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B-131836 1 (1976-04-12)

handle is hein.gao/gaobaddps0001 and id is 1 raw text is: DECISION I. . FILE: B-131836 MATTER OF: DIGEST: THE COMPTROLLER GENERAL OF THE UNITED STATES WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549 . DATE: APR 1 2 1976 Family Separation Allowance, Type II 1. Following the decision 52 Comp. Gen. 912 (1973) if a ship moves from its home port to another port within 50 miles (or 1-1/2 hours travel time as provided in para. 30313, DODPM) of the home port, those mem- bers attached to the ship whose dependents do not reside in the area of the home port do not become entitled to family separa- tion allowance, Type II. N 2. Family separation allowance, Type II, if otherwise allowable may not be paid to naval personnel assigned to ships merely because the ship has moved from its home port but eligibility depends upon where the dependents actually reside. If they reside within 50 miles (or 1-1/2 hours travel time) of the ship while at some other port, FSA may not be paid. This action is in response to a request for decision from the Acting Secretary of the Navy, dated May 2, 1974. The request has been approved by the Department of Defense Military Pay and Allow- ance Committee and assigned Control Number SS-N-1220. The Acting Secretary states that in view of our decision B-131836 of June 5, 1973 (52 Comp. Gen. 912), which was applicable to certain Navy members in the Norfolk, Virginia area, it is requested that this Office pfovide a rule of entitlement to family separation allowance (FSA), Type II, which would apply in all situa- tions when a ship is away from its home port, and which includes consideration of travel time and distance to the residence of the dependents. . In our decision of June 5, 1973, we held that Navy members assigned in excess of 30 days to ship overhaul at the Norfolk Shipyard, Portsmouth, Virginia, locoted 3 miles from the' home port, Norfolk, Virginia, who had had the option to nove their families at Government expense to the Norfolk area but chose not to do so, were PUEBLISH.ED D.CISION 55 Comp. Gen. .... (.

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