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B-196284 1 (1980-08-14)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadimd0001 and id is 1 raw text is: /5, ~>THE COMPTROLLER G3ENERAL DECISION OF THE UNITED STATES WASHINGTON, D.C. 20546 FILE: B-196284 DATE: August 14, 1980 MATTER OF: Douglas D. 7Mason - Temporary Quarters fJ~Subsist6ceE Rental of Perma- u eExpense- nent Home DIGEST: Employee who, incident to permanent change of station from Yuma, Arizona, to McCook, Illinois, rented house in McCook before settlement is not en- titled to temporary quarters subsis- tence expenses. Even though loan ap- proval was in question, rental resulted in savings to Government, and other lodgings were difficult to find, the employee's intent at time he moved into quarters was clearly to make house permanent residence. Ms. Kathryn E. Mitchell, an authorized certifying officer at the LowutMiss m iReional O ffic~e, Bureau q of Reclamation, Department of the Interior, requests .an advance decision concerning the propriety of paying temporary quarters subsistence expenses in the amount of $1,235.26, reclaimed by Mr. Douglas D. Mason, an em- ployee of the Bureau of Reclamation. Transterred from Yuma, Arizona, to McCook, Illinois, Mr. Mason incurred the expenses in question while renting the residence he had contracted to purchase in McCook. The Bureau of Reclamation denied Mr. Mason's claim on the basis that an employee may not be reimbursed for temporary quarters subsistence expenses after he occupies the residence in which he intends to remain. We agree with the Bureau's determination. Mr. Mason reported to his new duty station on October 13, 1978. His claim for subsistence expenses covers the period from December 4, 1978, to December 26, 1978. Although it is not clear from the record we as- sume that Mr. Mason's family travelled to McCook some- time after he arrived so that his entitlement is not barred by paragraph 2-5.2e of the Federal Travel Reg- ulations (FTR) (FPMR 101-7) which provides that:

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