United States Government Publishing Office publisher pbl distributor dst United States Government Accountability Office author aut Government Organization text government publication eng GAOREPORTS Legislative Agency Publications gao_comptroller_general legislative 2016-06-23 U.S. Government Publishing Office 1996-02-29 monographic deposited born digital 4 p. GA 1.13:B-259620 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-B-259620 P0b002ee18fd458a7 f:259620 DGPO 2016-06-23 2016-06-23 GAOREPORTS-B-259620 machine generated eng fdlp COMPTROLLERDECISION GAOREPORTS-B-259620 B-259620 Comptroller General Decision

The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) may pay the travel costs of the spouses of FAA overseas employees to attend cross-cultural training sessions conducted at overseas locations. The FAA states that this training is important to the success of the FAA employees' assignments. Thus the spouses' attendance at the training provides a direct and substantial benefit to the government and the FAA may pay their travel expenses under 5 U.S.C. sec. 5703. https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-B-259620/html/GAOREPORTS-B-259620.htm https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-B-259620/pdf/GAOREPORTS-B-259620.pdf GAO/B-259620 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-B-259620 Comptroller General Decision GAO/B-259620; Cross-cultural Training for Spouses of FAA Overseas; Title 5 Section 2105 Title 5 Section 5701(2) Title 5 Section 5703 Title 5 Section 5706b 5 U.S.C. 2105 5 U.S.C. 5701(2) 5 U.S.C. 5703 5 U.S.C. 5706b Title 31 Section 1345 31 U.S.C. 1345 Volume 60 Page 808 60 Stat. 808 Volume 89 Page 85 89 Stat. 85 Public Law 94-22