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B-226041 1 (1987-12-15)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadmyl0001 and id is 1 raw text is: -The Comptroller General of the United States Washington, D.C. 20548 Decision Richard F. Guantone - Living Quarters Allowance Matter of: for a Sailboat File: B-226041 Date: December 15, 1987 DIGEST Agency heads, under statutorily authorized regulations, issued pursuant to the President's authority delegated to the Secretary of State, have discretion to grant their overseas employees a living quarters allowance which provides the cost of rent and utilities for suitable, adequate, living quarters when government quarters are not provided. Since the regulations do not further define suitable, adequate, living quarters, the Secretary of Labor may determine that a privately owned sailboat used by one of his employees as living quarters qualifies for a full living quarters allowance, although the Secretary of State concludes that a sailboat is not suitable, adequate quarters for the purpose of the full allowance for one of his employees. DECISION The question in this case is whether the Department of Labor may grant a full living quarters allowance to its employee, Richard F. Guantone, while he was living on a sailboat he purchased during his 1-year tour of duty for the Department of Labor in Nassau, Bahamas, even though the Department of State would not grant such an allowance for a sailboat for its employees under the controlling regulations.1/ We conclude that the discretion allowed agency heads under the regulations permits the Secretary of Labor to grant a full living quarters allowance to Mr. Guantone if the Secretary so chooses. I/ This responds to a request for a decision from the Assistant Secretary for Administration and Management, Department of Labor.

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