THE JOINT TRAVEL REGULATIONS - Office of the General Counsel

APP A: Definitions & Acronyms (JTR)
Part 1: Definitions
Appendix A1
HOUSEHOLD GOODS (HHG) (FTR, §300-3.1). Items (except those listed in B and C) associated with the home
and all personal effects belonging to an employee and dependents on the employee's effective date (See APP A)of
transfer or appointment that legally may be accepted and transported by a commercial HHG carrier.
NOTE:
See par. C5154-E for an article involving a weight additive.
A. HHG also include:
1. PBP&E needed and not needed for the performance of official duties at the next or a later destination.
PBP&E that are needed but may cause the HHG total weight to exceed 18,000 pounds optionally may be
shipped administratively (see par. C5154-C1) and therefore must be weighed separately and identified on the
origin inventory as PBP&E.;
2. Spare parts for a POV (see APP A) and a pickup tailgate when removed;
3. Integral or attached vehicle parts that must be removed due to high vulnerability to pilferage or damage (e.g.,
seats, tops, winch, spare tires, portable auxiliary gasoline can(s), CD players, GPS systems, and miscellaneous
associated hardware);
4. Consumable goods for employees with PCS travel authorization to locations listed in APP F;
5. A vehicle other than POVs (such as a motorcycle, moped, hang glider, golf cart, jet ski and snowmobile
(and/or the associated trailer) of reasonable size, that can fit into a moving van);
6. A boat (and/or their associated trailer) of reasonable size that can fit into a moving van (e.g., canoe, skiff,
dinghy, scull, kayak, rowboat, sailboat, outboard/inboard motorboat); and
7. Ultralight vehicles (defined in 14 C.F.R. Sec 103 as being single occupant; for recreation or sport purposes;
weighing less than 155 pounds if unpowered or less than 254 pounds if powered; having a fuel capacity NTE 5
gallons; airspeed NTE 55 knots; and power-off stall speed NTE 24 knots).
8. A utility trailer, with or without a tilt bed, with a single axle, and an overall length of no more than 12 feet
(from rear to trailer hitch), and no wider than 8 feet (outside tire to outside tire). Side rails/body no higher than
28 inches (unless detachable) and ramp/gate for the utility trailer no higher than 4 feet (unless detachable).
9. GOV’T or military owned accountable Organizational Clothing and Individual Clothing (OC&IE) property
issued to the employee or member by the Agency/Service for official use.
B. HHG do not include:
1. Personal baggage when carried free on commercial transportation;
2. Automobiles, trucks, vans and similar motor vehicles; airplanes; mobile homes; camper trailers; horse
trailers; and farming vehicles (see Ch 5, Part E for POV shipment);
3. Live animals including birds, fish and reptiles;
4. Cordwood and building materials ( B-133751, 1 November 1957 and B-180439, 13 September 1974);
5. HHG for resale, disposal or commercial use;
6. Privately owned live ammunition (B-130583, 8 May 1957); and
7. Boats (other than those in A6 above); and
Change 525 A1-12
7/1/09