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B-212278 1 (1983-09-02)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadlhf0001 and id is 1 raw text is: OECISION ! FILE: B-212278 THE COMPTROLLER GENERAL OF THE UNITED STATES WASHINGTON. D.C. 20548 DATE: September 2, 1983 MATTER OF: Teresita G. Bowman DIGEST: The spouse of a Foreign Service officer who died while stationed in Washington, D.C., was entitled to transportation of her household effects to the place where the family will reside, but by regulation such transportation was required to take place within a maximum of 18 months after the officer's death. The widow may not be granted a further extension of time by action of the Committee on Exceptions to the Foreign Service Travel Regulations. On June 29, 1983, the Office of Fiscal Operations, Department of State, asked for a decision concerning the authority of the Board of Exceptions to the Foreign Ser- vice Travel Regulations to grant exceptions to the time limits applicable to the shipment of household effects of Foreign Service officers after separation or, as in this case, death. The question has arisen in the case of Mrs. Teresita G. Bowman, who was entitled to ship her household effects to a location she designated following the death of her husband while he was a Foreign Service employee stationed in Washington, D.C. Mrs. Bowman asked to have her entitlement to shipment of household goods at Government expense extended beyond 2 years from the date of her husband's death. She asks for the extension in order to settle the estate and in consideration for her child's schooling. The 2-year period expires August 31, 1983, and we understand that Mrs. Bowman has not moved yet, but plans to do so sometime in 1984. The authority for shipment of the household effects of Foreign Service officers in this situation is con- tained in section 901(11) of the Foreign Service Act of 1980, 94 Stat. 2071, 2126, 22 U.S.C. S 4081(11) (Supp. IV, 1980) which specifically authorizes the Sec- retary of State to pay for transporting the furniture and household and personal effects of a Foreign Service employee who has died, to the place where his or her family will reside. The Secretary is authorized to

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