LETTER TO HONORABLE BERNARD L. BOUTIN FROM JOSEPH CAMPBELL

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• Document Creation Date: December 12, 2016
• Document Release Date: February 14, 2002
• Sequence Number: 16
• Publication Date: March 21, 1963
• Content Type: LETTER

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COMPTROLLER GENERAL Or THE UNITED ITAM
WA HINSTON M
March 21, 196:
orable Dcrnard L. Doutin
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Ocnoral ulcrviceo
Administration
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Dcar 11r. 13outint
On .February 26, 1963, you suir itted for our dccici~on the qi: z:thins
vhwthor the anoint payable for the coot of t ho pre-paracion of t,o re-
mains of a docoaved General Corvicon .Adrainijtration e.iployco i,ho r,:zs
otfircial17 ctationod at Juneau.. Alanlca, and who died uhhilo in a travel
atatuo at 'iranCell, Alac?:a, is eowrod by Part II or Part III of ::Yyecu-
tivo Order Uo, 85A, dated Soptcnl,er 30, 1940, izs od pur cu ant to t' o
act of .Yuy 8, VIA, 5 U. s. C. 103a, as amended by
10209, datod Fobruar,T 1, 19551..
You refer to our dacioion at 39 Co'. ;,Gen. 716 in v Lch to held
that after the admission of Alaalcn and i;airaii as :'tates, the bonefito
pcrablo under the 19!40 atatuto in tho case or Goricrn.;ont oc:;~lavr 4a
dyin , viiiiin thooe risIicLions would bo the am -.c as those for on,)loytea
stationed olaci4ioi'o within the United : tato3 rather than thoco appli-
cable In the caco of onp1oycea atatiorwd in the Turritorios or poacco-
sionn, etc. Ties, employcos tdio din s, kilo in a travel ctatun in Alas::a
or itcnaaii ~ torat "their United ~tata~s"aastueod in thot~atatntok-oaa :~'`ratoa
are within
:notion 3, Part II , of the Em cuti'w order' as a nded, applicable In the cam of cw ploycos who die a ilro tz't~u' '?,,o .,i ?, . busincaa
/1tirithin the ?cantincrrtal limits of` iC United CtaLoo" ao provided in
section 2 thereof, ]limits: to :;150 tlw allo:jabio costa of pre: ))ration
remains. On the other hand, e;cction 6, Part III, applicablo in the
aaro, anent?, othoro, of e7, 1"os tiho dio chile travolin- on official
business "ontsido the continental limits or the United !Utca" a3 pro-
vidod in noction 5, dons not cpocity any limitation on the allo.:able
coots of ouch propagation. The bL ito for transportation of romaine
are mho omm_..in.. either event.
Section 1(o), Part I, of Executive Order 11o. )557, dcfincs "Conti-
nental United ,tatos as mcania- V e h3 "tatoo and the DiaLrict of
Colu:a'uia. 1..a noto that no a:~.rL i nt has born mace to rich i:xecutivo
order since the date of Alacha'e aciiiionion as one of the United :~tatcs.
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In view of the definition of "Continental Unitod Statoa? oontained
in Ibmautive Ordor No. 6557, we hold that tho allousbis oosts of prs-
ppaa-mLion of remains of ampIM es who die wlhil. traveling on official
buoinoas in Alaska or flswaii an governed h7 Pair III of the Mims
order rather than Farb 11.
Your snbaission is answsred aoosedlnb+ly. .
3" rely Ti's,
icum CJ B=
Comptroller General
at the *h itod States
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