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B-237927 1 (1990-06-01)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadntd0001 and id is 1 raw text is: r, iC L 0Aw LTj A Comptroller General of the United States Washington, D.C. 20548 Decision Matter of: Joseph E. Miller - Temporary Quarters Subsistence Expenses - Permanent Quarters Unrelated to Transfer - Limitation File: B-237927 Date: June 1, 1990 DIGEST A transferred employee's claim for temporary quarters subsistence expense (TQSE) at his new duty station was terminated by his agency because his family moved into permanent quarters elsewhere. The employee may be reim- bursed TQSE as a single individual for the period authorized since his dependents' occupancy of quarters away from his duty station was not related to his transfer. DECISION This decision is in response to a request from the Finance and Accounting Officer, Letterkenny Army Depot.l/ It concerns the issue of whether an employee is entitled to be reimbursed subsistence expenses as a single individual incident to occupancy of temporary quarters at his new duty station where the employee's family chose to occupy tempo- rary and permanent quarters elsewhere. We conclude that the employee may be reimbursed subsistence expenses as a single individual for the following reasons. BACKGROUND Mr. Joseph E. Miller, an employee of the United States Army stationed in Germany, was transferred to the Letterkenny Army Depot, Chambersburg, Pennsylvania, on July 25, 1988. For personal reasons, his wife and three minor children performed early return travel from Germany on March 8, 1988, under authority of 5 U.S.C. S 5729 (1988). When they returned, they stayed with Mrs. Miller's parents in Rochester Mills, Pennsylvania. On April 1, 1988, 1/ The claim has been assigned Control Number 89-17 by the Per Diem, Travel and Transportation Allowance Committee. /

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