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B-176831 1 (1973-02-07)

handle is hein.gao/gaobablcx0001 and id is 1 raw text is: RESTRICTED - Not to be released outside the General Accounting Office except on the basis of specific approval LA by the Office of Congressional Relations, a record of which Is kept by the SsM 045jfjg*Atlou, OAS WASHINGTON, D.C. 20548 RELEASED B- 176831 cB FEB 7 1973 Dear Mr. Yates: In your letter of August 9, 1972, you requested that we investigate the hading of Lieutenant Colonel Edwin J. Hatzenbu'ehler's claimfolosadaigethihueod g w etherKip , for carriers to We reviewed the colonel's transportation records and claim file and discussed the case with Mrs. Hatzenbuehler; officials of the Joint Personal Property Shipping Office a(JPPSO); Headquarters, Military Traffic Management and Ter- minal Service (MTMTS); and the U.S. Army Finance Support Agency. JPPSO made the arrangements for the shipment, MTMTS has overall responsibility for transporting household goods of Department of Defense (DOD) military personnel, and the Finance Agency pays the carriers' bills and charges back to the military service member any charges for which he is liable. BACKGROUND Domestic shipments of household goods for DOD personnel move under the provisions of military rate tenders filed with MTMTS by the carriers of the household goods. Under these tenders the carriers' liability for loss or damage is limited to 60 cents a pound for the net weight of any article lost or damaged. This provision is the basis for North ..American Van Lines' offer to pay the colonel $143 for loss and damage. The tenders also provide that a member may value the shipment at more than 60 cents a pound by paying an addi- tional valuation charge of 50 cents for each $100 of declared value. The Military Personnel and Civilian Employees Claims Act of 1964 (31 U.S.C. 240) established procedures for a member to file his claim when loss or damage occurs. He signs a release that subrogates his rights to collection from the carrier to his military department. The military department pays the member the actual value of the loss or damage to a maximum of $10,000 and proceeds against the carrier for the amount covered by the carrier's liability, including that covered by any additional valuation paid for by the member. ,#OZ 090O703

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