B-143982, FEB. 27, 1962

B-143982, FEB. 27, 1962

TO MR. JOHN G. BLOOMFIELD:

YOUR RECENT UNDATED LETTER REQUESTS FURTHER CONSIDERATION OF YOUR INDEBTEDNESS TO THE UNITED STATES FOR THE EXCESS COST OF THE PACKING AND CRATING OF YOUR HOUSEHOLD EFFECTS INCIDENT TO YOUR TRANSFER OVERSEAS IN JULY 1956 AS AN EMPLOYEE OF THE DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY.

YOU WERE INFORMED IN OUR LETTER B-143982 OF JANUARY 18, 1962, THAT THE STATUTORY AUTHORITY FOR THE PAYMENT OF TRANSPORTATION EXPENSES, INCLUDING THOSE ATTACHED TO THE MOVEMENT OF HOUSEHOLD EFFECTS, FOR EMPLOYEES ASSIGNED TO OVERSEAS POSTS OF DUTY IS CONTAINED IN 5 U.S.C. 73B-3 (A) AND, THAT THE PROVISIONS OF EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 9805, AS AMENDED, GOVERN THE ALLOWANCES FOR STORAGE, PACKING, UNPACKING, ETC., OF EMPLOYEES' HOUSEHOLD EFFECTS. YOU NOW SEEK TO APPLY THE PROVISIONS OF PARAGRAPH 8101-7 OF THE JOINT TRAVEL REGULATIONS TO THE MATTER. IN THAT CONNECTION, YOU ARE ADVISED THAT THE JOINT TRAVEL REGULATIONS ARE PROMULGATED PURSUANT TO THE PROVISIONS OF SECTION 303 (H) OF THE CAREER COMPENSATION ACT OF 1949 FOR THE MEMBERS OF THE UNIFORMED SERVICES AND THEIR DEPENDENTS, AND HAVE NO APPLICATION TO THE TRAVEL AND TRANSPORTATION OF CIVILIAN EMPLOYEES OF THE GOVERNMENT.

THE MATTER OF YOUR INDEBTEDNESS HAS BEEN GIVEN CAREFUL CONSIDERATION BY OUR OFFICE AND HAS BEEN EXPLAINED TO YOU IN DETAIL IN OUR PREVIOUS COMMUNICATIONS. SINCE YOUR RECENT LETTER CONTAINS NOTHING THAT HAS NOT BEEN FULLY CONSIDERED HERE, IT IS UNNECESSARY TO REPEAT WHAT HAS BEEN SAID IN OUR EARLIER DECISIONS AND, ALTHOUGH THE CIRCUMSTANCES WHICH RESULTED IN YOUR INDEBTEDNESS ARE ..END :