B-169032, MAY 26, 1970
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AUTREY: REFERENCE IS MADE TO YOUR LETTER OF FEBRUARY 9. JOHN EMRICH WAS A MEMBER OF THE ARMED FORCES AT THE TIME OF HIS TRAVEL. MISS ANNA MARIE EMRICH WAS A STUDENT AT THE DUQUESNE UNIVERSITY AT THE TIME OF HER TRAVEL. IN YOUR LETTER THAT: "SHE WOULD HAVE BEEN ENTITLED TO RETURN EDUCATIONAL TRAVEL TO MEXICO CITY FROM THE UNITED STATES AT ANY TIME DURING HER ENROLLMENT AT COLLEGE IN ACCORDANCE WITH CHAPTER 280. YOU ASK IF THE EXPENSES ARE PROPERLY CHARGEABLE TO THE FUNDS OF THE BUREAU OF NARCOTICS AND DANGEROUS DRUGS. WE ARE NOT AWARE OF ANY AUTHORITY WHEREBY A SON IN THE ARMED FORCES COULD BE TRANSPORTED TO HIS FATHER'S OFFICIAL STATION EITHER IN OR OUTSIDE THE UNITED STATES AT GOVERNMENT EXPENSE BECAUSE OF HIS FATHER'S DEATH.
B-169032, MAY 26, 1970
TO MR. LEWELL V. AUTREY:
REFERENCE IS MADE TO YOUR LETTER OF FEBRUARY 9, 1970, IN WHICH YOU REQUEST AN ADVANCE DECISION BY THIS OFFICE AS TO THE PROPRIETY OF CERTIFYING FOR PAYMENT A VOUCHER FILED ON BEHALF OF GEORGE EMRICH (DECEASED), A FORMER MEMBER OF THE BUREAU OF NARCOTICS AND DANGEROUS DRUGS WITH OFFICIAL DUTY STATION IN MEXICO, D. F.
THE RECORD SHOWS THAT DUE TO THE DEATH OF THEIR FATHER, JOHN EMRICH AND ANNA MARIE EMRICH TRAVELED ON SEPTEMBER 18 AND SEPTEMBER 19, 1969, RESPECTIVELY, FROM THE UNITED STATES TO MEXICO. MR. JOHN EMRICH WAS A MEMBER OF THE ARMED FORCES AT THE TIME OF HIS TRAVEL, FROM SAN DIEGO, CALIFORNIA, TO MEXICO CITY, AT A COST OF $124.14. MISS ANNA MARIE EMRICH WAS A STUDENT AT THE DUQUESNE UNIVERSITY AT THE TIME OF HER TRAVEL, FROM PITTSBURG, PENNSYLVANIA, TO MEXICO CITY, AT A COST OF $118.
YOU STATE, AMONG OTHER THINGS, IN YOUR LETTER THAT:
"SHE WOULD HAVE BEEN ENTITLED TO RETURN EDUCATIONAL TRAVEL TO MEXICO CITY FROM THE UNITED STATES AT ANY TIME DURING HER ENROLLMENT AT COLLEGE IN ACCORDANCE WITH CHAPTER 280, STATE DEPARTMENT STANDARDIZED REGULATIONS."
YOU ASK IF THE EXPENSES ARE PROPERLY CHARGEABLE TO THE FUNDS OF THE BUREAU OF NARCOTICS AND DANGEROUS DRUGS.
WE ARE NOT AWARE OF ANY AUTHORITY WHEREBY A SON IN THE ARMED FORCES COULD BE TRANSPORTED TO HIS FATHER'S OFFICIAL STATION EITHER IN OR OUTSIDE THE UNITED STATES AT GOVERNMENT EXPENSE BECAUSE OF HIS FATHER'S DEATH. ACCORDINGLY, THE TRANSPORTATION EXPENSES OF MR. JOHN EMRICH MAY NOT BE ALLOWED.
CONCERNING THE TRANSPORTATION OF MISS EMRICH, SECTION 282 OF THE DEPARTMENT OF STATE STANDARDIZED REGULATIONS REFERRED TO BY YOU PROVIDES, AMONG OTHER THINGS, AS FOLLOWS:
"282 SCOPE
"EDUCATIONAL TRAVEL PERMITS PAYMENT OF TRAVEL EXPENSES FOR A CHILD TO A SCHOOL IN THE UNITED STATES FROM THE EMPLOYEE'S POST FOR SECONDARY OR COLLEGE EDUCATION * * * AND RETURN TO THE POST, ONCE EACH WAY FOR EACH TYPE OF EDUCATION EXCEPT AS OTHERWISE PROVIDED IN SECTION 284. * * *" SECTION 284 PROVIDES FOR CERTAIN SPECIAL RULES PERTAINING TO THE AGE OF THE CHILD AND THE ORIGIN OF THE EDUCATIONAL TRAVEL.
IF IT BE DETERMINED BY THE BUREAU THAT MISS EMRICH WAS ENTITLED TO BE RETURNED TO HER FATHER'S POST IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE ABOVE REGULATIONS WE CAN SEE NO OBJECTION TO ALLOWANCE OF HER TRANSPORTATION EXPENSES. THE VOUCHER IS RETURNED HEREWITH FOR PROCESSING IN THE MANNER INDICATED.