|CHAPTER�5�-�PERMANENT�DUTY�TRAVEL
    PART�C:��DEPENDENT�ALLOWANCES�FOR�TRANSPORTATION
        U5240��DEPENDENTS��TRAVEL�UNDER�UNUSUAL/EMERGENCY�CIRCUMSTANCES
            D.��Return�of�Dependents�from�OCONUS�Due�to�Personal�Situations�and�Travel�of�Dependents�Located�in�CONUS�When�Disciplinary�Act
                2.�Circumstances.
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| | 2.Circumstances.� | 
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| | The circumstances in which dependents� travel and transportation allowances may be authorized under this subparagraph are limited to the following: | 
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| | a.essential medical treatment isn�t available at the member's PDS nor readily available in the theater.� The member's request must be supported by medical documentation, including a statement by the attending physician, indicating that the treatment is essential to the well-being of the dependent; | 
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| | b.the death, serious illness, or incapacitation of a dependent ordinarily caring for a member's minor dependents requires in the opinion of the authorizing/approving authority that those minor dependents be transported to a place where proper care may be maintained; | 
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| | c.educational facilities or housing for dependents is inadequate.� A statement from the order-issuing official that the inadequacy of such educational facilities or housing was caused by conditions beyond the member's control and that knowledge of those conditions arose after dependents began to travel to the member's OCONUS PDS is required. (B-56558, June 25, 1965; 47 Comp. Gen. 151 (1967); and 57 i.d. 343 (1978)); | 
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| | d.conditions in an OCONUS theater are such that, although the evacuation of all dependents is neither warranted nor desired, the international situation is such that a member justifiably is concerned for the safety and well-being of dependents.� Such determinations must be made by the Unified Commander and on the recommendation of the major commander of the Service concerned.� Determination authority may be delegated no lower than general/flag officer rank in the headquarters of the respective Unified Command; | 
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| | e.the best interests of a member, or the dependents, and the Government is served by the movement of one or more dependents because of compelling personal reasons, such as financial difficulties, marital difficulties, unforeseen family problems, death or serious illness of close relatives, or for reasons of a humanitarian or compassionate nature; or because of other situations which have an adverse effect on the member's performance of duty.� Such determinations must be evidenced by a statement of the authorizing/approving official.� This item must not be used to authorize student dependent transportation to CONUS for the purpose of attending school (57 Comp. Gen. 343 (1978));����������� | 
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| | f.a dependent receives orders from a Selective Service Board to report to the United States for induction into the U.S. Armed Forces; | 
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| | gacceptable employment opportunities for dependent children aged 18 years or older at the nonforeign OCONUS PDS are lacking. The commanding officer of the activity concerned must determine that: | 
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| | (1)because of the lack of employment opportunity at the PDS and the resulting idleness, the dependent child (children) are likely to become involved in situations creating embarrassment to the United States which place additional administrative burdens on the commanding officer or have adverse effects on the member's performance of duty; and | 
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| | (2)such advance return is in the best interest of the member, or dependents, and the United States. | 
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| | h.a member is: | 
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| | (1)sentenced by court-martial to be confined or to receive a punitive discharge (includes a bad conduct discharge, dishonorable discharge, and dismissal); | 
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| | (2)sentenced to confinement in a foreign or U.S. civil confinement facility; | 
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| | (3)discharged OCONUS under other than honorable conditions; | 
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| | (4)returned to CONUS for discharge under other than honorable conditions; | 
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| | (5)returned to CONUS to serve a sentence of confinement in civil or military confinement facilities; | 
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| | (6)serving OCONUS and is dropped, sent to prison under sentence, or transferred as a prisoner to a place of detention; | 
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| | (7)serving OCONUS and is transferred to a different ship or station to await trial by court-martial as a deserter or straggler; | 
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| | (8)discharged under other than honorable conditions after surrendering to military authorities� in� CONUS following a period of absence without leave from the OCONUS PDS; or | 
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| | (9)convicted by court-martial and placed on leave involuntarily while awaiting completion of appellate review (63 Comp. Gen. 135 (1983)). | 
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| | In all of the above circumstances, it must be shown that dependents� travel is in the Government�s best interest.� Dependents� travel and transportation allowances may be provided only when it is determined that there is a valid need for the dependents to move.� In connection with advance return of dependents from OCONUS, it must be determined that the problem or situation occurred after arrival at the OCONUS PDS, and local resources (on or off post) can't resolve the problem. Recommendations from religious, mental health, financial management, family counseling, or legal agencies should be obtained.� If the member's situation doesn't meet these criteria, the request must be denied.� Such advance return of dependents under this subparagraph must be applied judiciously; it is a last resort.� The Secretary concerned may delegate the authority in this subparagraph to an officer in the grade of O-5 or higher, who is at the level of the member's installation commander, support group commander, or the commanding officer of the ship, mobile unit, or afloat staff to which the member is assigned.� Dependents must begin travel before PCS orders are issued which relieve the member from the OCONUS PDS.� The order-issuing official shall cite, in the dependents� travel orders, the specific item above which applies in the particular case.� Travel and transportation allowances for travel under items h(1) through h(8) may not be authorized for a distance greater than that from the member's last or former OCONUS PDS or the place to which dependents were last transported at Government expense, as applicable, to the designated place or, if the dependents are foreign nationals, to a place in the country of the dependents' origin.� Under item h(9), such allowances may not be authorized for a distance greater than to the member's HOR or PLEAD. Transportation procurement documents or vouchers for reimbursement for allowances under this subparagraph must be supported by a copy of the appropriate statement and/or authorization/approval required by this subparagraph. | 
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| | 3.Return of Dependents to OCONUS Areas.� | 
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| | Member may return dependents at personal expense (at Government expense if the member serves an IPCOT) to the OCONUS location from which they traveled.� If those dependents are command sponsored, the member is entitled to dependents� travel and transportation allowances from the PDS on the subsequent PCS. | 
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| | 4.� Subsequent Entitlement.� | 
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| | Entitlement to dependents� travel and transportation allowances under this subparagraph is in addition to, and has no effect on, the entitlement to such allowances the member may have on the effective date of the next PCS orders (40 Comp. Gen. 554 (1961)).� A member otherwise entitled to dependents� travel and transportation allowances under par. U5203-A whose dependents weren't returned to an OCONUS area under subpar. 3, is entitled, upon reassignment from the OCONUS PDS, to dependents� travel and transportation allowances from the place to which they were transported under this paragraph to the destination authorized in the reassignment order. | 
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| | E.� Return of Dependents from OCONUS Incident to Divorce or Annulment | 
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| | 1.To Whom Authorized. | 
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| | A member permanently stationed OCONUS whose marriage is terminated by divorce or annulment while so serving, may be authorized travel and transportation allowances for former family members (who were formerly command sponsored dependents as defined in Appendix A and who were residing with the member OCONUS) as specified in this subparagraph (53 Comp. Gen. 960 (1974)). | 
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| | 2.Conditions. | 
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| | Movement of former dependents under this subparagraph must be in the best interest of the United States, the member, and the former dependents concerned. | 
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| | 3.By Whom Authorized.� | 
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| | Movement of former family members under this subparagraph must be specifically authorized through the Secretarial Process. | 
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| | 4.By Whom Requested.� | 
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| | Movement of former family members under this subparagraph must be requested by the member who was the former sponsor.� If the member is not available or declines to initiate such a request, the request may be initiated by the former spouse or former family member concerned. | 
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| | 5.Points Between Which Transportation May Be Authorized.� | 
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| | Travel must originate at or in the vicinity of the member's present or former OCONUS PDS and must terminate at a place: | 
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| | a.in the United States or in a nonforeign OCONUS location or, | 
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| | b.if the former dependents are foreign nationals, in the country of the dependents' origin. | 
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| | The official referred to in subpar. 3 determines a reasonable relationship of the destination to the conditions and circumstances of the case. | 
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| | 6.Allowances.� | 
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| | If transportation is not provided by the Government or by Government-procured means, reimbursement for personally procured commercial transportation is authorized under par. U5203-A, first itemization, item 2 and travel by POC as authorized in par. U5203-A, first itemization, item 3.� Per diem is payable under par. U5210.� The allowances authorized by this subparagraph are payable to the member.� Payment may be made directly to the former spouse when the member executes a statement authorizing such direct payment (B-193430, February 21, 1979). | 
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| | 7.Time Limits. | 
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| | Travel under this subparagraph must be completed within l year after the effective date of the final decree of divorce or annulment (as applicable), or 6 months after the date the member completes personal travel from the OCONUS PDS incident to a PCS, whichever occurs first (53 Comp. Gen. 960 (1974)).� An extension of the 6-month time limit may be authorized/approved for not more than 6 additional months by the commanding officer or a designated representative at the duty station where the dependents or former dependents are located, if justified on an individual case basis, when delay is not merely a matter of personal preference and return travel is accomplished as soon as reasonably possible after the member's travel is completed.� If an extension to the 6-month time limit is authorized/approved, travel under this subparagraph must be completed within 1 year after the: | 
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| | a.effective date of the final decree of divorce or annulment, as applicable; or | 
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| | b.date the member completes personal travel from the OCONUS PDS incident to a PCS; | 
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| | whichever occurs first.� The extension of the 6-month time limit may be granted for reasons such as hospitalization, medical problems, and completion of a school year which requires that a family member remain OCONUS past the 6-month limit (61 Comp. Gen. 62 (1981)). | 
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| | 8.Return of OCONUS Dependents | 
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| | a.Change in Custody Agreement or Other Legal Arrangements.� | 
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| | If, in the event of a change in custody agreement, or other legal arrangements, former family members again become dependent on a member, the return of the dependents to the member's OCONUS PDS may be authorized through the Secretarial Process provided: | 
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| | (1)the member hasn't received PCS orders but otherwise would be entitled to dependent travel and� transportation allowances under par. U5203-A; | 
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| | (2)the return of the dependents is for the Government�s convenience; | 
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| | (3)the dependents are command sponsored before travel and the member has at least 12 months remaining on the tour at the OCONUS PDS on the date the dependents are scheduled to arrive there; and | 
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| | (4)the travel and transportation allowances may not exceed those from the place to which the former family members where transported under subpar. 5. | 
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| | b.Remarriage.� | 
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| | If, in the event of remarriage, former family members again become dependent on the former sponsor, return of the dependents to the member's OCONUS PDS at Government expense is not authorized. If the member returns those dependents to the OCONUS PDS at personal expense and they�re command sponsored again, the member is entitled to dependents� travel and transportation allowances from the PDS on a subsequent PCS. | 
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| | 9.Subsequent Entitlements Not Affected. | 
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| | Travel of former family members under this paragraph is in addition to and has no effect on the member's entitlement to dependents� travel and transportation allowances on the effective date of the member's next PCS order (40 Comp. Gen. 554 (1961)). | 
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| | F.� PDS Changed to a Dependent-Restricted Tour Station, or Sea Duty Changed to Unusually Arduous Sea Duty | 
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| | 1.� General.� | 
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