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B-199347 1 (1981-02-18)

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                                     THE COMPTROLLER GENERAL
              DECISION                OF THE UNITED       STATES
                                    SWASH INGTON, 0 C. 20 54 8




              FILE: B-199347               DATE: February 18, 1981

              MATrER OF: Luther S. Clemmer


              DIGEST:     (1) Transferred mployee may not be
                               reimbursed for\ temporary quarters
                               subsistence expenses for wife who
                               traveled to employe's new permanent
                               duty station but returned to former
                               residence when employee went on tem-
                               porary duty in another location since
                               record does not provide objective
                               evidence of intent to vacate former
                               residence.

                          (2) After period of temporary duty employ-
                               ee returned to old duty station and
                               remained there on annual leave for 2
                               weeks. Employee may not be reimbursed
                               for his own temporary Quarters for
aperiod after he returned to new duty
                               station for while running-of 30 con-
                               secutive days entitlement to temporary
                               quarters may be interrupted by tem-
                               porary duty it is not interrupted by
                               period of annual leave and employee's
                               entitlement expired during period of
                               annual leave, prior to dates for which
                               he claims reimbursement.

                   This is in response to a request for an advance
              decision from the Chief of the Finance Branch of the
              Bureau of Mines, Denver, Colorado. At issue is the
              claim of Mr. Luther S. Clemmer, an employee of the
              Office of Surface Mining, for temporary quarters sub-
              sistence expenses for himself and his wife.

                   Mr. Clemmer was transferred from Denver, Colorado,
              to Kansas City, Missouri, and was directed to report
              to his new duty station on October 22, 1978. In con-
              nection with this move he was authorized 30 days of
              temporary quarters subsistence expenses. Traveling
              by privately owned automobile, Mr. Clemmer and his
              wife arrived in Kansas City on October 22,. 1978, ind
              occupied temporary quarters. They remained in those

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