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B-209998 1 (1983-04-22)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadlap0001 and id is 1 raw text is: B-209998 THE COMPTROLLER GENERAL1 OF THE UNITEO STATES WASHINGTON. 0. C. 20548 DATE: April 22, 1983 James H. McFarland - Transportation of Mobile Home - Floathouse DIGEST: 1. Forest Service employee may be reimbursed for the cost of commercially towing his floathouse to his new permanent duty station in Alaska for use as his residence under the provisions of 5 U.S.C. S 5724(b)(2), which permits the transpor- tation of a mobile dwelling at Government expense, since we have held that a boat may qualify as a mobile home dwelling under the law. 2. Forest Service employee transferred to a new permanent duty station may be reim- bursed as a miscellaneous expense for the cost of setup to the extent it is analo- gous to costs incurred incident to the relocation of a mobile home. However, costs of insurance may not be reimbursed. An authorized certifying officer of the Department of Agriculture has requested a decision as to whether James H. McFarland, an employee of the Forest Service, may be reim- bursed for the transportation of his floathouse from Ketchikan, Alaska, to Thorne Bay, Alaska, pursuant to a permanent change of station. We conclude that Mr. McFarland may be reimbursed under 5 U.S.C. S 5724(b)(2) (1976) for the cost of the commercial transportation of his floathouse to Thorne Bay for use as his residence. On May 6, 1982, Mr. McFarland was authorized a permanent change of station to Thorne Bay, Alaska. At the time of his transfer, Mr. McFarland owned a floathouse, a house removed from its foundations ashore and moved onto a log float. Although he had requested reimbursement for the transporta- tion of his floathouse to Thorne Bay for use as his residence, Mr. McFarland was instead authorized the trans- portation and temporary storage of up to 11,000 pounds of household goods by the actual expense method utilizing a Government Bill of Lading. Despite the denial of his request, he arranged for the commercial towing of his DECISION FILE: MATTER OF:

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