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B-203502 1 (1981-12-01)

handle is hein.gao/gaobabjig0001 and id is 1 raw text is: _ - .-.,- 5 - COMPTROLLF.R GENERAL OF TIlE UNITC!O STATES WASHIINGTON P C. im's B-203502 December 1, 1981 Member, House of RepresentativesDo not wak av o d a lb to p.l)ltf roadli MIM 1651 Old Meadow Road Suite 115 McLean, Virginia 22102 Dear Mr. Wolf: This lettar is in'response to your request of October 6, 1981, concerning your 'constituent; Mr. Kenneth Becker, a civilian engineer employed by the Department of the Navy. Mr. Becker's request for additional allowances in connection with his relocation to Arlington, V-.rgirtia, was the subject of the enclosed decision, B-203502, which was issued Octo.- ber 8, 1981, the day before your request was received by this Office. On December 19, 1979, Mr. Becker wa; appointed by the Department of the Navy to a manpower shortage category position which required him to relocate from Richton Park, Illinois, to Arlington, Virginia, to begin his assignment. Due to hardship he is experiencing in the relocation, he has requested allowances which are authorized only for employeen who are transferred from one Government position to another. The enclosed decision explains that appointees to man- power shortage category positions may be allowed only those relocation expenses authorized by the provisions of 5 U.s.c. S 5723(a) (1976). Unlike employees transferred between positions within the Government whose entitlements are governed by the broader authority of 5 U.S.C. S 5724a, appointees to shortage category positions are not entitled to reimbursement of residence sale and purchase expenses, subtistence while occupying temporary quarters, and the misce.faneous-ex pen se- alowance . As a general matter, the Government cannot qo beyond the actuul authority conferred by statutes and regulations. Matter of Kenneth P. Lindsley, Jr., B-194341, May 22, 1979. Regardless of the hardship-which-FMr. Becker has undoubtedly faced, there is no authority which would permit the Govern- ment to reimburse him the relocation expenses payable to

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