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B-203645 1 (1981-10-09)

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DECISION





FILE: B-2036

MATTER OF:


DIGEST: 1.


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THE COMPTROLLER GENERAL
OF THE UNITED STATES
WASHINGTON. 0.C. 20548



      DATE: October 9, 1981


Paul L. Guidry - Reimbursement for
Travel and Relocation Expenses

Employee who was permanently transferred
from Paris, France, to Washington, D.C.,
is not entitled to reimbursement for
spouse's house-hunting trip or real
estate expenses since both old and new
official stations were not located in
the United States, its territories or
possessions.


         2. Employee transferred from Paris, France,
             to Washington, D.C., is entitled to
             30 days' temporary quarters subsistence
             expenses, whether he uses private or
             commercial facilities, provided that
             claimed expenses are reasonable and were
             actually incurred. Since his occupancy
             of temporary quarters began within period
             required by FTR para. 2-4.2e, employee
             may be reimbursed for last rather than
             first 30 days of 45-day period during
             which he and his family stayed in
             temporary quarters.

     This action is in response to a request by the
Acting Director of the Office of Management and Admin-
istration, U.S. Travel Service, Department of Commerce,
for an advance decision concerning the entitlement of
Mr. Paul L. Guidry, an employee of the Travel Service,
to reimbursement for travel and relocation expenses
incident to a permanent change of station from Paris,
France, to Washington, D.C. Mr. Guidry has raised
several questions concerning his entitlement to travel
expenses to seek a new residence, real estate expenses,
and temporary quarters subsistence expenses.

     Initially, Mr. Guidry inquires whether he is
entitled to reimbursement for (1) his wife's transpor-
tation from Paris to Washington, D.C., for the purpose
of seeking a new residence, and (2) expenses incurred
in the discontinuance of his former residence and the
purchase of a new residence at his new official station.
Reimbursement for transportation expenses to seek a new




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