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B-182581 1 (1976-03-30)

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                             THE COMPTROLLER GENERAL           119-51
  DECISION                   OF THE UNITEO         STATES
                    '        WASING        N,0        204





   FILE:    B- 182581              DATE:     '

   MATTER OF:     Dislocation Allowance - POTATAC Control
                  No. 74-43

   OIGEST:     1. Military members required to invol-
                   untarily relocate their households
                   incident to base closings in Japan
                   under Kanto Plain Consolidation Plan,
                   withoui permanent changes of station,
                   may not be paid dislocation allowance
                   under 37 U S. C, 407()(970), nor
                   may they be paid such allowance
                   pursuant to 37 U. S. C. 405a (1970)
                   since the relocations were not evacu-
                   ations incident to unusual or emergency
                   circumstances,

               2. Military members required to relocate
                   their households incident to base closings
                   in Japan without permanent changes of
                   station may not be reimbursed personal
                   expenses incurred for purchase of rugs,
                   drapes, curtains, and service charges
                   for items of personal convenience not
                   essential to the occupation of quarters.
                   Also, reimbursement for telephone
                   Installation charges is specifically pro-
                   hibited by 31 U. S.C, 679 (1970).

     This action is in. response to a letter dated Septenber 20, 1974,
 -with etllosures (file reference ACF), from Major Alan C. Duncan,
 h- 3Ae  Chief, Accounting and Finance Branch, Headquarters 475th
 Air Base Wing (PACAF), APO San Francisco 96828, requesting
 an advance decision concerning payment of dislocation allowances
 to members stationed in Japan who were required to move frorn
 their Government housing areas incident to the Kanto Plain Con-
 solidation Plan.. This request was approved by the Per Diem.,
 Travel and Transportation Allowance Committee and forwarded
 here by indorsement dated October 29, 1974, under PDTATAC
 Control No. 74-43.

     The submission indicates that under the Kanto Plain Consolida-
- tion Plan .(KPCP), with the concurrence of the United States and


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