Board of Contract Appeals
                    General Services Administration
                         Washington, D.C. 20405
 
 
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                              June 4, 1998
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                            GSBCA 14525-RELO
 
                    In the Matter of DAVID A. GATES
 
        David A. Gates, Aztec, NM, Claimant.
 
        Brenda Barker, Manager, Accounts Receivable and Travel Team,
   Bureau  of Reclamation, Denver,  CO, appearing for  Department of
   the Interior.
   VERGILIO, Board Judge.
 
             The claimant is  not entitled to reimbursement  of
        real estate expenses incurred in selling a residence at
        other than the old duty  station, in conjunction with a
        relocation, when the claimant did not regularly commute
        to  and  from work  from  that residence.    5 U.S.C.A.
          5724a(d)(1) (West Supp. 1998); 41 CFR 302-6.1 (1997).
        The  claimant,  David  A.  Gates,   changed  permanent  duty
   stations  from Grand Junction, Colorado, to Salt Lake City, Utah,
   in  late 1994  or early 1995.   He  did not relocate  his family,
   which remained  in a residence  at Grand Junction.   The claimant
   did not  commute to and from work between  Colorado and Utah.  In
   April 1997, under  another relocation, the claimant  reported for
   duty at a  new official station,  in Farmington, New Mexico.   He
   sold the  residence in Colorado on August 22,  1997.  He seeks to
   be reimbursed  $4,830 in connection  with that sale.   The agency
   has disallowed the  request in conjunction with the latest change
   of duty stations because reimbursement  is limited to the sale of
   a  residence at  the old  duty station,  Salt Lake  City, Federal
   Travel Regulation (FTR) 302.6-1,  41 CFR 302-6.1 (1997),  and the
   claimant  did not  regularly  commute to  and  from work  between
   Colorado and Utah (although he traveled between the two locations
   on weekends), 41 CFR 301-1.4(k).
 
        Under statute, 5 U.S.C.A.    5724a(d)(1) (West Supp.  1998),
   and the cited regulations, for  the reasons stated by the agency,
   the claimant is not entitled to reimbursement for the sale of the
   residence  in  Colorado  in  conjunction  with  the  most  recent
   permanent change of  station.   Malcolm L.  Jowers, GSBCA  13727-
   RELO, 97-1 BCA   28,800; John J. Cody, GSBCA 13701-RELO, 97-1 BCA
     28,694.   The  claimant  does not  here  seek reimbursement  in
   conjunction  with the  initial  change  of  duty  stations  (from
   Colorado to Utah).  41 CFR 302-6.1(e) (1995).
 
 
 
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                                 JOSEPH A. VERGILIO
                                 Board Judge