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B-205041 1 (1982-05-28)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadkil0001 and id is 1 raw text is: 0DM C IScN THE!CCDMPTROLLIIR &3.NB3RAI OF TH L LJNETE S TAT[96 WA 0 HIN.Qi DNo 0,0, 208S11 FILE: B-205041 MATTER OF; DATE: Eugeno B, Erroneous May 28, 1982 Roche- s-louse-hunting trip- authorization DIGEST: Employee who, was permanentlytranEsferred from Kansas City, Missouri, to Anchorage, Alaska, Ls not entitled to reimburnement for spouse's house-hunting trip since both old and new official ,stations were not located in cont;erm.nous United States, 5 USC, 5 724a(a)(2) Erroneous advice and authorLzntion by agency officials does not create right to roimbursement where ex- pense claimed is precluded by law. The issue decided here is whether a Government employ- ee may be authorize and ceLimbursed expenses incurred for a house-hi;nting trip performed by the employee's npouse in connection with an official transfer to a duty station out- side the conterminous United States, Under the express terms of paragraph 2-4,lc(3) of the Federal Travel Regula- tions and 5 U.S.C S 5724a(a)(2), reimbursement for travel and transportation expenses for trips to seek permanent quarters shall niot be authorized when either the old or new duty station or both duty stations are located outside the conterminous United States, This decision is in response to a request for an advance decision from the Assistant Director of Administration for Budget and Financial Management, Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service, concerning the entitlement of Mr. Eugene B. Roche, an employee of the Service, to reim- bursement for relocation expenses for a house-hunting trip, in October 1980, performed by Mr. Roche's wife incident to a permanent change of station from Kansas City, Missouri, to Anchorage, Alaska. Reimbursement for travel and transportation expenses to seek a now permanent residence &,t a new official station is authorized by 5 U.S.C. S 5724a(a)(2) (1976), which pro- vides in part as follows: (a) Under such regulations as the President may prescribe and to th3 extent con- sidered necessary and appropriate, as provided , 4 . pk , * I I , ,* i f. 4 :- .k, . I . . . , . , • % ',

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