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B-182602 1 (1975-08-12)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadcol0001 and id is 1 raw text is: .LER THE COMPT JLLER GENERAL DECISION * .' - OF THE UNITED STATES Z' WASHINGTON. D.C. 20548 FILE: B-182602 DATE: AUG 12 1975 MVATTER OF: Patricia A. Mc1usick - living quarters allowance DIGEST: Army employee who traveled to Heidelberg, Germany, in 1961 with intent of obtaining emloyment while her husband attended university there and who was not employed by the Armay until 2-1/2 years later, following intervening employment with a German firm and a nonappropriated fund activity, may not be granted living quarters allowance. Although she may have been sole support of family, she was recruited in the foreign area and fails to ieet the criteria of section 031.12 of the Standardized Regulations (Governmaent Civilians, Foreign Areas). Acting under power of attorney, the American Federation of Govern- ment Employees requests our reconsideration of the denial of Mrs. Patricia A. M1cKusick's claia for a living quarters allowance by our Transportjtion and Claims Division's Settlnant Certificate No. Z-2317841 dated July 16, 1974, Mrs. McKusick's claim for a living quarters allowance for the period from October 1963 until the present is predicated on her under- standing that the regulations contained at section 031.12 of the Stan- dardised R4egulations (Government Civilians, Foreign Areas) authorize the granting of such an allowance in view of the financial dependency of her husband. On her behalf the American Federation of Government Employees suggests that the previous denial of her claim may have been made without proper consideration of the precedent set in the case of Mrs. RPusselle iedley, B-169161, Jttne 19, 1970. This precedent, it is urged, stands for the proposition that an individual is entitled to a living quarters allowance if she is the sole support of her family. Moreover, it is suggested that the fact that Mrs. Mc.usick was granted a transportation agreceent suggests that she is likewise eligible for a living quarters allowance and that the granting of the former neces- earily insures eligibility for the latter allowance. The record indicates that Mrs. McKusick traveled to Germany in January of 1961 with the express intent, as indicated by her applica- tion for employment, of finding work during the course of her husband's

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