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B-234721 1 (1989-10-10)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadnpr0001 and id is 1 raw text is: The Comptroller General - 4of the United States Washingtn, D.C. 20548 Decision Roger Patrick Watson - Temporary Quarters Matterof: Subsistence Expenses - Delayed Travel by Employee File: B-234721 Date: October 10, 1989 DIGEST A transferred employee claims temporary quarters subsistence expense (TQSE) reimbursement during a period when he was required to remain at his old duty station after his immediate family moved out of their residence, traveled to his new permanent duty station, and occupied permanent quarters at that location. His claim is denied. Paragraph 2-5.2f of the Federal Travel Regulations (Supp. 10, Nov. 14, 1983), provides, without exception, that a period of authorized TQSE terminates for a transferred employee and immediate family whenever the employee or any member of his family occupies permanent quarters in connection with the transfer. Glenn R. Dunavan, B-188005, May 19, 1977; Kenton L. Culbertson, B-188604, Feb. 14, 1978. DECISION This decision is in response to a request from an Authorized Certifying Officer, Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), Department of Justice. It concerns the entitlement of an employee to be reimbursed temporary quarters subsistence expenses (TQSE) for himself incident to transfer after his immediate family occupied permanent quarters at his new duty station. We conclude that he may not be reimbursed, for the following reasons. BACKGROUND Mr. Roger Patrick Watson, an employee of the FBI, was transferred from San Francisco, California, to Washington, D.C., and authorized TQSE incident to that transfer, not to exceed 60 days. Mr. Watson's family consisted of his wife and two dependent children, ages 11 and 12. Mr. Watson and family vacated their residence in the San Francisco area on August 22, 1988, and entered temporary quarters. On September 1, 1988, Mrs. Watson and their two

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