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[USDA Request for Decision Concerning Claim for Reimbursement]

B-211592 Apr 11, 1984
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A certifying officer for the Forest Service requested an advance decision as to whether a claim for reimbursement submitted by the Student Conservation Association (SCA) should be paid. SCA sought reimbursement for subsistence payments to students whom it assigned to serve as Forest Service volunteers in an Alaskan national forest. GAO found that the servicewide agreement between SCA and the Forest Service required the Forest Service to reimburse SCA only for actual subsistence expenses incurred by the volunteers. According to the Forest Service report, no subsistence expenses were incurred because the volunteers were directly provided with all items normally considered part of subsistence expenses. Accordingly, the SCA claim for reimbursement should be disallowed.

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