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B-179240 1 (1973-08-27)

handle is hein.gao/gaobaadid0001 and id is 1 raw text is: I~ 1 .14 COMIPTROLLERi GENERtAL OF THIll UNITED STATES ' 41WASl,4TON, D.C. U648 rx-179240 August 27, 1973 Hr. l auries F, Kay Authorixed Cortityine; Officer Fedral Buraeu of Investijation United States Departmant of Justice Dear fr. Rowi We refer to your lettor of July 16, 1973, on the certification of Special Agent Robert L, Fryers claim for expenes Incurred In connection Swith the sale of his raotidence ewt his old duty station following hii transfer to a new duty station, Uerecord furnished shova that Hr, Frye was offIcially transferred from Sala, Alabara, to ontgonory, Alabama, on Aul USt 4, 1970. tShortly after receiving notificatlon that ha &as to be tritnafarred, fir. Frye listed his residance with a real eut4to corpany for male and subsequcntly listed it with several other corpvnies in the ara as well. Dsa to the depressed housing market in Selma, a buyer for the residence was not located until the spriag of 1972, Although a sales contract was sipied July 24, the sale did not ruach final settlennt until Eeptewbcr 25, apparently bocause the buyer had difficulty obtainij; a loan. Prior to an October 28, 1972 anendnant of the appliceblo regulation, section 4.l of Ofitc of Hanaeecnt and udtet (OH) Circular Ho, A-56, providud that expnue: Sucurred in the sale o£ rcaidcncc incident to transfer were not reiatbursable unioas the guttlewont date for the sale was within tle first year after the trcnciar. One year ecensions of the one-year lirttatloa could be grauted by the agency only if there war litintion in procous which was delaying settlaent or if a montract for AltI had iecn entered into within the first year but circutastanoas prevented the settleoent £rom occurrin; before the ad of that year. In 32 Comp. G.n. 43 (1972) it wwheld that a one-year extvnsion woe authorized if a contract for sale had been siguod in the first year, rcrardless of wtcr thu contract was still in exietenco at tie end of the year. lat deci- sion, however, did not bo so far an5 to jlorit e.aensioru to be ;rantod in cnnes wlmr a valid contract had not bcen entercd into within tile initinl oin-year portod. Tile Octubor 1972 anend:kcnt provideJ for an extunuion of up to one year of the onu-year lird.tAtion ratardless of tho -e.ieoae therefor so lons as it is decerr:ined'tlnt thu particular rcsidenco trasection is BEST DOCUMENT AVNI BL ,. 'iF

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