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B-230390 1 (1989-09-13)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadnot0001 and id is 1 raw text is: 5Y iZC The Comptroller General of the United States ) Washington, D.C. 20548 Decision Larry C. Larson - Temporary Quarters Subsistence Matterof- Expenses - Vacation File: B-230390 Date: September 13, 1989 DIGEST After terminating temporary quarters at his old duty station in Washington, D.C., an employee and his family took a planned and approved vacation en route to the employee's new duty station in Portland, Oregon. The employee may not be paid temporary quarters subsistence expenses (TQSE) for those days he took as a vacation en route to his new duty station, even though the vacation did not delay occupancy of a permanent residence at his new duty station, since appli- cable Federal Travel Regulations prohibit TQSE for vacation purposes. DECISION This responds to a request for an advance decision by Ms. Joanne C. Henry, an authorized certifying officer of the Bonneville Power Administration (BPA). Ms. Henry seeks an opinion on the propriety of paying the reclaim voucher of Mr. Larry C. Larson for temporary quarters subsistence expenses (TSQE) incident to a permanent change of duty station from Washington, D.C., to Portland, Oregon. The reclaim voucher, which in effect claims TQSE for those days that Mr. Larson took as a vacation en route to his new duty station, may not be paid since Federal Travel Regulations prohibit TQSE for vacation purposes. BACKGROUND Mr. Larson left Chantilly, Virginia, en route to his new duty station in Portland, Oregon, on August 1, 1986. From August 2 to 10, he was travelling in Connecticut, Rhode Island, Massachusetts, Maine and Quebec, Canada. The trip appears to have been a planned and approved vacation as evidenced by the form BPA 1019 signed by his supervisor on July 16, 1986, which reflects en route travel dates of August 1 to 25, 1986, and 10 days allocated for leave en route. Mr. Larson actually arrived in Portland on

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