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B-195606 1 (1980-03-05)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadibh0001 and id is 1 raw text is: 3(oq-q THE COMPTROLLER GENERAL DECISION OF THE UNITED STATEB WASHtNGTON, 0. C. 20548 FILE: B-195606 DATE: March 5, 1980 MATTER OF: Captain Bill Johnson, USAF DIGEST: 1. A military member who shipped household goods in excess of his administrative weight allowance seeks reimbursement for the excess weight charge on the ground that he was not given the opportunity to remove the excess weight before shipment. The claim is denied because there is no authority for the Government to pay a member's transportation costs in excess of those authorized. 2. A military member who is authorized to ship professional books, papers, and equipment along with household goods may receive credit for the weight of such items. The administrative deter- mination of the weight of professional materials, based on the shipper's inventory, will be accepted where the member, who claims allowance for addi- tional weight, has presented no clear evidence showing it to be incorrect. Air Force Captain Bill Johnson appeals from a deter- mination of our Claims Division dated May 2, 1979, which denied his rlaim for reimbursement of the excess weight charges incurred in the transportation of his household goods rom Germany to the United States in 1976. Captain Johnson contends that he should not have to pay the full amount of the excess weight charge because he was not given an opportunity to remove the excess weight and because he was not given sufficient credit for pro- fessional books, papers, and equipment. Captain Johnson reports that, at a pre-move briefing by the Air Force, he received the following information concerning his options if he exceeded his administrative weight allowance: . 0,56

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