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FILE; B-204467 DATE; June 8, 1982
MATTER O1: Be L Gordon , Allowability of Residence
Transaction E)Ipenses - Employees Returning
from Hawaii for Separation
DIGESIT:
1. If an authorized certifying officer
presents a legal question to our Office
which is general and recurring in natura,
we will treat the requent as one from
the head of the agency and will render
a decision under the authority of
31 U.S.C. § 74 (1976), notwithstanding
the absence of a specific voucher.
2. Fedora] employees returning to the con-
tinental United States from Hawaii, a
post of duty outside the continental
United States, for separation are not
entitled to reimbursement of real
estato-expenses iu.%curred in the sales
of their residonces in Hawaii.
Are Federal employees returning from posts of duty
outside the continental United States for separation
entitled to reimbursement of real estate expenses in-
curred in the sales of their residences at their post
of duty? For the following reasona, we answer this
question negatively.
This question is presented for dec.tsion by
Mr. B. L. Gordon, an authorizeA certifying officer,
Department of Energy, Las Vegas, Nevada. It has been
raised by several Federal employees presently employed
by the Department of Energy who have, or expect to
have, a post of duty which is outside the continental
United States. In the present caso, the post of duty
involved is Hawaii. The employees intend to submit
claims for reimbursement of real estate expenses which
they will incur in selling their residences at their
post of duty upon their return to the continental
United Stater for separation. Because the situation
presents a general legal qjuestion, and appears to be
one which will recur9 we will treat the request as
one from the head of the agency and will render a
decision under the authority of 31 U.S.C. 74 (1976),](ViewImageLocal?handle=hein.gao/gaobadkjp0001&div=1&collection=&method=preview&ext=.png&size=3)