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B-184901 1 (1976-07-23)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadcvo0001 and id is 1 raw text is: THE COMPTROL.&.ER GENERAL DECISION 7.OF THE UNITE:) STATES WASHINGTON. O. C. 20548 FILE: DATE: JUL 2 3 1976 3-184901 MATTER OF: Robert H. Covell - relocation expenses - unexpired lease DIGEST: Employee is entitled to reimbursement for forfeited first month rental pay- ment under paragraph 2-6.2h of the FTR for newly leased residence where employee has received less than 30 days notice of transfer to new perma- nent duty station and where transfer prevented employee from occupying residence since such expense was incurred in settlement of lease inci- dent to change of duty station. This action is in response to a request dated September 5, 1975, for an advance decision by an authorized certifying officer of the United States Department of Agriculture as to the propriety of certifying for payment the reclaim voucher in the amount of $155 of Robert H. Covell of expenses incurred in settling an unexpired lease at the time of his transfer of permanent duty station. The record shows that Mr. Covell was transferred from Milwaukee, Wisconsin, to Springfield, Missouri, on June 2, 1971, under the authority of Travel Authorization 1-R9-140. On May 4, 1971, he entered into a lease contract commencing June 1, 1971, for an apartment in Delafield, Wisconsin, to serve as his perma- nent residence at his then permanent duty station in Milwaukee. The issue presented is whether an employee may be reimbursed for the advanced payment of rent he forfeited when he was prevented from occupying the apartment by the transfer to a new duty station. The lease provided, in pertinent part, as follows: * ** Notice by either owners or rentors of termination of this Agreement must be made one full rental period Lmonthlyx in advance of the proposed termination of the tenancy. If no notice of termination of the tenancy is given

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