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B-186115 1 (1977-02-04)

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FILE:   8-186115                     OATE: February 4, 1977

MATTER OF: Joseph P. Crowley - Reimbursement of cost
                of shipping privately owned vehicle

DIGEST:     Employee of U.S. Customs Servicv who was
            transferred from Boston, Massachusetts,
            to Nogales, Arizona, and traveled by
            air, may not be reimbursed for cst of
            shipping automobile and for automobile
            rental.  However, employec Is cligible
            for cost of travel from airport In Tucson to
            duty station in Nogales.


        Mr. Peter F. Gonzalez, an authorized certifying officer
   with the U.S. Customs Service, Department of the Treasury,
   requests an advance decision regarding the propriety of
   paying the reclaim of Mr. Joseph P. Crowley for the cst of
   shipping a privatily owned vehicle and cost of the rental of
   a vehicle pending delivery of his privately owned one. The
   claim incident to a permanent change of duty station, !s in
   the amount of $290.85.

        The record shows that Mr. Crowley, an Inspector with the
   U.S. Customs Service, was transferred from Boston, Massachusetts,
   to Nogales, Arizona, in November 1975. Mr. Ccowley was authorized
   travel, transportation, and other allowable relocation expenses.
   At the time'of the transfer the employee's wife was pregnant and
   had been advised by her doctor not to travel by automobile.
   Mr. Crowley and his wife both chose to travel by air and shipped
   their automobile by a ccnnercial carrier. Mr. Crowley has been
   rclmbursed for the cost of airline tickets front Boston to Tucson,
   Ari7ona.

        The certifying officer inquires as to whether he may pay
   Mr. Crowley's reclaim for the cosc of shipping his automobile
   nid the cost of renting an aitomcbile for 6 days until the
   shipped automobile arrived. Mr. Crowley states tha. the cost
   of air transportation plus the additional cost of automobile
   shipment and automobile rental .re less than the constructive
















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