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B-133044 1 (1978-02-08)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadtfn0001 and id is 1 raw text is: pjGMTL C _P B-133044 COMPTROLLER GENERAL OF THE UNITED STATES WASHINGTON, D.C. 2.0548 February 8, 1978 The Honorable Max Cleland Administrator of Veterans Affairs Veterans Administration Dear Mr. Cleland:- Reference is made to your letter of November 21, 1977, and your subsequent letter of January 10, 1978, with enclosures, in which you request our review and comments in connectioa with the statutory requirement contained in 38 U.SC. § iii(e)(1970) which requires that you, in consultation with the Comptroller General and certain other heads of departments and agencies, conduct periodic investigations- of the actual cost of travel (including lodging and subsistence) to beneficiaries while traveling to or from a Veterans Administration (VA) facility 'or other place, and the estimated cost of alternative modes of travel, including public transportation and the operation of privately owned vehicles. The statutory provision requires such investiga- tions to be conducted immediately following any alteration in the rates for per diem, mileage allowances, and expenses of travel for employees of the United States. In your letter of November 21, 1977, you point out that such an occasion has now arisen inasmuch as the Administrator f General Services (GSA), issued regulations under 5 U.S.C. § 5707(1976), effective September 18, 1977, which increased the mileage and actual expense allowances of Federal employees. Specifically, GSA in- creased the mileage rate for use of privately owned conveyance for the convenience of the Government travel by Federal employees from 15-1/2 cents to 17 cents per mile. The GSA also introduced 14 additional U.S. cities as designated high-rate geographical areas where actual subsistence expense reimbursement is normally authorized or approved for travel in connection with a temporary duty assignment. In the Report on the Adequacy of Beneficiary Travel Allowances which you approved on November 18, 1977, it is stated that during 1976, and prior to the enactment of section lll(e),)title 38, United States Code, your agency conducted a study as to the adequacy of VA beneficiary travel allowances. In that report and 207

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