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B-187233 1 (1977-01-28)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadebt0001 and id is 1 raw text is: THd COMPTEOLLEN UMNENAL DECISION . OP THU UNITED STATES WAUMINCTON, D.0. *R4U Lwmyse FILE: 2-187233 DATE: January 28, 1977 MATTER OF: James 3. Nickel - Transportation couts of shipping automobile OilEwy; Claime Division denial of Navy employse's clsi for trandiportation ccdts of shipping peisonal automobile upon change of official station from California to Maryland is sustained. Despite employee's argmint that auto iittiout fuel due to national gas shortage is 'iothing more than stick of furniture., aCthorfty for transportation of housahold gouls does not encompass transportation of auto. 5 U.SC. 5727(a) (1970); FTR para. 2-1.4(h) (May 1973). This Is in response to a letter dated Jus' 3, 1976, in which Mr. James B. Nickel, a civilian employee of the Depatment of the Navy, appealed that part of our Claims Division settlement of July 18, 1975 which denied that part h 1iA clir. ($826.79) for the shipment of his auto- obile. This claim represented the total coat of shipping Mr. Nickel's automobile from Sn Diego, California to Oxon Bill, Karyland,incident to a transfer of official station. Mr. Nickel contands that his ta- is a household effect and the coats of lu shipment may be reimbursed a. such. Be res*onS that an automobile for which a cross country traveler cannot rely --u a steady purchase of necessary gasoline (due to nrtional gas crisis) lo nothing more than a stick of furniture. Mr. Nickel now claims $320.23 for the shipment of his household effect type automobile. The reduction ftom the previous claim, he explains, is due to the fact that inatead of requesting the total transportation coats for the car, he is now basing his claim only on 1,060 1bm. of household Boods shipment allowance not previously used. Notwithstanding the exigencies of the national fuel crisis, the av is clear that the authority for reimbursement I I 1* Pr' ~4\ C C 0

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