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B-212688 1 (1983-12-16)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadllm0001 and id is 1 raw text is: THU COMPTROLLER OENERAL OKCISION OP THE UNITEO STATEN WASHINGTON. D.C. 20548 FILE: B-212688 DATE- December 16, 1983 MATTER OF: Richard D. Knight - Reimbursement for Cost Incurred in the Sale of a Horse - Administrative Leave DIGEST: 1. An employee on permanent change of station transfer, sold his personally owned horse and equipment, which was used in official Government business, and claims reimbursement for the cost of selling it as a necessary incident of his transfer. The claim for reim- bursement is denied since paragraphs 2-3.1(c)(1) and (9) of the Federal Travel Regulations specifically excludes from that coverage losses and costs incurred in selling personal property, and a horse has been deemed to be personal property. 2. An employee on permanent change of station transfer from Texas to Puerto Rico incident to a reduction-in-force action, began travel less than 30 days after travel orders were issued. Because he owned a horse and equipment, which due to the short time involved had to be sold with professional help at a distant location, he was granted administrative leave for that purpose. On question or propriety of that action, the granting of leave without charge to annual leave is a matter of agency discretion under guidance of our decisions. In the circumstances presented we interpose no objection to its being granted here. See cases cited. This decision is in response to a request from an Authorized Certifying Officer, Department of Agriculture, on several questions involving the entitlement of one of its employees to be reimbursed th! cost of selling his horse inci- dent to his permanent change of station (PCS) transfer from Texas to Puerto Rico in February 1983.

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