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B-197635 1 (1980-06-06)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadiig0001 and id is 1 raw text is: j DECISION FILE: B-197635 THE CONIPTROLLER GENERAL OF THE UNITED STATES WASHINGTON., D.C. 20548 NIT DATE: June 6, 1980 MATTER OF: Dr. Robert S. Morton - Shipment of Personal Effects -LCosts in Excess of Amount Authorizedj DIGEST: Employee is responsible for excess transportation costs where additional shipments of personal effects from Australia exceeded cost of one-lot shipment from England. Limitation in Federal Travel Regulations has force and effect of law and agents of United Scates Government do not have 'authority or discretion to waive such provisions regardless of extenuating cir- cumstances. Certain items of immediate necessity for employee can be shipped by air freight; however, total amount allowable for shipment of all effects cannot exceed cost of one-lot shipment. This decision concerns the appeal of Dr. Robert S. Morton of our Claims Division settlement dated October 17, 1979 (Z-2815863). The settlement denied Dr. Morton relief from liability of a debt to the United States for $378.85. Dr. Morton was a visiting scientist who was hired by the Center for Disease Control, Public Health Service, Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, Atlanta, Georgia, under a 1-year fellowship program. 42 U.S.C. H§ 209(g), 210(f) (1976).. In accordance with Dr. Morton's offer of appointment, he was issued Travel Order No. 364301, dated October 5, 1978, which autho- rized the shipment of ,500 pounds of personal effects via surface transportation from Sheffield, England, to Atlanta, Georgia. The agency issued a Government Bill of Lading and arranged to ship Dr. Morton's personal effects from England to Atlanta via Ocean-Air International, Inc. The carrier provided the service based on a quotation rate of $142.10 per hundredweight, with a minimum weight of 500 pounds. Thus, Dr. Morton's shipment of 93 pounds was billed at the minimum weight of 500 pounds for a total cost of 710.50. In addition, Dr. Morton shipped a chest by air from Australia, and several other cartons of books for a total cost of $378.35. It is this latter amount that is the basis for Dr. Morton's debt. Visiting scientists appointed under 42 U.S.C. § 209(g) (1976) are entitled to travel and subsistence expenses as authorized by 11 12-1441 2--_

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