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B-232122 1 (1989-01-18)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadnix0001 and id is 1 raw text is: ZThe Comptroller General of the United States Washington, D.C. 20548 Decision Marcos Costilla, Jr. - Temporary Quarters Matterof: Subsistence Expense Eligibility File: B-232122 Date: January 18, 1989 DIGEST An employee, who was transferred from an overseas location with long-term training en route to his new permanent duty station in Leesburg, Virginia, questions when he must beqin claiming temporary quarters subsistence at his new permanent station. Since the employee did not report for duty in Leesburg prior to his long-term training assignment, the period must begin not later than 30 days after the date he reports for duty in Leesburg. DECISION This decision is in response to a request from the Director of Accounting, Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), United States Department of Transportation. The question asked is what is the latest date that an employee remains eligible to qualify for temporary quarters subsistence expense incident to a permanent change of station with long-term training en route. We conclude that the employee may begin claiming temporary quarters expenses not later than the 30th day following the date he reports for duty at his new permanent station. BACKGROUND Mr. Marcos Costilla, Jr., an FAA employee assigned to the Civil Aviation Assistance Group, Madrid, Spain, was transferred to the FAA's Leesburg Center, Leesburg, Virginia, with long-term training in Montgomery, Alabama, en route. That training assignment, which began on August 1, 1988, is to last 10 months, at the conclusion of which he is to report for duty at the Leesburg Center. Mr. Costilla and his family have been in Madrid since 1985 and do not have an established residence in the United States where his family can live during his training. As a 3 724

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