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B-210468 1 (1983-04-12)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadkzu0001 and id is 1 raw text is: o THE COMPTROLLER GENERAL DECISION OF THE UNITED STATES WASHINGTON. D.C. 20548 FILE: B-210468 DATE: April 12, 1983 MATTER OF: William D. Fallin - House-Hunting Expenses - Fees for Child Care DIGEST: 1. Transferred employee's claim for reimbursement of child care expenses incurred at old duty station during period of spouse's house-hunting trip may not be paid since neither 5 U.S.C. 9 5724a(a)(2) (1976) nor Chapter 2, Part 4 of the Federal Travel Regulations, FPMR 101-7 (September 1981) (FTR) authorize such an entitle- ment. Absent statutory or regu- latory authorization, fees for child care may not be reimbursed. 2. Language in digest of a Comptroller General's decision is not controlling, since a digest is only a summary or para- phrase of a decision, and cannot be relied upon in preference to the text itself. Kevin D. Rooney, Assistant Attorney General for Administration, U.S. Department of Justice, requests a decision as to whether William D. Fallin, employed by the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) as a Special Agent, may be reimbursed for child care expenses. These expenses were incurred because of his spouse's house-hunting travel which was performed in connection with the employee's perma- nent change of station from Knoxville, Tennessee, to Butte, Montana. We concur with the FBI's action disallowing the claim since reimbursement of fees for child care is not allowed by either 5 U.S.C. § 5724a(a)(2) (1976) or the implementing provisions of Chapter 2, Part 4 of the Federal Travel Regulations, FPMR 101-7 (September 1981) (FTR). During the period May 6 to May 13, 1982, Mr. Fallin's spouse performed authorized round-trip travel from Knoxville to Butte, in order to seek permanent residence quarters at the employee's new duty station. Since the employee had 6 7?

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