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B-226851 1 (1987-09-21)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadmvm0001 and id is 1 raw text is: LXR The Comptroller General of the United States Washington, D.C. 20548 Decision Matterof. Jefferson W. Howell - Household Goods Excess Weight Charges - Excess Beyond Employee's Control File: B-226851 Date: September 21, 1987 DIGEST Civilian employee whose household goods exceeded his weight allowance in a shipment from the Philippines to the United States seeks reimbursement for excess charges on the ground that a restriction on the sale of personal property in the Philippines at the time of his transfer prevented him from disposing of excess items. The claim is denied since at the time of the employee's transfer there was no authority to relieve him from the costs in excess of those authorized by statute, regardless of the reasons. DECISION The issue raised by a civilian employee's appeal of the denial of his claim in this case is whether personal liability for excess household goods weight charges may be waived when the circumstances responsible for the excess allegedly were beyond the employee's control.l/ In the absence of any authority to waive the statutory maximum weight limit, we conclude that the Army Finance and Accounting Center properly collected the excess weight charges even though a depressed market at origin may have prevented the employee from selling excess household goods items at a reasonable price prior to his departure. BACKGROUND In 1978, when the household goods of Jefferson W. Howell were transported from the Philippines to South Carolina, incident to his official change of station, he was entitled to transportation of household goods not in excess of 11,000 pounds net weight. The actual net weight of his household goods was 13,320 pounds; therefore, the Finance Center 1/ The matter is on appeal from a settlement of our Claims Group, Z-2839797, July 8, 1986. Q4coo

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