Miscellaneous Expenses Allowance

An Authorized Certifying Officer for the Department of Commerce, requested an advance decision with regard to an employee's claim for miscellaneous expenses in transferring back to the United States from an overseas duty station where he was a Foreign Service Reserve officer. Although the employee did not qualify for home service transfer allowance because he may be reassigned overseas, he was not paid miscellaneous expenses allowance under 5 U.S.C. 5724a(b).