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B-216477 1 (1984-11-15)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadmaj0001 and id is 1 raw text is: THE COMPTROLLER GENERAL DEJCISIODN MOP THE UNUTEO NTATES WASHINGTON, 0.C. 20549 FILE: B-216477 DATE: November 15, 1984 MATTER OF: Dwain F. Pridemore - Travel Expenses Incurred Due to Death in Employee's Family DIGEST: Employee on a temporary duty assignment for training in Georgia may not be reim- bursed for the cost of round trip travel to West Virginia to attend his father's funeral. The travel was for personal reasons and there is no authority under applicable statutes or regulations author- izing reimbursement for personal travel. An authorized certifying officer with the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) has requested our opinion concerning the entitlement of Mr. Dwain F. Pridemore to reimbursement of travel expenses he incurred when he interrupted his temporary duty to attend his father's funeral. We hold that since those expenses were incurred incident to per- sonal travel rather than official business, they may not be reimbursed. Mr. Pridemore, whose permanent duty station is Akron, Ohio, traveled to Glynco, Georgia, to attend a training class scheduled to last from April 25 to June 13, 1984. while attending the training class he was notified that his father was dying. Mr. Pridemore's brother-in-law picked him up at 3:30 p.m. on May 11 in Brunswick, Georgia, and drove him to Logan, West Virginia, where they arrived at 3:30 a.m. on May 12. His father died shortly after he arrived in Logan and Mr. Pridemore stayed for the funeral. On May 16 he returned by a commercial airline flight to his temporary duty station. He apparently had received approval from the Assistant Regional Commissioner for a cash expenditure of $242 for the airline ticket. In addition to requesting reimbursement for the cost of the airline ticket, Mr. Pridemore claimed entitlement to $124.00 for mileage from Brunswick, Georgia, to Logan, West Virginia, $26.24 for roundtrip mileage from Logan, West Virginia, to the Charleston Airport, $2 for airport parking and $5.75 on May 11 and $2.88 on May 16 for sub- sistence. Citing our decision in 45 Comp. Gen. 299 (1965), the certifying officer denied Mr. Pridemore's (30 II

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