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B-212649 1 (1983-10-31)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadljr0001 and id is 1 raw text is: 7 THE COMPTROLLER GENERAL DECISION OF THE UNITEO STATES WASHINGTON. D.C. 20548 FILE: B-212649 DATE: October 31, 1983 MATTER OF: Elsa F. Carpenter DIGEST: Reimbursement of temporary quarters sub- sistence expenses of transferred employee is statutorily limited to 30 days, except when the employee moves to and from Hawaii, Alaska, or territories or posses- sions of the United States. 5 U.S.C. 5 5724a(a)(3). Transferred employee may not be paid the allowance for 60 days on the basis that she was qiven erroneous advice that the longer period for tempo- rary quarters subsistence expenses could be allowed in her case. The question in this case is whether a transferred Federal employee, Mrs. Elsa F. Carpenter, may be reimbursed subsistence allowance for 60 days while occupying temporary quarters at her new duty station.1 We find reimbursement for such expenses is statutorily limited to 30 days, except that an extension may be granted when the employee moves. to and from Hawaii, Alaska, or territories or possessions of the United States. Mrs. Carpenter, an employee of the Department of the Treasury, was transferred from San Prancisco, California, to Washington, D.C. Her travel authorization provided for 60 days of temporary quarters allowance. Mrs. Carpenter traveled on December 26, 1982, and occupied temporary quar- ters from that date through February 24, 1983. She filed a travel claim for reimbursement of her expenses for 60 days. However, since temporary quarters allowance is authorized for only 30 consecutive days under paragraph 2-5.2a of the Federal Travel Regulations (FTR) the sum of S750, repre- senting 30 days at S25 per day, was disallowed. Mrs. Carpenter, in reclaiming the S750, contends in essence that she would have obtained different temporary quarters at less expense had she been aware that she was en- titled to reimbursement for only 30 days and that she relied 1 This question was presented as a request for decision by the Accounting Officer, Department of the Treasury.

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