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THE COMPTROLLER GENERAL Pt
OF THE UNITED STATES
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20548
DATE: August 29, 1980
OF: (11efnse Mapping Agenc - Claims for Real Estate
Expenses oflEmployees Transferred from Panama
Employees who transferred to Panama for period of 2 to
5 years chose not to sell former residence in United
States in expectation of returning to former positions.
Where function was transferred from Panama to Texas,
employees may not be reimbursed for sales of former U.S.
residences made more than 2 years from date of transfer
to Panama. Transfer to Panama and transfer from Panama
to Texas are separate transfers with separate entitle-
ments to relocation expenses and may not be treated as
one transfer. Reimbursement is not provided under
Panama Canal Treaty or Panama Canal Act of 1979, Pub.
L.-96-70.
This decision is in response to a request from George D. Boale,
Director of Personnel, Defense Mapping Agency (DMA), concerning the
entitlement f to reimbursement of real estate
expensesincident to their transfer from Panama to Texas. The issue
presented is whether these employees may be reimbursed for the sale
of their former residences in the United States made more than 2 years
after their transfer to Panama.
The request from DMA states that as a result of the implementation
of the Panama Canal Treaty, DMA will relocate the Headquarters, Inter
American Geodetic Survey (IAGS) from Panama to Fort Sam Houston, San
Antonio, Texas. The agency requested guidance from the Per Diem, Travel
and Transportation Allowance. Committee (PDTATAC) on the entitlement of
IAGS employees, who occupied Government quarters in the Canal Zone and
maintained permanent residences at their old United States duty stations,
to sell their former residences upon transfer to Texas. The response
from PDTATAC was that upon transfer to Panama, the employees had 2 years
in which to sell their residences at their former duty stations and that
beyond the 2-year period there is no entitlement to real estate expenses
in connection with the sale of a residence at the former duty station,
citing our decision in B-189898, November 3, 1977.
The Personnel Officer, IAGS, distinguishes this situation from
the facts presented in our decision B-189898, supra, which involved a
transfer between 2 duty stations within the continental United States.
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