SEPTEMBER 20, 1921, 1 COMP. GEN. 152
Highlights
UNITED STATES VETERANS' BUREAU - $240 BONUS THE EMPLOYEES OF THE BUREAU OF WAR RISK INSURANCE WHO WERE TRANSFERRED TO THE UNITED STATES VETERANS' BUREAU UNDER SECTION 4 OF THE ACT OF AUGUST 9. 1921: I HAVE YOUR LETTER OF SEPTEMBER 2. REQUESTING DECISION WHETHER EMPLOYEES OF THE BUREAU OF WAR RISK INSURANCE WHO WERE TRANSFERRED BY SECTION 4 OF THE ACT OF AUGUST 9. THE QUESTION FOR DECISION IS WHETHER THE RIGHT TO ADDITIONAL COMPENSATION WHICH HAD BEEN ACQUIRED BY EMPLOYEES OF THE BUREAU OF WAR RISK INSURANCE PRIOR TO THIS TRANSFER FOLLOWS THEM INTO THE NEW BUREAU INTO WHICH THE BUREAU OF THEIR FORMER EMPLOYMENT HAS NOW BEEN MERGED. THE RELATION OF THE BUREAU OF WAR RISK INSURANCE TO THE UNITED STATES VETERANS' BUREAU IS SUCH THAT I FEEL JUSTIFIED IN HOLDING THAT EMPLOYEES OF THE FORMER BUREAU WHO WERE TRANSFERRED BY THE ACT TO THE LATTER CARRY WITH THEM THE RIGHTS TO THE TEMPORARY ADDITIONAL COMPENSATION WHICH HAD VESTED IN THEM PRIOR TO THE TRANSFER.
SEPTEMBER 20, 1921, 1 COMP. GEN. 152
UNITED STATES VETERANS' BUREAU - $240 BONUS THE EMPLOYEES OF THE BUREAU OF WAR RISK INSURANCE WHO WERE TRANSFERRED TO THE UNITED STATES VETERANS' BUREAU UNDER SECTION 4 OF THE ACT OF AUGUST 9, 1921, 42 STAT., 148, RETAIN THEIR RIGHT TO RECEIVE THE $240 BONUS SUBSEQUENT TO THEIR TRANSFER.
COMPTROLLER GENERAL MCCARL TO THE DIRECTOR, UNITED STATES VETERANS' BUREAU, SEPTEMBER 20, 1921:
I HAVE YOUR LETTER OF SEPTEMBER 2, 1921, REQUESTING DECISION WHETHER EMPLOYEES OF THE BUREAU OF WAR RISK INSURANCE WHO WERE TRANSFERRED BY SECTION 4 OF THE ACT OF AUGUST 9, 1921, 42 STAT., 148, TO THE VETERANS' BUREAU ESTABLISHED BY SECTION 1 OF THAT ACT MAY BE PAID THE ADDITIONAL COMPENSATION OF $240 PER ANNUM ALLOWED TO CIVILIAN EMPLOYEES OF THE UNITED STATES BY SECTION 6 OF THE ACT MARCH 3, 1921, 41 STAT., 1308.
IN ESTABLISHING THE UNITED STATES VETERANS' BUREAU THE STATUTE CITED TRANSFERRED TO THAT BUREAU THE UNEXPENDED BALANCES OF APPROPRIATIONS AND PERSONNEL OF THE BUREAU OF WAR RISK INSURANCE TOGETHER WITH THAT BUREAU'S FUNCTIONS, POWERS, AND DUTIES, SO THAT THE FORMER BUREAU OF WAR RISK INSURANCE HAS NOW BEEN ENTIRELY SUPERCEDED BY THE UNITED STATES VETERANS' BUREAU. THE QUESTION FOR DECISION IS WHETHER THE RIGHT TO ADDITIONAL COMPENSATION WHICH HAD BEEN ACQUIRED BY EMPLOYEES OF THE BUREAU OF WAR RISK INSURANCE PRIOR TO THIS TRANSFER FOLLOWS THEM INTO THE NEW BUREAU INTO WHICH THE BUREAU OF THEIR FORMER EMPLOYMENT HAS NOW BEEN MERGED.
UNDER THE ACT OF AUGUST 9, 1921, THE RELATION OF THE BUREAU OF WAR RISK INSURANCE TO THE UNITED STATES VETERANS' BUREAU IS SUCH THAT I FEEL JUSTIFIED IN HOLDING THAT EMPLOYEES OF THE FORMER BUREAU WHO WERE TRANSFERRED BY THE ACT TO THE LATTER CARRY WITH THEM THE RIGHTS TO THE TEMPORARY ADDITIONAL COMPENSATION WHICH HAD VESTED IN THEM PRIOR TO THE TRANSFER, AND ARE ENTITLED TO CONTINUE TO RECEIVE THE BONUS, NOTWITHSTANDING THAT THE UNITED STATES VETERANS' BUREAU IS A BUREAU CREATED SINCE JANUARY 1, 1916, WITH A LUMP-SUM APPROPRIATION, WHOSE EMPLOYEES GENERALLY ARE NOT ENTITLED TO RECEIVE THE BONUS.