[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 5, Volume 1]
[Revised as of January 1, 2002]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 5CFR180.101]

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                    TITLE 5--ADMINISTRATIVE PERSONNEL
 
                CHAPTER I--OFFICE OF PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT
 
PART 180--EMPLOYEES' PERSONAL PROPERTY CLAIMS--Table of Contents
 
Sec. 180.101  Scope and purpose.

    (a) The Military Personnel and Civilian Employees' Claims Act of 
1964, 31 U.S.C. 240 to 243, authorizes the Director, Office of Personnel 
Management to settle and pay (including replacement in kind) claims of 
officers and employees of OPM, amounting to not more than $15,000, for 
damage to or loss of personal property incident to their service. Claims 
are payable only for such types, quantities, or amounts of tangible 
personal property (including money) as the approving authority shall 
determine to be reasonable, useful, or proper under the circumstances 
existing at the time and place of the loss. In determining what is 
reasonable, useful, or proper, the approving authority will consider the 
type and quantity of property involved, circumstances attending 
acquistion and use of the property, and whether possession or use by the 
claimant at the time of damage or loss was incident to service.
    (b) The Government does not underwrite all personal property losses 
that a claimant may sustain and it does not underwrite individual 
tastes. While the Government does not attempt to limit possession of 
property by an individual, payment for damage or loss is made only to 
the extent that the possession of the property is determined to be 
reasonable, useful, or proper. If individuals possess excessive 
quantities of items, or expensive items, they should have such property 
privately insured.