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B-194126 1 (1979-08-23)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadhoe0001 and id is 1 raw text is: u72 DECISION FILE: B-1 MATTER DIGEST: THE COMPTROLLER GENERAL OF THE UNITED STATES WASHINGTON, D.C. 20548 UNIT~ 94126 DATE: August OF: Ronald L. Stukey - Subsistence while occupying temporary quarters (TQSE) 23, 1979 Employee who was transferred on a permanent change of station (PCS) submitted a claim for subsistence while occupying temporary quarters (TQSE) which he occupied at the new duty station for more than 6 months. A TQSE allowance may not be paid during the period an employee occupies a residence in which he intends to remain for more than a tempo- rary period, irrespective of the absence of house- hold effects which arrive at his new residence at a later date. The issue in this case is whether an employee may be paid subsistence while occupying temporary quarters (TQSE) upon a permanent change of station (PCS) in the circumstances described. If such an allowance is authorized a determination is needed as to whether the claim for meals is unreasonable. The answer on the TQSE is no and since no allowance is authorized, the reasonableness of the claim for meals is immaterial. The Defense Logistics Agency (DLA), Department of Defense, by letter of February 7, 1979, requests an advance deci- sion on the claim. Mr. Stukey was employed by the DLA with duty at the U.S. Naval Base, Guantanamo, Cuba. In December 1977 he received orders for a PCS to the DLA Property Disposal Office, Norfolk, Virginia, effec- tive January 16, 1978. These orders were later amended to provide an effective date of transfer to be February 1, 1978. Prior to receiving orders for transfer, three of Mr. Stukey's dependent children left Guantanamo in March 1977 to reside with relatives in the continental United States. On January 17, 1978, Mr. Stukey's wife and a dependent child traveled from Guantanamo to Virginia Beach, Virginia. Mrs. Stukey signed a lease for rental of a residence at 1132 Gladiola Crescent, Virginia Beach, Virginia, some- time after her arrival. However the lease bears the date January 1, 1978, and was for the term January 1, 1978, through January 31, 1978. Mr. Stukey departed Guantanamo on January 31, 1978, and arrived in Norfolk the same day and immediately took up residence at 1132 Gladiola Crescent in Virginia Beach. The record is not clear on what date Mrs. Stukey and the dependent children began /'-i 0 L

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