B-81137, NOV. 2, 1955
Highlights
USAF (RETIRED): REFERENCE IS MADE TO YOUR LETTER OF AUGUST 30. THE DISALLOWANCE OF WHICH WAS SUSTAINED IN DECISION DATED APRIL 13. BE ENTITLED TO TRANSPORTATION OF DEPENDENTS AND HOUSEHOLD EFFECTS AT GOVERNMENT EXPENSE TO THAT PLACE IF TRAVEL IS PERFORMED WITHIN THE PRESCRIBED PERIOD. IS APRIL 1. NO RIGHTS ACCRUE UNDER ITS PROVISIONS TO PERSONNEL WHO WERE RETIRED AND WHO MOVED THEIR DEPENDENTS AND HOUSEHOLD EFFECTS TO A SELECTED HOME PRIOR TO THAT DATE. AS YOUR DEPENDENTS AND HOUSEHOLD EFFECTS WERE MOVED TO DULZURN IN 1945.
B-81137, NOV. 2, 1955
TO CAPTAIN GEORGE R. WHITE, USAF (RETIRED):
REFERENCE IS MADE TO YOUR LETTER OF AUGUST 30, 1955, CONCERNING YOUR CLAIM FOR REIMBURSEMENT OF THE COST OF MOVING YOUR DEPENDENTS AND HOUSEHOLD EFFECTS FROM NEW YORK, NEW YORK, TO DULZURA, CALIFORNIA, IN 1945, THE DISALLOWANCE OF WHICH WAS SUSTAINED IN DECISION DATED APRIL 13, 1949, B-81137.
YOU NOW CITE THE ACT OF AUGUST 11, 1955, 69 STAT. 691 AS HAVING A POSSIBLE BEARING ON YOUR CLAIM. THAT ACT AMENDED SECTION 303 OF THE CAREER COMPENSATION ACT OF 1949, 37 U.S.C. 253, SO AS TO PROVIDE, AMONG OTHER THINGS, THAT MEMBERS OF THE UNIFORMED SERVICES--- APPARENTLY INCLUDING RESERVE PERSONNEL AND MEMBERS OF THE AIR FORCE OF THE UNITED STATES WITHOUT COMPONENT--- MAY SELECT A HOME UPON RETIREMENT, AND BE ENTITLED TO TRANSPORTATION OF DEPENDENTS AND HOUSEHOLD EFFECTS AT GOVERNMENT EXPENSE TO THAT PLACE IF TRAVEL IS PERFORMED WITHIN THE PRESCRIBED PERIOD. THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THAT ACT, HOWEVER, IS APRIL 1, 1951, AND NO RIGHTS ACCRUE UNDER ITS PROVISIONS TO PERSONNEL WHO WERE RETIRED AND WHO MOVED THEIR DEPENDENTS AND HOUSEHOLD EFFECTS TO A SELECTED HOME PRIOR TO THAT DATE. AS YOUR DEPENDENTS AND HOUSEHOLD EFFECTS WERE MOVED TO DULZURN IN 1945, THE ACT OF AUGUST 11, 1955,AFFORDS NO BASIS FOR THE PAYMENT OF YOUR CLAIM.