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                           WASHIHGTOM, D. M


  -178038                           June 22, 1973
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  The ReoAble John W Warner
  The Secretary of the Navy

  Dear ?W. Secretary:

       This L W-I reply to ths letter of your Assistant Secretary (Hnpower
  and Rserve Affaira) of February 1, 1973, which was trmaamttd to this
  Office by letter dated february 9, 1973, from the Per Diem Trsvel and
  Tranporcation Cmhtee (FUCTAO Control No. 73-5).

..     The Assistant Secretary requsets our decision as to vheth.r/e  st.8
  made for temporary quarters subsistese expevssij (TQSE) to an aa1oye
  would violate the prohibitiou against duplicate payments as stated in
  paragraph C8253 cf the Joint Travel Reguv.rous (Jfl) an o section 8.2L
  of Offla of Maagesmt and Budget Cicular No. A-56, Agust 17, 1971.
  In the circumstances dsarribed below&, Ho further inquire.li to the
  mout of TqSE payable in the event that suck payment do not violate
  the prohl-ititorn in paragraph C8253, M.

       The Assistant Secretary indicates that a review of prmaent chase
  of station traveal voucherf for civil.an .iloyea  revealed instances
  where employces with spousas ho were littry ambers on active duty
  vere ra  ursod for TQSl during the ae period that the spouse was
  receiving basic allowances for quarters (BQ) and for subsistence (HAS).
  Paragraph C8253, JYR, provides Ln pertinent pgrt:

       Temporary quarters subsistence expenses %41u ot be
       allowved when they duplicate, in whole or in part,
       payments received under other 1aws or reglations
       cover nt smlar costs.

       The prcruons of paragraphs C8250-8255, JIM, in kseping vith
  seton 8 of Circular No. A-56, provide for the payment of a TQSE allow-
  ace to an employee for a period of up to 30 Says while be and his de-
  pendents occupy tumporary quarters In connection wtb a transfer, Tbis
  allowauce includes, to the extent of the maims omt authorized, the
  actual cost of mals, lodging, fs and tips incident to sals and lodgi g,
  Laundry and clsaing and pressiunr of clothing. Under the cotrolling
  regulstions the anmt which may be reimbursed is the lesser of either

  the actual msount of allowable expmes for each 1-day period or a
  stated percentage of the mxlazm po diem rate authorized under paragraph
  COIO, JT, which percentage .rate decreases for each 10-day peziod,
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