PBP&E and Excluded Items Quiz

PBP&E exclude ______ for sale or resale

A civilian employee's dependent ______ does not receive PBP&E

If it is determined before transportation that the PBP&E may cause a civilian employee to exceed the authorized ______ allowance, then instead of being moved as an HHG transportation expense, PBP&E may be moved as an administrative expense

An official designated by the ______ must review an itemized PBP&E inventory before shipment occurs

A POV may not be shipped as ______

PBP&E is HHG and part of the ______ weight allowance

The authorizing official has certified that the ______ is necessary for performance of the employee's duties at the new duty station.

The authorizing official has certified that, if these items were not transported, the same or similar items would have to be obtained at ______ expense for the employee's use at the new official station.

PBP&E transported as an agency administrative expense to an ______ location may be returned to CONUS as an agency administrative expense for an employee separating from Government service or returning to the actual place of residence and continuing in Government service.

Separate weight certificates are required when the ______ and its packing allowance pushes the shipment over the net weight allowance.

You have acquired evidence that transporting the ______ would cause the employees' HHG to exceed the 18,000 pounds net weight allowance.

If you have requested it, the employee has provided reasonable ______ of the items requesting to be shipped as PBP&E and the weight of the PBP&E for review by the authorizing official.

If no evidence is available to support that PBP&E was physically transported, no credit is allowed. Issue a GBL correction notice to document circumstances under Column __.

This table is not an 'after-the-fact-verification.' This applies regardless of the GBL correction notice issue date. If certified scale weights are not used for PBP&E, PPA HQ applies the PBP&E cube rule when making excess cost determination. (See paragraph ______. for after-the-fact PBP&E Verification).

PBP&E entitlement for a member’s dependent spouse is NTE __ lbs.

Who pays for shipping professional books, papers, and equipment (PBP&E)? The agency may pay for shipping PBP&E as a __ item.

When authorized, shipping PBP&E is considered an __ cost to the agency.

For ease of administration in calculating this allowance, PBP&E should be included as part of the HHG shipment, if possible. That is, if the net weight of the HHG plus the PBP&E is less than __ pounds, the agency should ship the items together and pay for the HHG shipment in one payment.