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B-199958 1 (1981-04-22)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadjio0001 and id is 1 raw text is: > I-F 72- 0 THE C TOLLER GENERAL DECISION P OF THE UNITED STATES WASHINGTON. 0.C. 20548 FILE: B-199958 DATE: April 22, 1981 MATTER OF: Steven L. ChanceyflTemporary Quarters Subsistence Expens DIGEST: Employee and family are not entitled to temporary quarters subsistence expenses for meals while occupying quarters leased as permanent residence at new duty station and while awaiting arrival of household goods. This decision is 'n response to an appeaL by Mr. Steven L. Chancey of our Claims Group Settlement denying his claim for additional reimbursement of temporary quarters subsistence expenses.j_ The issue is whether temporary quarters subsist- ence expenses (TQSE) are payable when the employee and his family occupy their new permanent residence while awaiting the arrival of household goods incident to a permanent change of station. The answer is that tempo- rary quarters subsistence expenses are not payable under these circumstances. Mr. Chancey,an employee of the Department of the Army, transferred his permanent duty station from St. Joseph, Missouri, to Tcoma, Washington, where he arrived on May 27, 1979. !_Upon arrival he obtained tpo- rary lodging at a hotel untiiJ'une 2, 1979, at which time he signed a lease and occupied permanent quarters.) fHe expected his household goods to arrive by June 4, 1979, Tut due to a trucking strike the goods di not rrive until Chanceylas in oQSE3hich 46 in July 1979. -Mr. Chancey ailowed338.46 i TQS hich' represented (, days of lodging and 7 days of subsistence expenses. However, Mr. Chancey claims additional subsist- ence from June 2, 1979, to June 27, 1979. Mr. Chancey argues that since he did not have furnish- ings, his permanent residence was in essence temporary until the arrival of his household goods. Ij5O79

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