[Decision Concerning Propriety of Paying Air Force Chaplain Dislocation Allowance]

The Air Force requested a decision on whether it should pay a dislocation allowance to a single member without dependents for the expenses he incurred by moving into military family housing, rather than bachelor quarters. GAO held that Congress: (1) intended the dislocation allowance for service members without dependents only when they cannot obtain government quarters at a new duty station; (2) did not intend the allowance for service members without dependents who moved into government quarters, regardless of whether those quarters were designated as bachelor or family housing. Accordingly, the Air Force should not pay the member the allowance.