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B-266286 1 (1996-10-11)

handle is hein.gao/gaocrptadvc0001 and id is 1 raw text is: Comptroller General of the United States Washington, D.C. 20548 Decision Matter of: J. Richard Murdock File: B-266286 Date: October 11, 1996 DIGEST The Federal Travel Regulation specifically excludes costs connected with structural alterations of living quarters from reimbursement as a miscellaneous expense incident to a transfer. 41 C.F.R. § 302-3.1(c)(13) (1995). The cost of structural alterations to the new residence of a transferred handicapped employee may not be reimbursed as a reasonable accommodation under the authority of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, 29 U.S.C. §§ 701, 791 (1994). DECISION This is in response to a request for an advance decision submitted by John F. Best, Chief, Finance and Accounting Division, Directorate of Resource Management, Department of the Army, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers,1 on the appropriateness of reimbursing a mobility impaired individual for structural alterations to his new residence in connection with a Permanent Change of Station (PCS) under the authority of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973. BACKGROUND J. Richard Murdock, an employee of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers was authorized a PCS from Brussels, Belgium, to Vicksburg, Mississippi, effective February 1994. Mr. Murdock's new residence in Vicksburg required structural alterations for the constructing of ramps and widening of doors to accommodate his disability. The cost was approximately $4,000. Mr. Murdock is requesting reimbursement for part of the cost of these alterations as miscellaneous expenses in connection with his PCS. Specifically, he is requesting the maximum reimbursement allowed under title 5 for miscellaneous expenses, which in his case is $1,804.80 (two weeks basic compensation). 41 C.F.R. § 302-3.3(b) (1995). 1Reference: CELMM-RM-F (37) Memphis District Corps of Engineers 10311011

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