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B-229337 1 (1988-06-21)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadnda0001 and id is 1 raw text is: ~Q~LR ~ The Comptroller General of the United States --> , Washington, D.C. 20548 '- Decision Transportation Debt Waivers - Matterof Household Goods and Mobile Homes File: B-229337 Date: June 21, 1988 DIGEST 1. Authority to waive uniformed services members', National Guard members' and civilian employees' debts arising out of erroneous payments of travel and transportation allowances was added to 10 U.S.C. S 2774, 32 U.S.C. S 716, and 5 U.S.C. S 5584, by Public Law 99-224, 99 Stat. 1741. As provided in section 4 of Public Law 99-224, the authority applies only to debts arising out of payments made on or after the effective date of the law, December 28, 1985. 2. A long-standing practice of the government in arranging transportation of employees' and service members' household goods incident to transfers of duty stations is for the government to contract with commercial carriers using government bills of lading (GBL's). Upon completion of the shipment the government pays the carrier and collects any excess charges from the member or employee for exceeding his or her authorized weight allowance or for extra services. Employees' or members' resulting debts do not arise out of erroneous payments, and therefore are not subject to consideration for waiver under 10 U.S.C. § 2774, 32 U.S.C. S 716, or 5 U.S.C. S 5584. Exceptional cases where there was some government error, such as erroneous orders, will be considered on a case-by-case basis. 3. Under the armed services voluntary do-it-yourself (DITY) program, transferred members move their own household goods and receive an incentive payment based on 80 percent of what it would have cost the government to move them by commercial carrier. The member may receive an advance payment based on his estimated weight of the goods with final settlement being made based on actual weight of the goods. In some cases because of inaccuracies in the weight estimate, the member must repay part of the advance received. The resulting debt is not subject to waiver consideration under 10 U.S.C. S 2774 because it did not arise out of an errone- ous payment, but was the result of the regular operation of the program. Exceptional cases where there was some r7

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