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B-193393 1 (1979-04-17)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadhdh0001 and id is 1 raw text is: DECISION ~\ THE COMPTROLLER G3ENERAL OF THE UNITED STATES WVASHINGTON, 0 C. 20548 FILE: B-193393 DATE: April 17, 1979 MATTER OF: Mr. J. L. Henderson, Jr. DIGEST: 1. Where an employee of the Federal Government is transferred on a permanent changeo stafion, he-is entitled to a temporary quarters subsistence allowance under the provisions oT 5 U. S. C. 5724a(a)(3), subject to certain limi- tations, between the time he moves out of permanent quarters at the old station and beginning actual travel to the new station and between arrival at the new station and acquisi- tion of permanent quarters at that location; however, for the period of actual travel (en route) the employee's rights are limited by 5 U. S. C. 5724a(a)(1) to per diem for the number of days officially authorized for such travel. 2. Where an employee of the Federal Government is transferred on a permanent change of station, and authorized 15 days' travel, but because of personal- nrred delatys-whilTen route, in the absence of an administrative deter- iiffhion of official necessity to cover the delays en route, reimbursement for any portion of addi- tional temporary living expenses incurred is not authorized. He is entitled only to per diem under 5 U.S. C. 5724a(a)(1) for the 15 days of authorized travel time. This action is in response to a letter dated August 25, 1978, from Mr. J. L. Henderson, -Jr., an employee of the U Sardic, concerning his claim for certain relocation allowances 90e believed due incident to a permanent change of- station transfer in 1972. The matter of this claim was the subject of a settlement by our Claims Division, dated May 1, 1978, which disallowed his claim for temporary quarters subsistence allowance for any of the period he was en route to his new permanent duty station. In response to that settlement, the employee contends that under the applicable regulations he is entitled to both per diem and to /_Io - (I

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