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| | U8005� PRIMARY DEPENDENTS DON'T RESIDE AT LOCATION OF PDS | 
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| | A.Member Serves in an OCONUS Unaccompanied Status.� | 
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| | When the primary dependent establishes a residence or resides in CONUS incident to a member's transfer in an unaccompanied status to an OCONUS PDS, or while the member is assigned in an unaccompanied status at an OCONUS PDS, entitlement to CONUS COLA in specific circumstances will be as indicated in the following items. (In instances of multiple dependent locations, CONUS COLA entitlement will be based on the location of the residence of the primary dependent).� When the primary dependent: | 
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| | 1.retains a permanent residence in the CONUS incident to the member's transfer in an unaccompanied status, CONUS COLA will continue at the rate applicable to the old PDS and, if the permanent residence is in an area having a rate different than that of the old PDS, the rate applicable to the location of the primary dependent�s residence will begin on the day the member reports to the new PDS. Entitlement to CONUS COLA will be reduced by the number of days authorized under par. U5160 for direct PCS travel. | 
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| | 2.relocates in the CONUS incident to the member's transfer in an unaccompanied status from a PDS in CONUS, entitlement to CONUS COLA at the rate applicable to the CONUS location where the primary dependent establishes a permanent residence will begin when the primary dependent arrives at the location of the new residence, or when the member reports to the new PDS in connection with the transfer, whichever is later.� Entitlement to CONUS COLA based on the rate payable for the old PDS will continue through the day before the day the rate applicable for the location of the new permanent residence begins, but must be reduced by the number of days authorized under par. U5160 for direct PCS travel. | 
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| | 3.relocates a residence while the member is serving in an unaccompanied status, entitlement to CONUS COLA at the rate payable for the location of the old permanent residence will continue through the day before the day the primary dependent arrives at the location of the new permanent residence.� Entitlement to CONUS COLA at the rate applicable to the location of the new permanent residence will begin on the day the primary dependent arrives at that location. | 
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| | 4.resides in the CONUS while the member serves in an unaccompanied status, and the member is required to perform TDY in CONUS or incident to an OCONUS transfer to another PDS in an unaccompanied status, entitlement to CONUS COLA will continue and will be based on the location of the permanent residence of the primary dependent. CONUS COLA must be reduced by the number of days authorized under par. U5160 for the direct PCS travel. | 
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| | 5.resides in the CONUS while the member serves in an unaccompanied status, and the member is required to perform TDY incident to a transfer to a PDS in CONUS, entitlement to CONUS COLA at the rate applicable to the location of the primary dependent�s permanent residence will continue through the day before the day the member reports at the new PDS, reduced by the number of days authorized under par. U5160 for direct PCS travel.� Entitlement to CONUS COLA at the rate prescribed for the new PDS will begin on the day the member reports at that station. | 
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| | 6.establishes a residence in the CONUS incident to the member's transfer from an accompanied status at an OCONUS PDS to an unaccompanied status, entitlement to CONUS COLA at the rate applicable to the location where the primary dependent establishes a permanent residence will begin when the primary dependent arrives at the location of the new residence, provided all dependents have departed the overseas location.� When payment of CONUS COLA begins before the member completes PCS travel, payment must be reduced by the number of days authorized under par. U5160 for direct PCS travel. | 
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| | B.� Member'sPDSinCONUSand Dependents Don't Reside at Location ofPDS | 
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| | 1.General.� | 
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| | A member is entitled to only one CONUS COLA.� A member assigned to a PDS in CONUS is entitled to CONUS COLA at the rate applicable to the location where the primary dependent maintains a permanent residence in the CONUS, instead of the rate for the member�s PDS, if the Secretarial Process, issues a determination it is necessary for the primary dependent to maintain a permanent residence in an area other than the one in which the PDS is located.� Secretarial determinations may be issued when the member is: | 
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| | a.assigned to a PDS in an area where sufficient quantities of housing don't exist; | 
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| | b.assigned to unusually arduous sea duty and the primary dependent resides at, or relocates to, a designated place in CONUS; | 
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| | c.assigned, or is in receipt of PCS orders, to a ship entering overhaul involving a homeport change and the primary dependent is not relocated incident to the homeport change; | 
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| | d.in receipt of PCS orders to a unit with a promulgated change of homeport and the primary dependent relocates to the announced homeport (or designated place in CONUS, if appropriate) before the effective date of the homeport change; | 
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| | e.disadvantaged as a result of reassignment for reasons of improving mission capability and readiness of the unit, in receipt of PCS orders between duty stations located in the same proximity, and disallowed movement of HHG (see par. U5355).� (The Secretarial Process, must issue a determination that a decision to implement this policy is in the interest of correcting an inequity incurred due to movement of the individual for purposes of improving mission capability and unit readiness); or, | 
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| | f.assigned to indeterminate TDY, or TDY pending further orders. In addition to these cases, the Secretarial Process, may issue a determination, if circumstances or conditions at the new PDS require the primary dependent to reside at a separate location.� This determination is made only in cases where the necessity to reside separately is caused by conditions at the duty station.� This doesn't cover a personal election of either a member or a primary dependent as the reason for residing separately from the member. | 
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| | 2.� Rates Applicable.�� | 
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| | The rate applicable to the location where the primary dependent establishes a permanent residence will be effective on the date the primary dependent arrives at the location of the new residence or the date the member reports to the new PDS in connection with the transfer, whichever is later. Entitlement to CONUS COLA based on the rate payable for the location of the primary dependent�s old permanent residence, or the member's old PDS, will continue through the day before the day the rate applicable for the location of the new permanent residence begins, less the number of travel days authorized under par. U5160 for direct travel between the old and new PDSs.� If the primary dependent doesn't relocate, entitlement to the CONUS COLA based on the rate payable for the location of the primary dependent�s permanent residence, or the member's old PDS, will continue, except the entitlement will be reduced by the number of travel days the member is authorized under par. U5160 for direct travel between the old and new PDSs.� When the primary dependent�s permanent residence is in an area that has a different rate than the old PDS, and the member's entitlement was based on the rate payable for the old PDS, the rate applicable to the location of the primary dependent�s permanent residence begins on the day the member reports to the new PDS.� The rate payable for the old PDS continues through the day before the day the rate applicable for the location of the primary dependent�s permanent residence begins, but entitlement to the allowance is reduced by the number of travel days the member is authorized under par. U5160 for direct travel between the old and new PDSs. | 
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| | U8006� DEPENDENTS ARRIVE AT OVERSEAS� PDS AFTER MEMBER | 
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| | A member, assigned to an OCONUS PDS and authorized CONUS COLA on behalf of dependents residing separately from the member in the CONUS, is entitled to that allowance while the dependents visit at or near the member's PDS continuously for 90 days or less.� Facts must show the dependents are merely visiting (not changing residence).� If the visit exceeds 90 days, a member is not entitled to CONUS COLA on behalf of dependents residing separately from the member beginning on the 91st day, unless the visit is extended because of illness or other emergency, or the member is entitled to a CONUS COLA on behalf of the primary dependent who is not visiting the member. | 
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| | U8007� MEMBER IN NONPAY STATUS | 
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| | Entitlement to CONUS COLA� may be continued for the same period and under the same conditions as entitlement to BAQ when a member is in a nonpay status (see DOD 7000.14-R, "Military Pay, Policy, and Procedures," Volume 7, Part A (DOD Military Pay and Allowances Entitlements (DoDFMR, Vol. 7A),� paragraph. 30251 for DOD members and Service pay regulations for members of non-DOD services).� Payment will be made directly to dependents and not to the member, when the member's BAQ is paid directly to dependents. | 
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| | U8008� ENTITLEMENT WHEN MEMBER IS HOSPITALIZED�� | 
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| | For the purpose of the CONUS COLA entitlement, the hospital to which a member is transferred is considered the member's PDS when it is determined prolonged hospitalization will be required and appropriate orders associated with the prolonged hospitalization determination are issued.� This paragraph applies if a member is transferred from a PDS outside the United States to a hospital in the United States for observation and treatment, or when a member is transferred from a PDS in the United States to a hospital in the United States for observation and treatment. | 
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| | U8009� CONCURRENT PAYMENT OF OCONUS COLA AND CONUS COLA | 
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| | A member assigned to an OCONUS PDS may be paid an appropriate OCONUS COLA at the without dependent rate (Chapter 9), and a CONUS COLA at the with dependent rate applicable for the CONUS high cost area where the primary dependent resides. This may occur only if there are no command sponsored dependents residing with the member.� If dependents of a member assigned to an OCONUS PDS are authorized an extension of OCONUS COLA at their place of residence, in accordance with par. U9101-B or C, after the member departs, the member may be paid the OCONUS COLA at the with dependent rate, and a CONUS COLA at the without dependent rate based on the new PDS, through the day entitlement to OCONUS COLA terminates.� On the following day, the member may be paid CONUS COLA at the with dependent rate for the CONUS PDS. | 
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| | U8010� MEMBER PAYING CHILD SUPPORT | 
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| | A member with dependents authorized: | 
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| | 1.BAQ at the with dependent rate (grandfathered members who were assigned Government quarters and receiving BAQ at with dependent rate based solely on the payment of child support on December 4, 1991); or | 
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| | 2.BAQ-DIFF (BAQ-CHILD for Coast Guard); | 
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| | solely because the member is paying child support, is entitled to CONUS COLA at the without dependent rate. | 
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| | U8011� MEMBERS OF RESERVE COMPONENTS | 
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| | A.� Called (or Ordered) to Active Duty for 20 Weeks or More.� | 
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| | Members of the reserve components called (or ordered) to active duty for 20 or more weeks at one location are entitled to CONUS COLA at the rate prescribed for the PLEAD, beginning on the day the member is entitled to BAQ (66 Comp. Gen. 453 (1987)).� The initial rate shall terminate on the day before the day the member reports at the duty location prescribed in the active duty orders. Entitlement to a CONUS COLA at the rate prescribed for the PDS location begins on the day the member reports at that location.� The member's CONUS COLA entitlement is reduced by the number of travel days allowed under par. U5160 for direct travel from the PLEAD to the active duty location and return. | 
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| | B. Called (or Ordered) to Active Duty for Less Than 20 Weeks.� | 
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| | Members of the reserve components called (or ordered) to active duty for less than 20 weeks aren't entitled to CONUS COLA unless the call or order to active duty is in support of a contingency operation (see Appendix A for definition of "contingency operation.")� A member called (or ordered) to active duty in support of a contingency operation is entitled to CONUS COLA at the rate prescribed for the location of principal place of residence at the time called or ordered to active duty. | 
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| | U8012� NEW MEMBERS� | 
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| | Newly inducted enlisted or reenlisted members, officers, or officer candidates are entitled to CONUS COLA at the rate prescribed: | 
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| | 1.for members without dependents, the duty location to which assigned; or, | 
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| | 2.for members with dependents, the location of the primary dependent. | 
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| | The rate for members without dependents shall change on the day the member arrives at each new duty location until the member arrives at the designated initial PDS.� The rate is based on the location of the primary dependent for members with dependents until the day before the day the member arrives at the member�s initial PDS.� The CONUS COLA entitlement is reduced by the number of travel days authorized under par. U5160 for direct travel from the PLEAD to the first PDS. | 
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| | U8013� CONUS COLA AT WITH DEPENDENT RATE FOR MEMBERS WITH PHYSICAL CUSTODY OF CHILDREN | 
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| | Generally, a divorced or legally separated member with legal custody of a child or children of the marriage is entitled to CONUS COLA at the with dependent rate.� However, a member parent who has physical custody, but not legal custody, of at least one child is entitled to CONUS COLA at the with dependent rate when the following conditions are met: | 
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| | 1.the member must be entitled to BAQ, and | 
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| | 2.physical custody must be for a minimum of 90 consecutive days (a break, or breaks if for 5 days or less, shall not be considered an interruption of the 90-day period). | 
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| | 1. If the divorce or separation involves two members, it is possible for both members to be entitled to CONUS COLA at the with dependent rate. This is the case when each parent has physical custody of one or more children at the same time. Both members can't draw VHA at the with dependent rate based on physical custody of the same child(ren) at the same time. | 
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| | 2.� In cases where the child or children are in the physical custody of a member paying child support for more than� 90� consecutive days� (excluding a break or breaks for� 5� days or less), such member is not considered to be receiving BAQ at the with dependent rate solely because he or she is paying child support (B-230318, April 18, 1990). | 
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| | U8014� CONUS COLA INCIDENT TO EVACUATION OF MEMBER'S PDS | 
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| | A.� Members With Dependents | 
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| | 1.� Continuation ofCONUSCOLAat Member'sPDS.� | 
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| | A member, whose dependents are evacuated and who was entitled to CONUS COLA at the with dependent rate prescribed for the member�s PDS on the date of such evacuation, shall be entitled to continue to be paid such allowances while the member's PDS remains unchanged, unless the Secretarial Process issues a determination, under the provisions in Par U8005-B, that it is necessary for the dependents to maintain a permanent residence in an area other than the one in which the PDS is located. When such a determination is issued, entitlement to CONUS COLA at the with dependent rate, based on the location of the designated place for the primary dependent, begins on the day after the day on which per diem at the designated place (authorized in par. U6054-E) terminates. | 
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| | 2.� CONUSCOLAat Designated Place.� | 
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| | When a member's command sponsored dependents are residing at a designated place in the CONUS incident to an evacuation, the member is entitled to a CONUS COLA at the with dependent rate beginning on the day after the day on which per diem at the designated place (authorized in par. U6005-E) terminates.� The rate applicable is based on the location of the designated place for the primary dependent. | 
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| | B.� Members Without Dependents.� | 
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| | A member without dependents, who was entitled to CONUS COLA at the PDS on the date an evacuation is ordered, shall continue to be entitled to the CONUS COLA until the day before the day the member reports at the new PDS. | 
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| | U8015� EARLY RETURN OF DEPENDENTS | 
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| | A member is entitled to CONUS COLA when all dependents return to CONUS, before the member, from the member�s OCONUS PDS.� CONUS COLA at the with-dependent rate begins the day one or more dependents arrive at the location of their permanent residence or the day all the dependents have departed the member�s OCONUS PDS, whichever is later.� To be eligible for CONUS COLA, the member must be entitled to a BAQ based on those dependents.� The rate applicable is based on the location where the dependents establish a permanent residence.��� | 
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