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B-187913 1 (1977-02-09)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadecj0001 and id is 1 raw text is: I C-'pD/ ' THE COMPTROLLERSWNWRAL 0 DECISION * OF THE UNITRL STATES VWABHINOTON. 0 C. a0548 d FILE: 3-187913 DATE: February 9, 1977 MATTE9 OF: Carl E, Hin.' hs - Claim for Damage to Personal Property unut r the Military Personnel and CivilianEmpLoyees' Claims Act of 1964 DIGEST; 1. Where National Park Service.employee's suitcase was damaged insident to of- ficial business travel, claim under Military Personnel and Civilian Employees' Claims Act of 1964 is properly for con- si ,deration of Secretary of the Interior or his designee. CAD has no jurisdiction to consider claims of employees of other agencies for loss ot, or damage to, per- sonal property under such Act. 31 U.S.C. 1A 240-243, as amended, Determination of National Park Service's Regional Solicitor, who has been delegated authority to settle claims under Military Personnel and Civilian Employees' Claims Act of 1964, as amended, 31 U.S.C. §I 240-243, is inal and conclusive. There is no duty upon certifying officer to question such determination or to request advance decision from'GA0. This action conceril the request by Mr. T. J. Baer, an authorized certifying officer of the United States' l-artment of the Interior, for an advance decision as to the prdpriety of paying the claim of Mr. Carl E. Hinrichs for damage to his personal prop- erty incurred while angaged in official travel. The facts and circumstances giving rise to Mr. Hinrichs$ claim, as ditlosed by the record, are set forth below. On or about September 12, 1976, the claimant, an employee of the National rark Service, Great Smoky Mountains Naticfial Park, puriant to official travel orders, was enroutafrom Knoxville, Tennessee to Denver, Colorado, to attend a National Park Service sponsored training session, Upon arrival at Denver, Mr. Hinrichs found that his suitcase was damaged beyond repair and immediately filed a claim with Braniff International Airlines seeking damages. The airlines

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