0001 and id is 1 raw text is: - I - LAX THE COMPTROLLER GENERAL OCISION OP THE UNITEO STATES WAUHINGTON. 0.C. 20048 FILE: B-211812 DATE: March 26, 1984 MATTER OF: Use of Appropriated Funds to Pay Commercial Parking Costs of Severely Disabled Employees-- DIGEST: 1. Rule that appropriated funds may not be used to pay for daily parking costs of Federal employees in commercial facilities generally applies to severely disabled employees. An exception is warranted when the condition re- quires the severely disabled employee to pay substantially higher commercial parking costs than those generally paid by non-disabled employees working at the same building who are able to utilize less expensive facilities at a greater distance. 2. Where an exception to the general rule is warranted, appropriated funds can be used to pay the difference between the parking costs the severely disabled employee must pay and those generally paid by non-disabled Federal employees working at the same facility. The General Services Administration (GSA) asks whether agencies may expend appropriated funds on commercial parking for severely disabled' -/ Federal employees when there are no Government-owned or controlled parking facilities avail- able. For the reasons given below, we find the rule requir- ing Federal employees to pay for their own parking in com- mercial facilities is generally applicable to the severely disabled; nevertheless, appropriated funds may be used for such parking when an individual's severely disabled condi- tion requires the individual to pay for commercial parking at a cost more than a de minimus amount above that generally paid by other employees working at the same facility. -/ The Federal Property Management Regulations--Temporary Regulation D-69 defines a Handicapped employee as one who has a severe, permanent impairment which for all practical purposes precludes use of public transporta- tion, or an employee who is unable to operate a car as a result of permanent impairment who is driven to work by another. 48 Fed. Reg. 16272, S 8(d)(1). For our purposes, the definition applies to those who are severely disabled.

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