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B-198336 1 (1981-02-13)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadjcj0001 and id is 1 raw text is: S /-700 _ THE COMPTROLLER GENERAL DECISION I.' > OF THE UNITED STATES \;,4,,% WASHINGTON, 0. 0. 20548 FILE: B-198336 DATE: February 13, 1981 MATTER OF: Carlos A. W. DiBella - Temporary quarters subsistence - lodging with friend DIGEST: Since employee did not show that his lodging at friend's home caused his friend to incur additional costs, he is not entitled to reimbursement for amount he paid to friend as temporary quarters subsistence expenses. The 4ssue in this case is whether an employee is entitled to temporary quarters subsistence expensesJfor staying at the home of a friend incident to the employee's permanent change of station. Mr. Carlos A. W. DiBella, an employee of the Depart- ment of Energy, transferred from Washington, D.C., to Oak Ridge, Tennessee, in June 1979. He seeks reim- bursement for staying at the home of a friend in Oak Ridge based on a claim for temporary quarters subsis- tence expenses authorized by 5 U.S.C. § 5724a(a) (3). 4Mr. DiBella maintains that he is entitled to the amount paid to his friend, averaging approximately $8.50 per night, since this amount is reasonable and less than one-half the amount of commercial lodging. B.B. Hensley, an Authorized Certifying Officer, dis- allowed reimbursement because Mr. DiBella submitted no evidence that his stay created an additional ex- pense borne by his friend. The applicable regulations - Part 2-5 of the Federal Travel Regulations - do not preclude reim- bursement for payment of rent to a friend whose prem- ises are occupied as temporary quarters. However, the amount may not exceed the friend's additional cost of providing the lodging. See Richard Ennis, B-190716, May 9, 1978. The burden is on the employee to prove the additional expense caused by the lodging. Richard W. Metzler, B-191673, December 5, 1978.

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