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B-168914 1 (1975-02-12)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadcfk0001 and id is 1 raw text is: THE COMPTROLL R GENERAL . ECISION . . OF THE UNIT 0 STATEB WASHINGTON. D. C. 20548 FILE: B-168914 DATE: Vin 2 MATTER OF: .John E. Thomas - Tine limitation on settlement dates in real estate transactions DIGEST: Employee who was transferred from Cincinnati to Washington on August 20, 1972, and was unable to sell or enter into contract for sale of residence at old official station during, initial 1-year period due to illness in family is entitled, where request is made in writing, to extension of 1 year, not to exceed 2 years from the effective date of his transfer, to settle sale of residence under provisions of FPMR A-40, section 2-6.1e, which became effective on May 1, 1973, within the initial year of his transfer. See B-181983, January 3, 1975 (54 Comp. Gen. ). This action is submitted for decision by the Chief, Accounting Branch (HFA-120), Department of Health, Education and Welfare, Public Health Service, Food and Drug Administration, as to whether under the circu-stances described herein the extension of the 1-year time limitation relating to the completion of a real estate transaction may be approved. The record indicates that Mr. John E. Thomas' official duty station was transferred from Cincinnati, Ohio, to Mashineton, D.C., effective August 20, 1972. On June 5, 1974, Mr. Thomas requested the limitation on settle:-cnt dates for real estate transactions be extended because of illness of his mother-in-law who lived with hin. 1e did not take any action during the initial 1-year period for the sale of his residence at the old official duty station which was occupied by members of his fanily until July 1973. The record does not disclose that any contract was entered into 1-7.Mr. Thoma for the sale of the residence in Cincinnati, nor that there was any lit!iation concernin the sale of the property which would have justified extension of the 1-year period under the pertinent regulation applicable at the time of Mr. Thomas' transfer. See section 4.1e, Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Circular No. A-56, revised August 17, 1971. During the initial 1-year period, however, the provisions of O11B Circular No. A-56 were superseded by General Services

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