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B-230401 1 (1989-08-23)

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The Comptroller General
of the United States
Washington, D.C. 20548
Decision


           Joseph P. Moss - Transfer to International

Matter of: Organization - Equalization Allowance

File:      B-230401

Date:      August 23, 1989


DIGEST

An employee who exercised his reemployment rights with the
U.S. Customs Service after a transfer to an international
organization is not entitled to additional payment for an
equalization allowance where the record shows the computa-
tion was made in accordance with the governing statute and
regulations.


DECISION

Mr. Joseph P. Moss, a former employee of the Customs
Cooperation Council, an international organization, has
appealed our Claims Group settlement, Z-2864026, Sept. 1,
1987, which denied his claim for additional compensation.
Mr. Moss alleges that the United States Customs Service
erroneously computed his equalization allowance upon his
return from an overseas assignment in 1984. For the reasons
that follow, we affirm our Claims Group's determination.

BACKGROUND

Mr. Moss transferred in 1979 from the United States Customs
Service to the Customs Cooperation Council, an international
organization located in Brussels, Belgium.l/ Mr. Moss's
transfer was for a total of 5 years, after which time he
exercised his return rights to reemployment with the Customs
Service.

Upon his return, the Customs Service paid Mr. Moss an
equalization allowance on the authority of 5 U.S.C.
S 3582(b) (1982). Mr. Moss disputes the Customs Service's
computation of his equalization allowance and states that he



l/ The transfer was authorized under the provisions of
  5 U.S.C. SS 3581-3584 et seq. (1982).





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