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B-186055 1 (1976-10-01)

handle is hein.gao/gaobaddxl0001 and id is 1 raw text is: L I A Dk~i~t N p~SWt~<\THE UCGIVITROLLFII GEN(10ASL DrF1T H a LIQ i TEr= D $rA7&K1B C)) E C 5 I ( t 0*i I N w1 HE0J I E 8TTEf o\ /VASHINGTON, D.C. 20540 FILE: b-186055 DATE: October 1, 1975 MATTER OF- Joseph '. LaCattuta - Temporary Lodging Allowance DIGEST: Prohibition of Federal Travel Regulations para. 2-5.2(i) against payment of temporary quarter's subsistence expensesi which duplicate subsistence reinr.bursed under other regulat ois and law does not apply to temporary lodging allowance authorized under 5 U.S.C. 5923 ana Standardized Regulations for employees in foreign areas. Accordingly, employee's claim for TLA during periods employee was on temporary auty and received peo diem may be authorized for pament. This action is in response to a request dated !Wbrch 8, 1976, by Edwin J. Fost, Chief, AccountIng Section, Office of' the Controller, Drug Enforcenret Agency, for our determirnation of the propriety of rament of a reclaizu vocr submitjted by Mr. Joseph W. LaGattuta, an employee of the Agency, for parymeit of temporary lodging allcwance for periods diring which he was on temporary duty and received a pe dierallowan ce. The record shows that Mr. Laattuta was transferred to Paris, Fracice, ne was authrorized 90 days te::porary lod'ing alloqance (TMA) incident threto, arid he atrrived in Paris on June 14, 1975. During 'Mr. LaGattuta's fidt 9) days in :ris and, while still occupying temporary lodgings, he perfori.med tempo:rary duty on several occasions for :hich he received per diem ailowancez. Subzsequently, the agency denied Mr. IaGatLta ' claim for TLA for those days Co:' which he had received a FEr diem allowance on the tasis of' vra 2-5 .2(i) of the Federal Travel Regulation (FTH) (FPIM 1i1-7) , which probbits payrnt of temporary quarters subsistence expenses which dupliecaLte in whole or rt prt paymnts rece '-d unaer other laws or regulations. Ii the J inntant case Mr. laGattuta was authorizeo 'TA , not a tempor'a'ry qunrters subsistence allowarice, since he wa:s tranferrea to Paris arid the latter allowance may riot be authorized in con- nection with a trarnsfer to a fnreigri station. D-177131, February :2, 1973. Therefore, the provisions of the FTH are inapplicable. .1 La II I I

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