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B-184565 1 (1976-02-27)

handle is hein.gao/gaobaddfl0001 and id is 1 raw text is: 'DECISION FILE: -i THE COMPTROLLFR GENERAL -_l JA OF THE UNITED STATES WASHINGTON. 0.C. 20548 B- 184565 MATTER OF: DIGEST: DATE: FEB 2 7 1976 Elven E. Conklin - Subsistence Expenses While Occupying Temporary Quarters Employee who rents house at new duty station which becomes his permanent residence with intent to look for more suitable housing may not be reimbursed for subsistence expenses while occupying temporary quarters, as intent to find better housing at some future time is too indefinite to support conclusion that rented quarters were temporary. See B-179870, September 26, 1974. Mr. Orris C. Huet, an authorized certifying officer at the Natic Finance Center of the Department of Agriculture, requests an advanec decision on the reclaim travel vouchor of Mr. Plven E. Conklin. ThE reclaim in the amount of $883. 37 is for subsistence expenses while occupying tenporary quarters. The claim was originally denied by th Department of Agriculture in. accordane with our decision, E-17 June 24, 1969, as Mr. Conklin later purchased the residence which he occupied as temporary quarters. The record shows that Mr. Conklin was Issued Travel Authoriza tion No. 0219443, dated January 29, 1974, In connection with a perma nent change of duty station from Albert Lea, Minnesota, to Sioux City, Iowa. Mr. Conklin and his family left Albert Lea, Minnesota, on March 3, 1974, and arrived in Sioux City, Iowa, on the same day at which time they began occupying a residence located at 3232 Viking Drive in Sioux City. On April 18, 1974, Mr. Conklin purchased this residence having rented it for the previous 6 weeks. In his reclaim Mr. Conklin contends that it was not his intention to purchase the house at 3232 Viking Drive at the time he began living in it. Instead, he states that he continued to search for housing that would better fit his financial and living needs. When he was unable to find a more suitable residence, he decided to purchase the house whic he had been renting. Part 5, chapter 2, of the Federal Travel Regulations (FPMR 101 in force at the time in question governs subsistence expenses of em- ployees and their families while occupyirg temporary Quarters when an employee is transferred to a new official station. P ragraph 2-5.2c defines temporary gtarters as follown: K (

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