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B-199803 1 (1981-03-25)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadjfv0001 and id is 1 raw text is: DECISION FILE: THE COMPTROLLER GENERAL OF THE UNITED STATES WASHINGTON, O. C.20548 B-199803 DATE: March 25, 1981 ,MATTER OF: DIGEST: Phillip Rogers - Household Goods - Constructive Weight Transferred employee seeks reimbursement for transporting household goods in h4-s -ewrn vehicleincident to change of station. Employee did not obtain weight certificates to prove quantity of household goods carried because estimate of commercial carrier indi- cated that more than 11,000 pounds, maximum allowable, would be shipped by carrier. Employee may not use constructive weight to be reimbursed for shipment of household goods transported in his own vehicle because he did not demonstrate that appropriate scales were not available as required by Federal Travel Regulations. The issue presented in this case is whether a transferred employee may be reimbursed, under the com- muted rate system, for household goods carried in his second car, a pick-up truck, based upon an estimate of properly packed van space prepared by the employee approximately 8 months after his transfer. For the reasons set out below, we hold that the employee may not be reimbursed for the amount claimed. Mr. Phillip Rogers, an employee of the Defense Contract Audit Agency, was transferred from Memphis, Tennessee, to Alexandria, Virginia, in October 1979. He shipped 10,720 pounds of household goods by commercial carrier, and was reimbursed under the commuted rate system. When he submitted his claim for reimbursement for the cost of shipping his household goods, in addi- tion to the amount shipped by carrier, he included the following claim: I shipped 90 cubic feet of properly loaded household goods myself in con- junction with my PCS transfer. These household goods would have been shipped by the carrier and included in the 10,720 lbs., however, were needed to maintain my temporary quarters status. 90 cubic feet x 7 lbs-630 lbs

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