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THE COMPTROLLER GENERAL
DECISION . OF THE UNITEO STATES
/WASHINGTON. D. C. 20548
FILE: B-194509 DATE: July 11, 1979
MATTER OF: John A. Orris - eiion 4emporary
Quarters Subsistence]
DIGEST:
Employee claims additional expenses for temporary
quarters subsistence. Agency denied claim because
employee had already been paid for a house-hunting
trip. Agency exercised its discretion and followed
policy outlined in Federal Travel Regulations to
reduce period for occupying temporary quarters if
house-hunting trip has been made. Even if method
used resulted in reduced cost to Government, it
does not furnish a basis for payment of temporary
quarters subsistence claim denied.
An advance decision has been requested by Claude F.
Pickelsimer, Jr. an authorized certifying officer of the Public
Health Service, Department of Health, Education, and Welfare
(HEW), concerning the reclaim voucher of Mr. John A. Orris
for additional temporary quarters subsistence expenses incident
to a permanent change of station from Lansing, Michigan, to
Atlanta, Georgia.
By travel order dated October 18, 1977, Mr. Orris was
authorized one round trip to his new duty station to seek housing.
Mr. Orris' travel order states in pertinent part as follows:
**** TRAVELER MUST TRAVEL IN ACCORD-
ANCE WITH TRAVEL ORDERS. NO DEVIATIONS
AUTHORIZED. Round trip via POA @ 10c per
mile, 10/23-28/77, for employee and spouse from
Lansing, MI to Atlanta, GA to seek housing author-
ized in accordance with F. T. R. (GSA Bulletin,
FPMR, A-40) Part 4, subsistence-temporary.duty
quarters at new duty station may be reduced by
the amount of the round trip to seek housing or
disallowed. ' (Emphasis added.)
Mr. Orris' claim for reimbursement for a round trip to find
housing was allowed. A portion of his claim, representing the
2-day period that he and his family awaited delivery of household
goods, was allowed in the amount of $80. 65. He is seeking an
additional $339. 37 for temporary quarters.](ViewImageLocal?handle=hein.gao/gaobadhjy0001&div=1&collection=&method=preview&ext=.png&size=3)