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B-215629 1 (1984-11-27)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadmam0001 and id is 1 raw text is: THUECOMPTROICLLEIR GENERAL DECISION . OP THE UNITED STATUE WASHINGTON. 0.C. 20548 UIT9 FILE: B-215629 DATE: November 27, 1984 MATTER OF: Jay Johnson DIGEST: An employee who ships a canoe as part of a household goods shipment made in connection with a transfer of duty station must bear the expense, rather than having the Government pay for it, since boats are expressly excluded by regulations from the definition of household goods that may be shipped at Government expense, even though a Government travel officer mistakenly advised that a canoe was not considered a boat under the regulation. We find that Mr. Jay Johnson, an employee of the Bureau of Land Management, is not entitled to transportation of his canoe at Government expense incident to his permanent change of station.1/ A canoe is a type of boat excluded from the definition of household goods, and its transport is there- fore not payable by the Government. The Bureau of Land Management transferred Mr. Johnson to Anchorage, Alaska. In connection with the transfer, he inquired whether the canoe could be shipped as household goods in light of Bureau of Land Management Manual, Section 1382, Appendix 2, which excludes boats from the definition of household goods which may be shipped at Government expense. Mr. Johnson noted that the regulation did not define boats, and sought clarification of whether a canoe was included within the term. The travel officer of the Alaska State Office responded that canoes were not considered boats under Section 1382, and could be shipped at Government expense. Relying on this advice, Mr. Johnson shipped his canoe on a Government Bill of Lading. He states that had he been informed that the canoe could not be shipped as household goods, he would have carried it on top of his own vehicle. Nonetheless, the Bureau observed that the dictionary defined a canoe to mean an open boat and took collection against him for the shipment. 1/ The Chief, Division of Finance, Bureau of Land Management, Department of the Interior, requested this decision.

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