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COMPTROLLER GENERAL OF THE- UNITED STATES
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20548
B-196449 March 31, 1980
The Honorable Peter W. Rodino, Jr,
Chairman, Committee on
the Judiciary
House of Representatives
Dear Mr. Chairman:
Further r fe ence is made to your letter of February 15, 1980,
requesting ourviews on H.R. 64827 abill ff]or the relief of James A.
Ferguson.
The bill provides that Mr. James A. Ferguson be relieved of his
liability of $1,912.16 to the United States resulting from an over-
payment of a travel advance incident to Mr. Ferguson's trans-
porting his mobile hone upon a permanent change of duty station.
The bill also directs the Secretary of the Treasury to pay out of
any money not otherwise appropriated to James A. Ferguson an amount
equal to any amounts either paid by or withheld from sums due him
in complete or partial satisfaction of the liability of $1,912.16
to the United States.
Mr. Ferguson's claim for the amount which is the subject
matter of this bill was disallowed by our Claims Division on
June 11, 1979. That disallowance was sustained by our decision,
James A. Ferguson, B-196449, January 9, 1980, copy enclosed.
As the decision indicates, the basic facts are that the Air
Force erroneously advised Mr. Ferguson that the Government would
bear the entire cost of moving his mobile home incident to his
permanent change of duty station from Yuba City, California, to
Randolph Air Force Base, Texas. Because of this misconception on
the part of the Air Force, Mr. Ferguson, a civilian employee, was
advanced $7,600 to cover the transportation of his mobile home.
When Mr. Ferguson completed his relocation, he submitted a
voucher indicating that he had incurred $8,519.62 in reimbursable
travel expenses. Upon auditing the voucher, the Air Force dis-
allowed $2,831.78 and approved the remaining $5,687.84 of the
claimed $8,519.62. The disallowance of $2,831.78 was because
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