|CHAPTER�5�-�PERMANENT�DUTY�TRAVEL
    PART�C:��DEPENDENT�ALLOWANCES�FOR�TRANSPORTATION
        U5210��PER�DIEM�RATES�FOR�DEPENDENTS��TRAVEL
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| | U5210� PER DIEM RATES FOR DEPENDENTS� TRAVEL | 
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| | A.� General.� | 
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| | A member is authorized a per diem allowance for each dependent�s travel in connection with the member's PCS, or for other travel as hereinafter prescribed in this Part.� Travel time for which per diem may be paid is determined under par. U5160 in the same manner as for a member.� A member�s travel time and the amount of per diem actually paid for the member's travel in connection with the PCS, aren't used in computing the per diem allowance for travel of any of the dependents in subpars. B and C.� | 
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| | B. Dependent(s) Accompany Member.� | 
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| | When dependents travel with a member, the member is entitled to per diem for each dependent while traveling, and at points of delay, in an amount equal to the following percentage of the per diem to which the member is entitled: | 
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| | 1.three-fourths for each dependent 12 years of age or older; and | 
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| | 2.one-half for each dependent under 12 years of age. | 
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| | When more than one POC is used as provided for in par. U5205-A, and the dependents traveling in the POCs travel along the same general route on the same days as the member, the dependents are accompanied by the member.� A member's TDY location is not a point of delay for a dependent.� No per diem is authorized for a dependent for time at a TDY location. | 
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| | C.Dependent(s) Travel Independently.� | 
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| | Dependents are not �accompanying the member� when they travel separately from a member on different routes or at different times.� The member is entitled to a per diem for these dependents as follows: | 
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| | 1.One Dependent Traveling Separately.� | 
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| | An amount equal to the per diem to which the member would have been entitled for personal travel. | 
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| | 2.Two or More Dependents Traveling Separately.� | 
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| | When two or more dependents travel together separate from a member, the member is entitled to per diem for one member-designated dependent, 12 years of age or older, in an amount equal to the per diem to which the member would have been entitled for personal travel.� For each of the other dependents, who is 12 years of age or older, traveling with that dependent, the member is entitled to per diem in an amount of three-fourths of the per diem to which the member would have been entitled for personal travel.� For each dependent under 12 years of age, the per diem is one half of the per diem to which the member would have been entitled. | 
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| | U5212� REIMBURSABLE EXPENSES | 
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| | When transportation-in-kind is furnished or a member is reimbursed for transportation, the member is entitled to reimbursement for the following expenses incurred incident to dependents� transportation: | 
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| | 1.taxicab, bus, streetcar, subway, or other public carrier fares when free transfer is not provided between places of abode and carrier terminals, between carrier terminals, and from carrier terminals to lodging and return when required by transportation delays en route which are beyond the dependents' control; | 
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| | 2.MALT, as prescribed in par. U5203-A, first itemization, item 3 for POC travel, in lieu of reimbursement for public carrier fares authorized by item 1 between places of abode and carrier terminals; | 
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| | 3.� tips to train attendants when dependents travel separately from a member, up to $1 each calendar day for a dependent traveling alone or for each family of two or more dependents traveling together; customary tips for baggage handling (except at hotels), tips to taxi drivers; | 
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| | 4.baggage checking and transfer costs, when costs are itemized and the number of pieces are shown on the claim; | 
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| | 5.passport, visa, and change of status fees, including costs of required photographs and birth certificates, or other acceptable evidence of birth.� Expenses for legal services incurred for processing applications for passports, visas, or changes in status even though local laws or custom may require the use of lawyers in processing such applications aren�t reimbursable; | 
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| | (NOTE:Command sponsored dependents ordinarily travel on the no-fee passport.� However, when travel on official orders is to or from high threat areas or high risk airports (see Appendix N) by commercial air and dependents are authorized to obtain and use regular fee passports, fees for such passports are reimbursable.� Dependents traveling solely by military air or AMC charter flight shall not be reimbursed for regular fee passports unless Government transportation became available on short notice (that is, after commercial travel arrangements have been made and a passport purchased) or the priority of the travel is sufficiently high to require backup travel arrangements.) | 
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| | 6.airport taxes, landing fees, port taxes, boarding taxes, airport fees or service charges, or other similar mandatory charges or fees assessed on departure from, or on arrival at carrier terminals not included in the ticket cost (52 Comp. Gen. 73 (1972)); | 
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| | 7.costs of traveler's checks or similar instruments purchased for the safe transportation of personal funds necessary for anticipated expenses; and | 
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| | 8.tips to stewards and other attendants paid by or on behalf of the dependents aboard commercial vessels, up to $5 per day. | 
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| | The expenses listed in items 1, 3, and 4 aren't reimbursable when dependents travel on a MALT basis under par. U5203-A, first itemization, item 3.� However, reimbursement is authorized for those bona fide expenses described in this subparagraph incurred during travel on a separate leg of a journey when MALT is not payable between those two points.� When determining the allowances payable under this Part, travel between any two points falling within the following categories is a separate leg of the journey: | 
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| | a.PDS, | 
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| | b.passenger port of embarkation, | 
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| | c.passenger port of debarkation, | 
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| | d.first duty station, | 
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| | e.last duty station, | 
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| | i.designated place. | 
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| | Receipt requirements are the same as those in par. U2500-B. | 
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| | U5215� FACTORS AFFECTING TRAVEL OF DEPENDENTS | 
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| | A.� Members Attain Eligibility for Dependent Travel. | 
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| | A member, ineligible for dependents� travel and transportation allowances to a new PDS under par. U5203-B who later attains eligibility, is first entitled to dependents� travel and transportation allowances upon a subsequent qualifying PCS, as set forth in this paragraph. | 
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| | 1.While on Duty at a Station to Which Dependents� Travel Is Authorized.� | 
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| | When a member attains eligibility for dependents� travel and transportation allowances while at a PDS to which dependents� travel ordinarily is authorized, the member is entitled to travel and transportation allowances for their travel on the member's next PCS.� Entitlement is for travel from the dependents� location on the date of receipt of PCS orders, up to the entitlement for travel from the PDS at which the member attained eligibility to the new PDS or to another place authorized under this Part.� Dependents temporarily absent from the old PDS at the time orders are received are subject to subpar. F.� No travel to an OCONUS PDS may be authorized/approved under this subparagraph unless the dependents are command sponsored before travel begins and the member has at least 12 months remaining on the OCONUS tour at that station after the dependents are scheduled to arrive. | 
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| | 2.While on Duty in a Dependent-Restricted Tour Area.� | 
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| | If a member becomes eligible for dependents� travel and transportation allowances while serving a dependent-restricted tour, the member is entitled to travel and transportation allowances only upon PCS to a PDS to which dependents� travel and transportation is authorized.� Entitlement is from the dependents location on the date of receipt of PCS orders to the new PDS or to another place authorized under this Part, up to the entitlement for travel from the place where the dependents remained, or to which they moved at personal expense, when the member was transferred to the dependent-restricted tour area. | 
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| | B.� Dependent Child Attains Age 21 or 23 or Loses Student Status While Member Serving OCONUS.� | 
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| | A member is entitled to travel and transportation allowances for an unmarried dependent child who was transported at Government expense to the member�s OCONUS PDS to: | 
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| | 1.an appropriate location in the United States or its possessions, or, | 
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| | 2.the country of the dependent�s origin if the dependent is a foreign national.� | 
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| | Appropriate destinations are determined through the Secretarial Process. | 
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| | If a member entitled to basic pay dies while on OCONUS duty, a dependent described above is entitled to travel and transportation allowances described in par. U5241-D1. | 
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| | C.� Dependents Acquired on or Before Effective Date of Orders.� | 
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| | Except upon graduation from a Service academy (see par. U5222-A2), a member, who acquires a dependent on or before the effective date of PCS orders, is entitled to dependents� travel and transportation allowances from the place where the dependent is acquired to the new PDS, up to the entitlement for travel from the old PDS to the new PDS.� Such entitlement is without regard to: | 
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| | 1.whether TDY is directed or performed en route, or | 
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| | 2.the location of the old or new PDS. | 
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| | D.� Effect of Changes in Ages or Dependency Status on Entitlements.� | 
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| | Except as provided in subpar. B, entitlement to dependents� travel and transportation allowances is based on the dependency status on the effective date of the orders (see Appendix A).� If dependency status no longer exists when travel begins no entitlement exists. | 
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| | 1.Changes in Ages.� | 
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| | Entitlement is based on dependents� ages on the date travel begins, provided travel is not delayed for more than 60 days after the effective date of orders.� The following rules govern the amount of per diem to which a member is entitled for dependents� travel as authorized in par. U5210.� When dependents� travel: | 
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| | a.begins on/before the effective date of orders and ends after the effective date of orders, entitlement is based on ages on the effective date of orders; | 
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| | b.ends before the effective date of orders, entitlement is based on ages on the date travel ends; | 
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| | c.begins within 60 days after the effective date of orders, entitlement is based on ages on the date travel begins; or | 
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