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B-257146 1 (1994-10-18)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadupz0001 and id is 1 raw text is: Cop o ller Generl of dke United Stts U012410 Wamh1pgta D.C. 20648 Decision B-257146 October 18, 1994 Ms. Judy M. Miller Certifying Officer Bureau of Land Management Department of the Interior Denver Fediral Center, Building 50 Denver, Colorado,80225-0047 Dear. Ms. Miller: This replies to your letter of April 21, 1994, reference 1381 (SC-610), requesting an advance decision whether carriers' charges for pet houses LL., dog houses, that employees ship as household goods incident to their reloca- tion should be paid by the government or collected from the employee. You indicate that the carriers have been assessing charges for moving dog houses calculated on a weight and/or bulk item rate basis amounting to $90 to $200 per dog house. You state that it is your agency's position that a dog house is not included within the definition of household goods shown in section 302-1.4 of the Federal Travel Regulation (FTR) because that section excludes live animals, and because one of our decisions 47 Comp. Gen. 572 (1968), stated that property which is to be used ultimately as furniture or as part of the equipment of a residence is to be regarded as part of the household effects. Since you have not presented a specific case before you for payment, with accompanying documentation, we are not issuing a Comptroller General's decision on the matter at this time. See 31 U.S.C. S 3529(a). However, we are providing the following guidance for your assistance. The language to which you refer in our decision 47 Comp. Gen. 572, was not intended as a full definition of household goods; it was primarily concerned with defining the more limited term baggage which was the subject of the deci- sion. Regarding household goods, we have repeatedly observed that the term is a general one not limited to precise definition, but varying in scope depending upon t-.e context in which it is used. 67 Comp. Gen. 230 (1988). T!

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