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B-201277 1 (1981-02-20)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadjcy0001 and id is 1 raw text is: o-.X \ _- THE COMPTROLLER GENERAL DECISION / . OF THE UNITED STATES WASHINGTON.- 0.C. 20548 UN IT 0 FILE: B-201277 DATE: February 20, 1981 MATTER OF: (Claim for excess storage costs of holusehold goods under Meritorious Claims Act of 1928> 31 U.S.C. § 236 (1976) DIGEST: No basis exists for paying claim for storage costs in excess of 60 days or reporting it to Congress under the Meritorious Claims Act of 1928, 31 U.S.C. § 236 (1976), where excess costs resulted from delay in purchase of house by claimant, assertedly caused by discrimination against claimant by seller of house, and Government played no role in delay. In a letter dated November 6, 1980, from Thomas M. Payne,yhe asserts aclaim for tie unreimbursed costs of storing 44s household goods For t e reasons stated below, we find no basis which would justify either paying the claim or reporting it to Congress under the Meritorious Claims Act of 1928, 31 U.S.C. § 236 (1976). Mr. Payne's household effects remained in storage from November 9, 1979, to October 7, 1980, incident to his transfer to his present position with the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD). HUD, through the General Services Administration (GSA), paid the storage costs on the goods for 60 days, from November 9, 1979, to January 8, 1980. However, Mr. Payne asserts that he is entitled to reimbursement for the additional period of January 8 to October 7, 1980. Qr e claimant states that his attempt to purchase a house in December 1979 was thwarted as a result of discrimination against him and his family by the seller of the house he had planned to buy. Mr. Payne filed a d ,sscrimination complaint concerning the incident with HUD in December 1979 T e record of that complaint shows that the seller agreed to convey the ee to Mr. Payne as a result of a settlement reached in May 1980. However, it appears that the claimant did not take possession of the housE until September 1980. ,, GSA paid the storage costs incident to the job transfer for a period of 60--d'ays, as authorized by FTR para. 2-8.2c. Except for a situation not relevant to this case, there is no authority to reimburse an employee for he expense of temporarily storing household goods in excess of 60 days.J B-182648, December 8, 1975. Accordingly, Mr. Payne's claim for additional storage costs was properly denied by HUD. Mr.iPayne asks that we consider the Meritorious Claims Act of 1928, 31 U. . C. § 236 (1976) as a basis for his claim for storage costs. That Act allows submission to Congress of claims which may not be lawfully adjusted by use of appropriated funds but which, in our judgment, contain -7 17717-Q

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