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DECISION
YER
THE COMPTROLLER GENERAL
OF THE U.NITED STATES
VVASHINGT'ON, 0. C. 20548
FILE: B-192231 ATE: February 5, 1979
MATTER OF: Clifford R. Nelson Foreign Service Officer &rie.
Travel Expenses CL
DIGEST:
This action is in response to the request of Mr. Clifford R.
Nelson, an employee of the Department of State, for reconsidera
Eion of the Claims Division settlement dated May 4, 1977, which
denied his claim for reimbursement of certain expenses incurred
in connection with his transfer of duty station from Laramie,
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1. Foreign Service employee was transferred from
Laramie, Wyoming, to Washington, D.C. He sub-
mitted a claim for mileage for two automobiles,
per diem for seven persons for 7 days, and tempo-
rary lodgings in the Washington, D.C. area. Claim
for temporary lodging is disallowed since transfer
was between two posts within the United States and
Foreign Service Travel Regulations do not author-
ize reimbursement for such relocation expenses.
2. Foreign Service employee was transferredfrom
Laramie, Wyoming, to Washington, D.C. He sub-
mitted a claim for mileage for two automobiles,
per diem for seven persons for 7 days, and tempo-
rary lodgings in the Washington, D.C. area. Claim
for per diem is reduced to 41 days based upon 6
FAM 145.4-2 which establishes 350 miles per day
as the normal driving distance per day in the
United States.
3. Foreign Service employee was transferred from,
Laramie, Wyoming, to Washington, D.C. He sub-
mitted a claim for mileage for two automobiles,
per diem for seven persons for 7 days, and tempo-
rary lodgings in the*Washington, D.C. area. Claim
for the use of second automobile is allowed since
transportation for a cross-country trip of this many
people and their luggage in one automobile cannot
reasonably be expected. While 6 FAM 165.1 precludes
the shipment of more than one .automobile at Govern-
ment expense, no such restriction is contained in
6 FAM 145.2a(2) which authorizes the use of a
privately owned vehicle for transportation incident
to transfer of official station.
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