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B-193750 1 (1979-08-28)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadhog0001 and id is 1 raw text is: OFECISICN FILE: B-193750 MATTER DIGEST: I Ell12 _C THE COMPTROLLER GENERAL OF THE UNITED STATES L' S VASHINGTON, D.C. 20548 DATE: August 28, 1979 OF: William H. Brewster-Real estate expensesO' wner's title policy Veterans Administration employee is precluded by FTR, para. 2-6.2d, from being reimbursed for an owner's title policy, even though the purchase of such a policy is not uncommon. The fact that a publication by the Depart- ment of Housing and Urban Development cautions home buyers that an owner's title policy should be purchased to protect their interests does not dic- tate a contrary result, since purchase of the policy was not legally required, but a matter of prudence. This action concerns the request by Mr. William H. Brewster, a Veterans Administration (VA) employee, for reconsideration of our Claims Division's settlement dated September 26, 1978, dis- allowing his claim for reimbursement of $118.50 for an owner's title policy incident to the purchase of a residence at his new duty station. Mr. Brewster has already been reimbursed the $75 cost of a mortgage title insurance policy. In March 1978, Mr. Brewster was transferred from New Orleans, Louisiana, to Indianapolis, Indiana, incident to his employment with the VA. In connection with the purchase of a residence at his new duty station, the employee claimed, among other real estate expenses, reimbursement for an owner's title policy ($118.50) on his new residence. Reimbursement for such item was denied by the VA and our Claims Division under the limitations stipulated in para. 2-6.2d of the Federal Travel Regulations .(FTR) (FPMR 101-7, May 1973). The employee acknowledges that the regulations do not authorize reimbursement for an owner's title policy, but asks that our Office administratively overrule the regulations issued by the General Services Administration (GSA), so as to permit allowance of his claim. He suggests that the cited regulation is unrealistic in terms of current practice among home buyers. In addition he b lieves that it is .inconsistent 1, -v ~1

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