B-221732: Apr 10, 1987

MILITARY PERSONNEL - RELOCATION - TEMPORARY QUARTERS - ALLOWANCES - TIME RESTRICTIONS - STATUTORY REGULATIONS DIGEST: A STATUTE ENACTED IN 1981 PROVIDES THAT A MEMBER OF THE UNIFORMED SERVICES WHO IS ORDERED TO MAKE A PERMANENT CHANGE-OF-STATION MOVE MAY BE ALLOWED UP TO "FOUR DAYS" OF EXPENSES "INCURRED BY THE MEMBER AND THE MEMBER'S DEPENDENTS" WHILE OCCUPYING TEMPORARY QUARTERS. TEMPORARY LODGI...

B-221732: Apr 10, 1987

GAO reviewed a proposal that would allow service members up to 4 calendar days of temporary lodging expenses for themselves and an additional 4 days of lodging expenses for their dependents, incident to a permanent change-of-station. GAO held that there was nothing in the applicable statute to preclude the regulations, which would authorize reimbursement of up to $110 per day for temporary lodging...