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B-126158 1 (1976-04-21)

handle is hein.gao/gaobaddoz0001 and id is 1 raw text is: ,LE R G! 7 THE COMPTROLLER GENERAL iECISION'. OF THE UNITED STATES WASHINGTON, 0.C. 20548 FILE: B-126158 DATE: APR21 1976 MATTER OF: Proposed Amendments to Volume 1 of the Joint Travel Regulations DIGEST: 1. Proposed revision of Volume 1 of the Joint Travel Regulations to extend the one-year time limit for selecting a home upon retirement in deserving eases under circumstances other than those for members undergoing training or who are hospitalized would not be contrary to the statutory language or the congres- sional intent of Public Law 89-680 (1960). 2. There is no objection to a proposed revision of Volume 1 of the Joint Travel Regulations to extend the one-year time limit for selecting a home upon retire- ment. if it is rcstricted to th nember'o imediate family, unfbreseen events which prevent such move and the delay occa- sioned by such event is limited to a time certain. This action is in response to a letter dated November 24, 1975, from the Assistant Secretary of the Air Force (!1anpower'and Reserve Affairs), for our views as to whether it is legally permissible to amend VolumAe 1 of the Joint Travel Regulations (JTR) to authorize the Secretaries of the uniformed services to extend the one-year time limit for selecting a home upon retirement in deserving cases under circumstances other than those for members undergoing training or who are hosnpitalized. The letter was forwarded to our Office by the Per Dien, Travel and Transportation Allowance Committee and has been assigned PDTATAC Control No. 75-32. The submission states that Public Law 89-680, approved October 15, 1966, 80 Stat. 957, authorized the extension of the time limit for travel of members to their homes of selection upon retirement and for the transportation of their dependents and - household goods. Prior to enactment of Public Law 89-680, the law governinag such matters (37 U.S.C. 404(c), 406(d) and 406(g)). prescribed no tim!e limit within which a member who is retired,

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