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B-223425 1 (1986-11-03)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadmns0001 and id is 1 raw text is: O,, . A c~t'The Comptroller General of the United States Washington, D.C. 20548 Decision Matterof: Lance Corporal J. F. Murphy, USMC File: B-223425 Date: November 3, 1986 DIGEST A Marine Corps member was stationed at Camp Lejeune, North Carolina. Cost-free government quarters were available to him there, and he was not eligible for a variable housing allowance (VHA). He traveled to Chicago, Illinois, where he spent 7 days in a leave status awaiting his final discharge. The applicable statute authorizes payment of VHA to servi.ce members !assign:ed to duty in a h-ch housing cost area in the United StAtes; the al'lowance may no't be paid'on tfie basis of a service meiber's electio'n to go to a high housing cost at-ea for the purpose of taking leave rather than fulfilling a duty assignment. DECISION This action is in response to a request for an advance decision from Lieutenant Colonel M. K. Chetkovich, Disbursing Officer, Marine Corps Finance Center, on the question of whether a variable housing allowance (VHA) at the applicable rate prescribed for Chicago, Illinois, is payable to Lance Corporal J. F. Murphy, USMC, for the 7-day period from Febru- ary 25 through March 3, 1986, on the basis of his election to stay in Chicago while on an authorized leave of absence during that period.1/ We conclude that VHA is not payable to him on that basis. BACKGROUND In February 1986 Corporal Murphy was assigned to Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, under a term of enlistment that was 1/ The request for an advance decision was forwarded here by the Per Diem, Travel and Transportation Allowance Committee after being assigned PDTATAC Control Number 86-13. c031 a \

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