DEAR MRS. RYDQUIST:

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP82-00357R000200030076-8
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• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 3
• Document Creation Date: December 12, 2016
• Document Release Date: July 24, 2000
• Sequence Number: 76
• Publication Date: December 19, 1967
• Content Type: LETTER

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COMPTROLLER GENERAL OF THE UNITED STATES
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20540
Miry X. ydquist
Authorized. Certifying Officer
nIrml
of land li.hnazolaerit
Dnve:r Service Centers Bui1ding5Q
Departnent of the Interior_ ,
Denver Colorado 80225 ,
Dear Mrs. Rydquist:
December 19, 1967:
Your letter of Novenfper 1? 1957s reference (7331-2)s with encl.?.
y rl3tn oar advice conce..-ninc.; the propriety of a collection
bill for (';205.04 issued against an enDloyee of the Bureau of Land
ag,e1..1mt pre.dicated upon an aciainistrative view that he was allowed
travel and transportation expenses incident to home leave
cn in the continental United State's.
The employee involved whose "place of actual residence" appears to
been Egashingtons D.C.s was authorized by travel order dated Sep-
9, 1966, to take home leave in the continental United States un-
section 4, Bureau of the Budget Circular No. A-56, June 1,, 1962,
Qr section 7 of the current circulars after completion of a tour of
duty in Anchorages Alaskar?
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The emploz,ree eiected. not to travel to his place of_a_cf0P3-:resi-
c71.enee for leav(i'Int-.sent sub:.-;tantially_al:Lof his lenva at Las Vogasp
no cm7)..t.oyee and r..1eLbers of his imizediate family deported
.;-..-171:itYzTage on vari- --sdafks -a-on-Septarber 18 through December 3,
SOnC.: 271a;fs ore accoir2ar4:1 ed the employee to Las Vegas and thence
:c....'veled 'to Detrots iarehigan? before returning to Anchorage, __Other_
traveled directly from Anchorage to Detroit or Day-tons Ohio,
cr relmined. with 'S.1-Te?eyrroioyee inLVegas and_roturned1-T1th-
A.nchorage via Renps San. Zranciscos and. Seattle. _
The travel was performed largely by air' and to value of the
transportation requests used is understood to have beili-a-the?ar?..
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urea-ate amount- of f!1r,942.85.
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Yourzz the view that ii virtue of the eroloyce having
se1ectz%1LIS Vegas as the location other, than his place of actual
residence-at-which to -*end his home isv.7-1-111-a----..-Atitrenient--to trans.
Dortation 4t.00V_OrnWnt_CADen4Cf0iiTA04).4!.:0 PLIlivimmediato ,faudly
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%,cuI6 be limited to their conatructivc travel by the direct usually
acid Lae Ve,45-1-Thus? you proos-te,-
a:loy cr7..',n7t-for trans-.:,?(;J. ? his family between
and Las Vef,i:as, ;.11)(3).00. Oa that basis the overpayLlont
w,,yult:. be 203.85 (4,92.65 V.L;(39), plas transportation tax of
,1.0.19 on the excess cos',.;, loss a credit of 439 for taxicabs, or a net
indebtedness of c,205.6:.w
do not to h.va had occanion to decide the 'Precise clues-
tico),Lraised,by_yo. loi-,11(-1' The statutory authority for allowance by
the Goveraraent of the travel and transportation expenses of an en-oloy-
c;o in connection vith lone leave now is found in 5 U.S.C. 5728. So
for as here pertinent, the stz,11/ory language provides for the pay-
? of _the oznenses_ b2 round-triptraver757 oarploych."---------:and the
tran;;Ilortation of his itraeT,iPte family to the Dlace_of.his actual
-.1? idence at the ti= of ampointnent after he has conpleted an
:,.-_-oed.poriod of service outside the continental United States and
? r,e-trninz to his actual place of residence to take leave before
? xvires another tour of duty outside the continental United States.
The statutory rogulationzi currently in section 7 of the Bureau
? the Budget Circular p._1.-561:Revised October 12, 1966, a.2.y_j_44
that an anployce and his Lo;rediate family shall be allowed expenses
for travel from his post of duty to the place of his actual resi-
,7e:Ice at the time of his appointnont, and rIiturn? or., in the alter-
r,:?,tiveif_leavo is taken at "another location" the amount
1Lo'2.vel and transPaaation c:venses shall_noA, exceed faati_mbich
wc,uld. be allowed for travel between -the post of duty and tho_place
of 0:Ctual residence. To the same effect see section 4 of Bureau of
LBuelet Circular No. A-1:45, dated April 30, 1962, and section
-,1y0; of Bureau of the Budget Circular No. A,-40 dated May 2, 1955.
In 37 Core). Gen. 113, 115 (1957) we said:
"* * * The statute authorizes travel for leave pur-
poses toplaces of actual residence.1 As recognized in
3.2 Col*. Qea. 2116, thz,,t,phrase is not viewed ai&juIring
travel to the actua=77Idence beep:? ht 'avel-Tic175aZIes
ar'e-Ellowuble. By-iq terms, however, tho statutory
relstrlatiardiTabov, authorilf,D travel only t _another
locati-on.' The ?icozulations do not provide for rave to
various locations for :personal conve cin.uzo ?
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r4 CC1:10:Q. with the ho'7,-...e leave travel of an ez.,:12loyce there
fczaily chd ouo thet such moZoers notethe
ati*cetion, of the cployec... c 7,3y persona choice oblicmte
te Covcri-E-,laht to pay fox. tl-anoztation in oxec:le, of that lalowablo
the aloyed by reason ,of hie choice to we his leave at a :point
distant than his pls.ce of actual residetce? See 13..-13760.5
172 19Ci1? g
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MX: zu travel or traneportatiot pXj2:::11Ze ellowed the
2,1syco for hie travel or that of his far.11,c in execr.s of the cost
or trat*ortation between Anehoraze? Alas%av and
Ve evc1 ou24b unatthhorizocl.
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The chcloeurec ta.-w...sy:littea with your letter are r,:,..t,orned. her
ad it is our opinion thzIt the laethod. used it car*,utirsz the
over,%::::/:::iont to the er...ployce, is correct? '
Sinoczcly
,?FRANK
'Coaltroller Gcmora1.
:"-444'LazIfof the United States',:
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