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THE  COMPTROLLER GENRAL
OF   TI4E   UNITEO STATES 4
WASHINGTON, D.C. 2O-5e


DATE:   Febriary fI, 1978


OF:   Spencer T. Thomas - Relocation Expenses -
      Time Limitation on Shipment of Household

 Employee, transferred from Mdison to
 Milwaukee placed household goods in
 storage in Milwaukee within the 2-year
 time limitation without designating
 final destination of ohipment. After
 more than 2 years from date of trans-
 fer, employee had household goods shipped
 to new residence.  Employee may not be
 reimbursed cost~.of shipment to residence
 as prior shipment from Madison to stor-
 age point does not operate to bring later
 shipment within 2-year time limitation
 for reitbursement.under para. 2-1.5a(2) of
 Federal Travel Regulations. In addition,
 there is no authority under para. 2-8.2c
 to allow claimant reimbursement for
 storage of household goods in excess c'
 60 days.  See Comp. Gen. decs. cited .


     This .ction is in response to a request for an advance decision
by Mr. William'I.' Cooper, an authorized certifying officer of the
Small Business Administration (SPA), as to whether Mr. Spencer T.
Thomas.- an agency employee is entitled to additional reimbursement
for temporary storage and cost of handling and the delivery of hi3
aousehold goods from storage incident to his transfer from Madison,
Winconsin, to Milwaukee, Wisconsin.

     The record shows that Mr. Thomas transferred from Madison to
Milwaukee on April 28, 4974, and was accompanied by his dependents.
On April 27, 1976, Mr. Thomas consigned his household goodr to a
carrier for shipent to Milwaukee for temporary storage. Mr. Thomas'
household goods were in temporary storage from April 27, 1976, until
the date they were shipped to hie new residence in Wakesha,
Wisconsin, on January 4, 1977.

     We note that the Bill of Lading No. 4085, dated April 27, 1976,
shows that the net weight of the shipment of Mr. Thoras' household


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