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B-184798 1 (1975-12-11)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadcqe0001 and id is 1 raw text is: Aa THE COMPTR..' ..LER GENERAL ECISION OF THE UNITED STATES WASHINGTON, D.C. 20548 FILE: B DATE: 7(0 0 5-184798DEC 111975 MATTER OF: Reimbursement of relocation expenses incident to permanent change of station DIGEST: DIG T Employee, transferred from Madison to bushnell, Florida, claims reimbursement for $275 paid as attorney's fee in lieu of closing costs in con- nection with purchase of residence at new duty station. Reimbursement is not allowed since FTR para. 2-6.2(c) does not authorize payment of attorney s fe in lieu of closing costs and amount in question includes legal costs for which payment is not authorized under the above- cited FTR paragraph. This action is in response to a letter dated August 13, 1975, with enclosures, from Mr. Orris C. Huet, Authorized Certifying Officer, United States Department of Agriculture, requesting an advance decision as to whether a reclaim voucher in the amount of $275, in favor of Mr. Johnnie Hill, Jr., an employee of the Department of Agriculture, may be certified for payment, The record indicates that under Travel Authorization No. 09005, dated August 3, 1975, Mr..Hill effected a change of official duty sta- tion from Madison to Bushnell, Florida. In connection with this trans- fer it is stated that Mr. Hill purchased a residence at his new duty station. Mr. Hill was reimbursed by his agency for $896.11 in reloca- tion costs, including closing costs. Mr. Bill's claim for reimbursement of $275 paid by him as attorney's fee in connection with the purchase of the residence at his new duty station was suspended from payment for the reason that it was not sup- ported by a statement containing a breakdown of the charges included within that category. In reply to a request for an itemized statement, Mr. Hill submitted a $275 reclaim voucher and a letter, both dated May 30, 1975, and both containing statements further explaining this fee. The reclaim voucher contained a statement by Hr. Hill indicating that the $275 for which reimbursement was sought represented an attorney's fee for stopping foreclosure on property bought in lieu of closing costs. An almost identical statement was contained in the letter of the same date where it was stateds 09 coluo-eD

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