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B-226589 1 (1988-06-07)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadncm0001 and id is 1 raw text is: The Comptroller General of the United States Washington, D.C. 20548 Decision Matterof- Robert F. Stott - Shipment of Non-Household Goods Items File: B-226589 Date: June 7, 1988 DIGEST 1. A transferred employee who included a canoe in his shipment of household goods by a Government Bill of Lading must bear the expense of that shipment since boats are expressly excluded by the Federal Travel Regulations from the definition of household goods which may be shipped at government expense. There is no authority to base the employee's liability on the actual weight of the canoe rather than on the carrier's weight additive prescribed by the applicable rate tender. 2. A transferred employee included a farm type tractor in his shipment of household goods on a Government Bill of Lading. Since farming vehicles are excluded by the Federal Travel Regulations from the types of household goods that may be shipped at government expense, the employing agency should determine whether the tractor was properly shipped as household goods. If the tractor does not qualify as household goods, the employee should be assessed for its shipment in the same manner as for the canoe. DECISION This decision is in response to a request from the Director, Office of Budget and Finance, Veterans Administration (VA), for our opinion concerning Mr. Robert F. Stott's request that he be charged for shipping and storing a canoe at its actual weight of 80 pounds, rather than at the carrier's weight additive of 600 pounds. Additionally, our examination of the shipping documents forwarded with the claim indicates that he also shipped a farm type tractor. For the reasons explained below, Mr. Stott's request with regard to the canoe may not be granted, and a determination should be made by the agency as to whether the tractor was properly included in the shipment as an item of household goods.

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