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B-191724 1 (1979-03-29)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadhav0001 and id is 1 raw text is: DECISION I' THE COMPTROLLER GENYERAL OF THE UN ITED STATES WASHINGTON, 0. C. 20548 FILE: B-191724 MATTER DIGEST: DATE: March 29, 1979 OF: Henry L. Dupray - Transfer of Employee - (Reimbursement for Shipment of Portable Swimming Pool3 Employee who transferred to new duty station claims reimbursement for costs of dismantling, shipping and setting up of swimming pool at new residence. Pool may be included in term household goods and shipping charge reim- bursed on commuted-rate basis if weight is determined. Charges for dismantling and in- stalling the pool may be reimbursed under para. 2-3.lb(l) of Federal Travel Regulations (FTR), but charges for site alterations which are similar to structural alterations are not reimbursable. FTR para. 2-3.lc(13). Also FTR para. 2-3.lc(5) precludes reimbursement of cost of sand and blocks. This decision is rendered at the request of M. Joseph Donnelly, Director, Financial Management Division, Customs Service, Department of the Treasury, regarding payment of a relocation expense voucher submitted by Mr. Henry L. Dupray, an employee of the Customs Service. We have been asked whether the $525 paid by Mr. Dupray for dismantling, shipping, and setting up a swimming pool incident to his permanent change of station may be paid either as an expense of transporting household goods or as a miscellaneous expense. Mr. Dupray was transferred on September 12, 1976, from Champlain, New York, to Ogdensburg, New York, and was reim- bursed under the commuted-rate system for the transportation of 7,760 pounds of household goods. The household goods shipped did not include the swimming pool. Mr. Dupray was also allowed $200 as a miscellaneous expenses allowance pursuant to paragraph 2-3.3a(2) of the Federal Travel Regulations (FTR) (FPMR 101-7, May 1973). Paragraph 2-1.4(h) of the FTR defines household goods as personal property which may be transported legally in interstate commerce and which belongs to an employee and his immediate family at the time of shipment. The term includes household re pzv _z

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