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B-202401 1 (1981-11-24)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadjwu0001 and id is 1 raw text is: 2 ~V/za, CECIBION FILE; B-202401 MATTER OF: DIGEST: (ST THE COMPTROLLER INERAL o'F THiE UNITED STATUS *. A5HgNsT0N., V00, S905411 DATL3:November 24, 1981 erle L, Choffel - Advance Shipment of Household Goods An Air force employee on an overseas assignment who, having acquired eligibiltty for the return transpor- Litton of his househWod goods by completing his required period of servi.ce overspas, returns some of his household goods to the Unt'ted States at his owm expense, may be reimbursed for the cost of such advance return transportation under 5 U.S.C. I 5729(a), This action is taken in respr'se to a memorandum dated January 30, 1981, with attachments, from the Chief, Accounting and Finance Branch, Department of the Air Force, requesting an advance decision on the propriety of reimbursing Merle L, Choffel for fees incurred for the advance shipment of some of his household goods. The request was forwarded to our Office with the March 3, 1981 endorsement of the PerDeem, Travel and Transportation Allowance Committee, and has been assigned PDTATAC Control No. 81-8, For the reasons below, Mr. Choffel is entitled to reimbursement, Mr, Choffel was assigned to duty in Tehran, Iran, in January of 1976. By November 1978, Mr, Choffel states that he felt an evacuation of Americans from Iran was Imminent. At that same time he was planning on renewal agreement travel to the United States in December 1978 and J,.nuary 1979. Anticipating an i evacuation while he was 1n the United States, Mr, Choffel mailed some of his household goods to his non-dependent children in the San Antonio, Texas, area, During January 1979, while Mr. Choffel was on leave, each Department of Defense employee was authorized to mail up to 500 pounds of household goods since an evacuation was expected. On January 19, 1979, Mr. Choffel was reassigned to San Antonio, Texas, He is, now seeking reimbursement for the $336.11 of postal .fees incurred for the advance shipment of the household goods mailed to Texas. The authority to reimburne an employee for the advance return of'his household goods and personal effect3 Is set forth at 5 U.S.C. § 5729 (1976). Subdection 5729(a) provides that under such regula- tions as the President may prescribe, an agency shall pay such expenses, not more than once, before the employee's return, when the employee has acquired eligibility for return transportation. 1/: . r1' . *7s,~. .,..... * * P frP9 flt*r~a~S *9 S r Ohs S

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