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B-215398 1 (1984-10-30)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadlzl0001 and id is 1 raw text is: THE COMPTROLLER GENERAL OSCISION OP THE UNIT110 ITATKSm WASHINGTON. O.C. 2O548 FILE: B-215398 DATE: October 30, 1984 MATTER OF: John E. Seagriff DIGEST: Relocation expenses for changing duty stations are reimbursable only if the receiving and losing agencies meet the definition of agency under 5 U.S.C. 5721(l). Since a nonappropriated fund activity is not such an agency, its employee is not entitled to relocation expenses upon transfer to a civilian position with the U.S. Army. Mr. John E. Seagriff, a civilian employee of the Army,- is not entitled to relocation expenses, because at the time he changed jobs he was employed by a nonappropriated fund activity rather than a Federal agency as defined in 5 U.S.C. 5721(1).i/ While working for a nonappropriated fund activity at Keesler Air Force Base, Biloxi, Mississippi, Mr. Seagriff accepted a Federal Civil Service appointment with the Army at Letterkenny Army Depot, Chambersburg, Pennsylvania. Because of an administrative error, he received a travel authorization and assurance that the Government would pay his relocation expenses. However, after he reported for duty at Letterkenny Army Depot in September 1983, he was informed that he would not be paid, since his previous position had been with a nonappropriated fund activity at Keesler Air Force Base. Sections 5724 and 5724a of title 5, United States Code, which authorize an agency to pay transferred employees travel and transportation expenses, various allowances, and relocation expenses, are limited by section 5721(2) to apply only to an individual employed in or under an agency. Thus, an individual's entitlements under these statutes are predicated on the requirement that the agency from which he 1/ The Finance and Accounting Officer, Letterkenny Army Depot, requested this advance decision, and the Per Diem, Travel and Transportation Allowance Committee assigned the request PDTATAC Control No. 84-12. 0 3c)U 6J

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