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COMPTROLLER GENERAL OF THE UNITED STATES
17 WASHINGTON. D.C. 20548
IN REPLY
REFER TO B-199549(BRP)
August 7, 1980
The Honorable Abraham Ribicoff
Chairman
Committee on Governmental Affairs
United States Senate
Dear Mr. Chairman:
We refer to your letter of June 26, 1980, in which
you request our views regarding t]Te provisions of S. 2652]
96th Congress, 2d Session, and any recommendations we may
have concerning possible action thereon by the Committee
on Governmental Affairs, United States Senate.
On March 31, 1980, this Office recommended to the
Congress that legislation be enacted to permit Federal
agencies to reimburse their employees for residence sale
and purchase expenses upon transfer from an overseas post
to a new duty station in the United States. The pending
bill, S. 2652, would carry out our recommendation.
At the present time, such expenses are not reimburs-
able by virtue of a statutory provision, 5 U.S.C. § 5724a
(a)(4). We feel that the cited provision is unduly harsh
and impacts heavily, from a financial standpoint, on
Federal employees who are recruited to perform overseas
tours of duty and who, upon completion of such tours of
duty, are reassigned to duty stations in the United States
other than the ones from which they were transferred to
the overseas posts of duty.
Currently, 5 U.S.C. § 5724a(a)(4) provides for reim-
bursement of the expenses incurred in the sale of a resi-
dence at the old duty station and the purchase of a resi-
dence at the new duty station when the old and new duty
stations are located within the United States, its terri-
tories or possessions, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico,
or the Canal Zone. Consistent with the limiting language
of this section, paragraph 2-6.1 of the -Federal Travel
Regulations (FPMR 101-7, May 1973), and administrative
regulations such as paragraph C 14000-1 of the Joint
Travel Regulations, Volume 2, prohibit such payments to
employees who are transferred to or from a duty post
outside the United States.
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