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B-202576 1 (1981-04-10)

handle is hein.gao/gaobactxf0001 and id is 1 raw text is: GAO76 United States General Accounting Office Office of Washington, DC 20548 General Counsel In Reply Referto: B-202576 Aprfil 10, 1981 Colonel J. J. Reilly, USAF Executive Per Diem, Travel and Transportation Allowance Committee Hoffman Building 1, Room.83 )0L(, O. 2461 Eisenhower Avenue Alexandria, Virginia 22331 Dear Colonel Reilly: This is ip- esponse to your March 18, 1981 memorandum requesting my comments on a proposed change to th~e Joint Travel Regulation dealing with the system used to pay overseas housin allowance. The proposed change affects the computation of station housing allowances from the present method to a rent plus method based on a monthly rental allowance less the member's basic allowance for quarters, or Family Separation Allowance - Type I, which- ever is applicable, plus a fixed monthly allowance for utilities and initial/terminal occupancy expenses. The legislative history of the statutory provision for station housing allowances for members serving in overseas areas, 37 U.S.C. § 405, shows that it was Congress' intent to provide a means for reimbursing such personnel for the excess of foreign living costs over the costs in the United States. The statute states in pertinent part: * * * A station housing allowance may be prescribed under this section with- out regard to costs other than housing costs and may consist of the difference between basic allowance for quarters and applicable housing cost. However, its legislative history fails to disclose any specific formula for establishing the allowance. In particular, no definition is provided for the phrase applicable housing cost. 5L/

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