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B-195953 1 (1980-06-05)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadihy0001 and id is 1 raw text is: DECISION FILE: B-195953 THE COMPTROLLER GENERAL . OF THE UNITED STATES 4\ WASHINGTON, D.C. 20548 DATE: June 5, 1980 MATTER OF: Joel T. Halop Claim by civilian employee of the Navy for reimbursement of an insurance charge incurred incident to movement of household goods from China Lake, California, to Honolulu, Hawaii, is denied because the declaration of excess valuation and resulting insurance charge was a voluntary act on the part of the employee and not required by nor authorized to be paid by the Government. See paragraph 2-8.4e(3) of the Federal Travel Regulation; and B-183053, March 12, 1975. _Mr. Joel T. Halop appeals the Claims Division's denial of his claim fe-r--P64-6-44 for insurance on h4s household goods being trans- ported incident to his permanent change of station frTm China Lake, California, to Honolulu, Hawaii. For the following reasons, we affirm the denial of the claim. In March of 1978, Mr. Halop, a civilian employee of the Navy, was selected for transfer from China Lake, California, to Honolulu, Hawaii. Incident to this transfer, he was authorized to ship his household goods at Government expense. Because of the immediate need for the claimant to report to his new duty station and the inability of the Navy to arrange for shipment of his goods under a Government Bill of Lading (GBL), the claimant was authorized to arrange for the shipment of his goods and be reimbursed by the Navy. Mr. Halop contracted with Lyon Household Shipping, Inc., for the transportation of his household goods. He has received reim- bursement of the total cost except for $368.44 which he paid for insurance due to his declaring a valuation of his goods in excess of the minimum amount included at no additional cost in the carrier's rates. In initially denying the claim, the Claims Division correctly pointed out to Mr. Halop that there exists no statute nor regula- tion which authorizes payment by the Government for insurance costs resulting from an employee's declaring a valuation of his goods in excess of the minimum valuation amount included in the \v~IV DIGEST: 12 ~CU/

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