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B-241018 1 (1991-02-22)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadnvn0001 and id is 1 raw text is: ..Comptrofler General of the United States Waalngton, D.C. 20548 Decision Matter of: Martha E. Brantingham File: B-241018 Date: February 22, 1991 DECISION A decision has been requested as to whether the reclaim travel voucher submitted by Ms. Martha E. Brantingham, an employee of the Internal Revenue Service (IRS), for reimbursement of expenses incurred during a househunting trip, may be certified for payment.1/ For the reasons stated in this decision, the voucher may not be certified for payment. Ms. Brantingham was transferred from Anchorage, Alaska, to Denver, Colorado, by travel authorization dated August 9, 1988. The IRS erroneously authorized reimbursement for expenses incurred by Ms. Brantingham during a househunting trip. She was given an advance of funds in the amount of $5,100 for expenses incurred for househunting, change of official duty station, and the first 30 days of temporary quarters occupancy. The IRS also paid the cost of airfare ($1,527.96) for Ms. Brantingham and her husband for the househunting trip. After they completed the trip, the IRS disallowed her claim for reimbursement because the regulations do not allow a househunting trip from Alaska.2/ The IRS disallowance was correct. Section 5724a(a) (2) of title 5, United States Code (1988), provides for reimbursement of the expenses of a househunting trip only when both the old and new duty stations are located within the continental United States. For purposes of that statute, the term continental United States excludes Alaska. See 5 U.S.C. § 5721(3) (1988). Thus, in Eugene B. Roche, B-205041, May 28, 1982, where the employee was transferred from Kansas City, 1/ The claim was submitted by Ms. Linda B. Spellins, Chief, Accounting Section, Southwest Region, Internal Revenue Service, Department of the Treasury. 2/ See Federal Travel Regulations, para. 2-4.1c(3), FPMR f01-7 (Supp. 4, Oct. 1, 1982), incorp. by ref., 41 C.F.R. § 101-7.003 (1988); and § 320(4), ch. 300, Internal Revenue Manual 1764.

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