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B-199718 1 (1981-06-19)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadjmh0001 and id is 1 raw text is: OECISION .( FILE: B-199718 MATTER 0 DIGEST: THE COMPTROLLER GENERAL OF THE UNITED STATES WASHINGTON, 0. C. 20548 DATE: June 19, 1981 F: Station housing allowance 1. Military members occupying quarters formerly owned by Panama Canal Company (now administered by the Panama Canal Commission) are not entitled to station housing allowances since such quarters are considered Government quarters under Volume 1, Joint Travel Regulations, regardless of whether the member pays rent. Although the Panama Canal Treaty of 1977 transferred the housing owned by Panama Canal Company to Republic of Panama, the United States retained right to use the housing for its employees, and the quarters are still to be considered Government quarters within the meaning of the regulations. 2. Under paragraph M4301-3g(2) of 1 JTR, a member in Government housing (i.e., any quarters owned or leased by the Govern- ment, if made available to a member) is precluded from receiving a station housing allowance even if he pays rent and utilities equal to or greater than a member in comparable private housing who receives the allowance. In such circum- stances, no objection would be posed to an amendment to the regulations author- izing payment of the station housing allowance, since Congress did not intend such a result. The question presented for decision is whether quarters formerly owned by the Panama Canal Company, but transferred to the Republic of Panama under the Panama Canal Treaty of 1977, are still considered Government quarters for purposes of authorizing station housing allowances to members residing in them subsequent to approval of the Treaty. The answer is yes. However, we would raise no objection to an amendment to Volume 1 of the Joint Travel Regulations (1 JTR) so as to permit pay- ment of housing allowances to members occupying these quarters if found necessary by the proper authorit . it '~~/b( - r /4i0 Vyr , I tr ip

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