Cranbrook Science Institute Tour (68). Village Women's Club Luncheon (68) --. Transportation to Pontiac Motor Company, etc__ Vice President's Luncheon (130) Reception A'La Francaise (250) Hors d'oeuvres and music_____ Total Saturday, May 4, 1968: Ladies' Continental Breakfast (90)- 133.90 127.48 423. 74 998. 80 200.00 260.00 657.50 676. 40 1,782, 00 366. 44 5, 626. 26 133.95 122. 05 61.00 434.05 176.00 279.87 583. 15 614. 10 852.96 3, 257. 13 Women's Luncheon-Detroit Boat Club (86). Men's Coffee Break (a.m. only). Cocktails Men's Luncheon___ Men's Luncheon (96) 133. 80 81.00 302. 06 342.72 395. 08 93.50 431.00 1,850. 20 375.00 4, 004. 36 17, 979. 04 MCLA Advance Paid April, 1968- Advances by Matheson Dixon & Bieneman Payable-- Total 51-728-71-pt. 1-12 1, 300.00 900.00 14, 308. 75 3. 670. 29 2,500.00 1, 170. 29 3,670. 29 Mr. LISHMAN. Mr. Chairman, I would like to have included in the record at this point an extract from the ICC manual, particularly that portion of it which deals with the per diem allowances which are permitted. Mr. Moss. Is there objection to the request? Hearing none, the item will be included in the record at this point. (The document referred to follows:) TRANSMITTAL LETTER No. 65 Subject: Additional Travel Distribution. (4) Private Auto in Lieu of Taxicab. Payment on a mileage basis at the rate of 10 cents per mile will be allowed for the round trip mileage of a private auto used in connection with an employee going from either his place of abode or place of business, provided that the amount of reimbursement for round trip mileage will not in either instance exceed the taxicab fare including tip allowable for a one-way trip between applicable points. The fee for parking an automobile at a common carrier terminal while the traveler is away from his official station will be allowed only to the extent that the fee plus mileage reimbursement to and from the terminal does not exceed the estimated cost for use of taxicab to and from the terminal. Payment on a mileage basis will also be allowed when the use of taxicab is authorized or approved from an employee's home to his office or from his office to his home under circumstances stated in paragraph k. (3) above. 1. Tips-Taxicab and Limousine.-Allowable taxicab and limousine tip is 15 cents when the fare is $1 or less or 15 per cent of the reimbursable fare when it exceeds $1. Where the 15 per cent is not a multiple of 5 it may be increased to the next multiple of 5. m. Local Bus and Street Car.-Transportation by bus or street car between places of business at official station or temporary duty station, and between places of lodging and place of business at a temporary duty station will be allowed. Such fares shall be itemized on the Travel Voucher to indicate the number of fares, rate per fare, and amount expended each day. 20. Per Diem Allowance: a. Definition.-Per diem allowance in lieu of subsistence expenses includes all charges for meals, lodgings, personal use of rooms during daytime, maids, dining room stewards on vessels, telegrams and telephone calls reserving hotel accommodations, laundry, cleaning and pressing of clothing, fans and fires in rooms, transportation between places of lodging or business and places where meals are taken. Pursuant to section 6.2 of the Standardized Government Travel Regulations as amended by Bureau of the Budget Circular A-7, which provides that departments and establishments shall authorize only such per diem allowances as are justified by the circumstances and establish lower per diem rates when night lodging is not involved, the Commission has authorized rates of per diem for official travel within the continental 48 United States, including the District of Columbia, but excluding Alaska as shown on page 21-516: (Per diem rates for official travel to, from, between and within Alaska, Hawaii, and foreign countries, prescribed by Secretary of Defense and Department of State, are not included here. They may be obtained from the Budget and Fiscal Office.) REQUIREMENT AUTHORIZED PER DIEM For each tour of temporary duty where per diem is authorized, the hour and date the first assignment began and hour and date the last assignment ended will be shown on the travel voucher. (The beginning and ending hour and date of first and last assignment are the times hearings, accounting or auditing examinations. inspections, etc., began and concluded.) The hour of departure from and arrival at official station, or other place at which travel begins or ends, will be the hours of departure and arrival of the standard time then currently in effect at each such place. b. Rules Governing Computation of Per Diem.-(1) Continuous Travel of More than 24 Hours. In computing per diem in lieu of subsistence for a period of continuous travel of 24 hours or more, the calendar day (midnight to midnight) will be the unit. The periods of 6 hours each to be considered in computing per diem for fractional parts of the day are: 12:01 a.m. to 6:00 a.m., 6:01 a.m. to 12:00 noon, 12:01 p.m. to 6:00 p.m., 6:01 p.m. to 12:00 midnight; (2) Continuous Travel of 24 Hours or Less. The travel period will commence with the beginning of the travel and end with the completion; one fourth the rate for a calendar day will be allowed for each 6 hour period or fraction of a period; (3) Travel by Government or Private Automobile. Per diem will be allowed from the time the traveler actually leaves and returns to his office. Title 5 USC Section 5702. Per diem; employees traveling on official business (a) An employee, while traveling on official business away from his designated post of duty, is entitled to a per diem allowance prescribed by the agency concerned. For travel inside the continental United States, the per diem allowance may not exceed the rate of $25. For travel outside the continental United States. the per diem allowance may not exceed the rate established by the President or his designee, who may be the Director of the Budget or another officer of the Government of the United States, for the locality where the travel is performed. (b) Under regulations prescribed under section 5707 of this title, an employee who, while traveling on official business away from his designated post of duty.. becomes incapacitated by illness or injury not due to his own misconduct is entitled to the per diem allowances, and transportation expenses to his designated post of duty. (c) Under regulations prescribed under section 5707 of this title, the head of the agency concerned may prescribe conditions under which an employee may be reimbursed for the actual and necessary expenses of the trip, not to exceed an amount named in the travel authorization, when the maximum per diem allowance would be much less than these expenses due to the unusual circumstances of the travel assignment. The amount named in the travel authorization may not exceed― (1) $40 for each day in a travel status inside the continental United States; or (2) the maximum per diem allowance plus $18 for each day in a travel status outside the continental United States. (d) This section does not apply to a justice or judge except to the extent provided by section 456 of title 28. Title 5 U.S.C Section 5707. Regulations The Director of the Bureau of the Budget shall prescribe regulations necessary for the administration of this subchapter. The fixing, payment, advancement, and recovery of travel allowance, and the reimbursement of travel expenses, under this subchapter shall be in accordance with the regulations. This section does not apply to the fixing or payment of a per diem allowance under section 5703 (c) of this title. Title 49 USC Section 18. Employees; appointment and compensation; witness fees; expenses Commissioners' salaries; secretary and employees; compensation; witness fees (1) Each commissioner shall receive basic compensation payable in the same manner as the judges of the courts of the United States. The commission shall appoint a secretary. The commission shall have authority to employ such other employees as it may find necessary to the proper performance of its duties. Until otherwise provided by law, the commission may hire suitable offices for its use, and shall have authority to procure all necessary office supplies. Witnesses summoned before the commission shall be paid the same fees and mileage that are paid witnesses in the courts of the United States. Expenses of commission (2) All of the expenses of the commission, including all necessary expenses for transportation incurred by the commissioners, or by their employees under their orders, in making any investigation, or upon official business in any other places than in the city of Washington, shall be allowed and paid on the presentation of itemized vouchers therefor approved by the chairman of the commission. Title 18 USC Section 287. False, fictitious or fraudulent claims Whoever makes or presents to any person or officer in the civil, military, or naval service of the United States, or to any department or agency thereof, any claim upon or against the United States, or any department or agency thereof, knowing such claim to be false fictitious, or fraudulent, shall be fined not more than $10,000 or imprisoned not more than five years, or both. Mr. LISHMAN. Mr. Chairman, I would like to ask that this witness be instructed to be available to return at a day named by the subcommittee in order to straighten out the situation concerning the reimbursement that he made in the instance of the San Juan Americana Hotel and also to have the witness, when he is recalled, bring with him the check and any written evidence that he has with regard to hotels in Detroit, that he did, in fact, pay the basic room charges and that these basic room charges were not paid for by the Motor Carrier Lawvers Association as they have stated in a letter which we have obtained from their files. |