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B-195352, JULY 17, 1980, 59 COMP.GEN. 609

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TRAVEL EXPENSES - ACTUAL EXPENSES - REIMBURSEMENT BASIS - LODGING - PREPAID RENT FORFEITURE - TEMPORARY DUTY PERIOD SHORTENED EMPLOYEES WHOSE 40-DAY TEMPORARY DUTY ASSIGNMENTS WERE UNEXPECTEDLY CUT SHORT AFTER 2 DAYS BY ORDERS TO RETURN TO THEIR PERMANENT DUTY STATION MAY BE REIMBURSED FOR TOTAL AMOUNT OF UNREFUNDABLE PREPAID RENT IF AGENCY DETERMINES EMPLOYEES ACTED REASONABLY IN SECURING LODGING FOR THE EXTENDED PERIOD. UNREFUNDABLE RENT WAS INCURRED PURSUANT AND PRIOR TO CANCELLATION OF TRAVEL ORDERS. REIMBURSEMENT THEREFOR IS ALLOWABLE AS A TRAVEL EXPENSE TO THE SAME EXTENT AS IT WOULD HAVE BEEN ALLOWED IF THE ORDERS HAD NOT BEEN CANCELLED. SIMILAR CASES WILL NO LONGER BE FOLLOWED. THIS DECISION IS MODIFIED (EXTENDED) BY 60 COMP.GEN. 53 AND BY 60 COMP.GEN. .

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