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B-197501 1 (1980-05-12)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadigf0001 and id is 1 raw text is: DECIESIOPA FILE: B-1 MATTER DIGEST: Is 97501 OF: A*O4E NtIT E 13707 THE COMPTROLLER GENERAL OF THE UNITED STATES WASHINGTON, D. C. 20548 DATE: May 12, 1980 Jerry 0. Hays P'Reimbursement for Real Estate ExpensesJ 1. Employee claims reimbursement for real estate expenses incurred incident to sale of residence in Valdosta, Georgia, upon transfer from Augusta to Albany, Georgia. Employee commuted from local residence to duty station in Augustaand traveled 224 miles to family residence in Valdosta on weekends and holidays. Employee is not entitled to reimbursement since Federal Travel Regulations require that residence be the one from which employee commutes regularly to and from work. 2. Employee transferred from Valdosta, Georgia, to Augusta, Georgia, in 1975, and then to Albany, Georgia, in 1976. He is not entitled to reim- bursement under 1975 travel order since he did hot sell Valdosta residence within 2 years of transfer to Augusta as required by Federal Travel Regulations. This decision is in response to aiappeal by Mr. Jerry 0. ,Hays of our Claims Division settlement of August 9, 1979, which disallowed his claim for reimbursement of real estate expenses incurred-incident to a permanent change of station. For the reasons stated below we sustain the Claims Division's determination. Mr. Hays, an employee of the Federal Aviation Agency (FAA), was transferred from Valdosta, Georgia, to Augusta, Georgia, with a reporting date of August 4, 1975. Mr. Hays' travel orders stated that his family would travel at a later date and that transportation of his dependents and household effects should be completed by August 4, 1977. The orders also provided for real estate expenses. Mr. Hays September 27, duty station. dence will be was subsequently transferred by the FAA on 1976, from Augusta to Albany, Georgia, his present His travel orders stated that: Sale of resi- handled under extension of previous travel order.

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