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B-198939 1 (1981-04-03)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadjgy0001 and id is 1 raw text is: i~ fTHE CCMPTROiLER GENERAL DECIS!ON .It OF THE UNITED STATES V WSHINGTON,.0..C. 2054e FILE: B-198939 ., DATE: April 3, 1981 MATTER OF: Roy A. Rarlan -1location benefits following Intergovernmental Personnel Act assignmen) DIGEST: 1. Employee returned to permanent duty station following Intergovernmental Personnel Act assignment and was au- thorized temporary quarters reimburse- ment. Family did not join employee for 1-1/2 years but claim for temporary quarters reimbursement for family may not be denied. Notwithstanding policy to limit or deny temporary quarters where employee arrives before family, travel orders may not be modified retro- actively by agency to deny reimbursement. 2. Employee returned to permanent duty station following Intergovernmental Personnel Act (IPA) assignment and was reimbursed for miscellaneous expenses allowance. However, statute authorizing certain relocation expenses incident to IPA assignment (5 U.S.C. § 3375) does not permit reimbursement for miscel- laneous expenses. The first issue in this case is whether a claim for temporary quarters subsistence expenses which have been authorized in advance may be denied where the employee spends 1-./2 years at his permanent duty station prior to the arrival of his family. Since reimbursement was authorized in advance, we hold that the travel orders may not be retroactively modified to deny the claim. The second issue is whether an employee may be reimbursed for a miscellaneous ex- pense allowance in connection with termination of an Intergovernmental Personnel Act (IPA) assignment and the employee's return travel to his official duty station. We hold that a miscellaneous expense allowance is not payable in connection with IPA assignments. I II ii 26

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