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B-189659 1 (1978-02-13)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadtdk0001 and id is 1 raw text is: COMPTROLLER GENERAL OF THE UNITED STATES WASHINGTON. D.C. 20548 - B-189659 FEB 1 3 1978 The Honorable Clarence D. Long House of iepresentatives Dear Mr. Long. vrerfer to your letter of December 1,, 1977, forwarding for our con ideraton a letter, with enclosures, received by your office fconcerni his claim for reimbursement of real estate epenes ncurred incident to a transfer of his official duty station. The information submitted by shows that he was trans- frred by the Federal Highway Administration from Atlanta, Georgia, to Baltisre, Maryland, effective August 31, 1975. Although he apparently lowered the asking price several times, had difficulty selling his house in Atlanta, In warch, 1976, he requested and rece4ved a 1-year extension of the initial 1-year settlement date limitation for reimbursement of real estate oxposea. By that action the time limitation was extended to September 1, 1977. In June 1977, ~~~requested another extension to September 1, 1q978, and was • -ifo ed b o anu f o t e e o F de a ( w y d n -, .. trator that the regulations did not permit an additional time extension,... By a letter dated ugut 10, 1977$ S-189659, we informed I-., that the regulations prmitted only one extension or the ti limitation. Paragraph 2-6.1e of the Federal Travel Regulations (FMR), FPMR 101-7 (May 1973), establishes the applicable time limitation with rgoard to real *state transactions. Promulgated under the statutory authority of 5 U.S.C. 5724(a)(4) (1970), that paagraph provides in pertinent part as follows: '* 1 * To the extent allowable under this provision, the 4overnment shall reimburse an employee for expetnes required to be paid by him in connection with the sale of one residence at his old official station 0; Provided That:

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