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B-194847 1 (1981-06-19)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadjmi0001 and id is 1 raw text is: . /5Lj 7 THE COMPTROLLER GENERAL DECISION OF THE UNITED STATES WASHINGTON,. C. 20548 Oi T E FILE: B-194847 DATE: June 19, 1981 MATTER OF: Colonel Albert L. Gore, USA DIGEST: Member in Government housing for which he pays rent and utilities while assigned to Panama Canal Government may not be reim- bursed for electric costs in excess of his basic allowance for quarters under 10 U.S.C. 4593. Basic allowance for quarters payment includes not only an amount for rent but also an amount for utilities. The question is whether a member of the Army who is assigned to duty with the Panama Canal Company may be reimbursed his costs for electricity in his assigned quarters owned by the Company for which he paid rent. Since the member received a basic allowance for quarters which, in part, constitutes an allowance for electricity, he may not be reimbursed. The question was submitted for an advance decision by Colonel G. A. Seamands, Chief, United States Army Finance and Accounting, Pentagon Office, Office of the Comptroller of the Army, Washington, D.C. 20310. The claimant who precipitated the question is Colonel Albert L. Gore, who served as Health Director of the Canal Zone Government from March of 1976 until May of 1978. Colonel Gore, as the Health Director of the Canal Zone Government, was assigned housing by the Panama Canal Company. While in these quarters, Colonel Gore paid for his rent and utilities. Since the quarters he occupied were not rent free he received a basic allowance for quarters under the authority of 37 U.S.C. 403(e) and paragraph 3022 of Department of Defense Military Pay and Allowance Entitlements Manual. His basic allowance for quarters did not reimburse him fully for his total rental and utility costs. He, therefore, seeks reimbursement for approximately $1,600 in utility expenses in excess of his basic allowance for quarters. The member suggests that if he cannot be reimbursed the expenses incurred, he should be authorized a station housing allowance. Regarding Colonel Gore's request for a station housing allowance, the disbursing officer correctly notes

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