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THE COMPTROLLER GENERAL
OF THE UNITED STATES
WASHINGTON, 0. C. 20548




      DATE: October 28, 1981


OF: Jon C. Wade - Subsistence expenses while
     occupying temporary quarters

 After reporting to his new duty station in
 Albuquerque, New Mexico and beginning oc-
 cupancy of temporary quarters, employee and
 family moved to Aberdeen, South Dakota, for
 balance of authorized 30-day period. Em-
 ployee was also on temporary duty and an-
 nual leave for several days during this
 period. The fact that the employee was
 away from his both old and new duty stations
 and that he was on annual leave is not deter-
 minative of his entitlement. He may be paid
 temporary quarters expenses for the days he
 was on annual leave, provided the agency de-
 termines that his taking leave did not cause
 an unwarranted extension of the period of
 his occupancy of temporary quarters.


     This responds to a request for an advance decision
by Lupe Calabaza, an authorized certifying officer of
the Department of the Interior. She seeks an opinion
on the propriety of paying the claim of Jon C. Wade,
an Interior employee, for subsistence expenses while
occupying temporary quarters incident to a permanent
change of duty station. The claim may be paid subject
to an agency determination as explained below.

     Mr. Wade was transferred from Phoenix, Arizona,
to Albuquerque, New Mexico, and was authorized reim-
bursement for temporary quarters subsistence expenses
(TQSE). Mr. Wade and his family moved into temporary
quarters in Albuquerque on June 8, 1975, and remained
in such quarters through June 13, 1975. He has been
reimbursed for this period. It is the period following
June 13, 1975, for which the certifying officer has
requested our decision.

     On June 14, 1975, Mr. Wade departed Albuquerque
at his own expense to travel with his family to
Aberdeen, South Dakota. The Wades spent the night
of June 14, 1975, in Ogallala, Nebraska, and arrived in


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