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B-230576 1 (1989-08-14)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadnnr0001 and id is 1 raw text is: JG/ L I A) The Comptroller General of the United States Washington, D.C. 20548 Decision Meals For Attendees at Internal Government Matter of: Meetings File: B-230576 Date: August 14, 1989 DIGEST Customs Service may not pay for cost of catered meal provided federal employees attending Customs Service sponsored meeting of United States-Bahamas Working Group, an interagency task force. Absent specific statutory authority, federal employees may not be paid per diem or actual subsistence at headquarters regardless of any unusual working conditions. See cases cited. Gerald Goldberg, et al., B-198471, May 1, 1980 is not applicable to situations involving routine business meetings at headquarters. DECISION This decision is in response to a request from the National Finance Center, United States Customs Service, Department of the Treasury, concerning the availability of appropriated funds to pay for meals of Customs Service and other federal employees attending a meeting of an interagency task force. For the reasons discussed below, we conclude that the Customs Service may not pay for the meals in question. BACKGROUND On September 29, 1987, the Customs Service sponsored a quarterly meeting of the United States-Bahamas Working Group/Task Force. The interagency meeting was held in Miami, Florida, and was attended by 23 federal employees from the Customs Service and five other federal agencies. The day-long meeting lasted from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m., with a catered lunch served at midday. According to the Customs Service, National Finance Center submission, the meal was served during the meeting . . . to accommodate participants arriving from foreign locations on the same date. The Standard Form 1164 Claim for reimbursement (SF 1164) explains that the meetings concerned official agency functions within the purview of 5 U.S.C.

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