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B-206844 1 (1982-07-07)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadkmc0001 and id is 1 raw text is: I IVC1 ao FZMCIB13ON FILES B-206844 MATTER o DIGEST; THE COMPTROLL.IfR OKNRAL OF THIN UNITUWJ STATAU WASHINGTON , 00, 20540 DATE& July 7, 1982 Chester C. Bryant - Transportation of iousehold Goods - Commuted Rate An employee who moved his household goods upon transfer and whose reimbursement was limited t) the cost of shipment by GBL claims entitlement to the higher commuted rate. Since the agency did not authorize and ship his gcods, reimbursement of actual expenses is incorrect. Employee is en- titled to reimbursement under the commuted rate system, Also, a fuel surcharge Is not reimbursable since the commuted rate Io intesided as reimbursement for all trans- portation costs. Mr. Chester C. Bryant, an employee of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms (BATF), has appealed Settle- ment Certificate Z-2824594, dated October 8, 1981, by which our Claims Group denied his claimn for additional reimburse- msnt of expenses associated with the shipment of his house- hold goods. In November 1979, because of his transfer from Washington, D.C., to Nashville, Tennessee, Mr. Bryant ship- ped his household goods from Oakton, Virginia, to Nashville by a commexcial bill of lading. He received reimbursement for that shipment equal to the amount it would have cost to ship the goods under the actual expense method by Govern-. ment Bill of Lading (GBL), but claims he should have been reimbursed at the higher commuted rate. We agree. On ?ebruary 8, 1978, the General Services Administra- tion (GSA) published Temporary Regulation A-12 of the Fed- eral Property Management Regulations, which established the centralized household goods traffic management program. In connection with that program, paragraph 6b of Temporary Regulation A-12 requires an agency to obtain from the nearest GSA regional office, a cost comparison of the two methods of reimbursing an employee for shipment of his household goods.--the actual expense method, and the commuted rate method. Under the actual expense method, the Govern- ment assumes responsibility, wherea5 under the commuted rate the employee makes his own arrangements. qj.IV P I

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