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B-202183(MRV) 1 (1982-09-07)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadsev0001 and id is 1 raw text is: UNITED STATES GENERA. A(CCOUINTING OFFICE WASHINGTON, D.C.- 2050, RE L E AS E Q. OFFICE OF GENErRAL COUNSFL * In Reply Refer to: B-202183(MRV)- September 7, 1982 Warren P. Nixon, Chairman * Committee for Simplified Travel' Reimbursement OPR/STP/T Room 1048-A, New State Department of State Washington, D.C. 20520 Dear Mr. Nixon: Th'is is in response to your letter of August 19, 1982, concerning a proposed experiment with the flat rate per diemconcept by Foreign Service members in the Bureau of Public.Affairs, Department of State. Your letter states that, as a participant in the OMB-sponsored Travel Management Improvement Group, you propose to experiment with a. simplified travel reim- bursement system which,-for travel in the United States, would involve the payment of per diem in the range of $50-75 a day, instead of actual subsistence' expenses, in high geographical areas.. The legal issue• involved is whether the experiment is permissible under the-authority of the Secretary of State to pay the travel expenses of Foreign Service personnel as provided in the Foreign-Service Act of 1980, Public Law 96-46'5 October 1.7, 1980, 94 Stat. 2074. You have submitted with your letter a memorandum of law dated August 23, 1982, prepared by K. E. Malmborg, Assistant Legal Adviser for Management.- The legal memorandum refers.to sectiop 901(14) of Public Law. 96:-465, 22 U.S.C.- § 408l(14)'(Supp. IV 1980), which- provides, in part,. that the Secretary of State may pay the travel expenses of members of the Foreign Service assigned to or within the United States, including assignments to State and local governments. .: The memorandum staies that the language of this section. is broad and general and is not limited to travel in ME

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