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B-226555 1 (1987-11-30)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadmxp0001 and id is 1 raw text is: I A iI aThe Comptroller General of the United States Washington, D.C. 20548 Decision Matterof: John S. Scull File: B-226555 Date: November 30, 1987 DIGEST An employee assigned to a state government agency under the Intergovernmental Personnel Act may not be reimbursed real estate expenses for purchase of a home at the loca- tion of the assignment, since real estate expenses are not specifically allowed by the act and the assignment location is considered only a temporary duty station not qualifying the employee for relocation expenses. DECISION In this decision we hold that Mr. John S. Scull, an employee of the Bureau of Land Management, Department of the Interior, is not entitled to real estate expenses for the purchase of a residence at the location where he was assigned under the Intergovernmental Personnel Act.1/ While serving with the Bureau of Land Management at Riverside, California, Mr. Scull received an assignment to Sacramento, California, with the State of California Department of Parks and Recreation in September 1986. Legal authority for the temporary assignment was the Intergovernmental Personnel Act, 5 U.S.C. SS 3371-3376, providing for the interchange of employees between federal executive agencies and state and local govern- ments on 2-year assignments. Mr. Scull purchased a home at Sacramento and claimed real estate purchase expense reimbursement. The employing office denied his claim. Denial was grounded on lack of authority to pay real estate expenses under the Intergovernmental Person- nel Act, with those expenses not being expressly included / Mr. Edward P. Greenberg, Chief, Division of Finance, Bureau of Reclamation, requested our decision.

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