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B-209727 1 (1983-07-12)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadleq0001 and id is 1 raw text is: B-209727 THE COMPTROLLER GENERAL OF THE UNITEO STATES WASHINGTON, D.C. 20548 4' 7(6 DATE: July 12, 1983 Gary E. Pike - Relocation expenses 9IGEST: 1. An employee received an inter-agency per- manent duty transfer from California to Washington, D.C. His travel authorization provided for house-nunting trip. Employee made an unaccompanied trip in advance of reporting for duty at new station, but chose not to return to old station before reporting for duty. Under FTR para. 2-4.1, reimbursement for house-hunting travel requires that round-trip be completed before reporting for duty at new station. House-nunting per diem would still be payable for full period author- ized even if employee reported for duty instead of returning to old duty station. However, where return travel was not performed before reporting, the travel actually performed is regarded as the employee's permanent change of station travel and will be so reimbursed. 2. An employee received an inter-agency per- manent duty transter from California to Washington, D.C. His travel authorization provided for permanent change of station transfer travel for himself and immediate family using two privately owned vehicles. Employee returned to California after reporting for duty for purpose of assist- ing family in tneir move to new station. Under FTR Chapter 2, Part 2, the Dasic travel and transportation entitlement of an employee on a PCS transfer is that he and each family memDer is entitled to a single one-way trip to new station. Since employee had already performeo travel to his new duty station, and one of the two vehicles in question would accommodate the other four members of his family, con- structive mileage reimbursement is limited to the one vehicle at rates prescribed in FTR para. 2-2.3(b). DECISION FILE: MATTER OF:

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