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| | APPENDIX F - CONSUMABLE GOODS ALLOWANCE | 
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| | PART I:� LOCATIONS HAVING CONSUMABLE GOODS ALLOWANCES | 
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| | A member, assigned to a PDS in an area listed below, is entitled to ship up to 1,250 pounds of suitable consumable goods per year.* | 
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| | An employee, assigned to a PDS in an area listed below, is entitled to ship up to 1,250 pounds of suitable consumable goods per year.*� This allowance is in addition to the 4,500 pound weight allowance authorized in JTR, par. C8002-A2.� In no event shall the weight of HHG stored at Government expense plus the weight of HHG shipped at Government expense, including consumable goods shipments, exceed 18,000 pounds. | 
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| | *Requests for increased weight allowances for consumable goods shipments must be justified in writing and sent through the appropriate organizational channels to the PDTATAC for approval.� In no event shall the maximum weight allowance for consumable goods shipment exceed 2,000 pounds per year | 
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| | Afghanistan, KabulGabon, LibrevillePoland, Warsaw 
Albania, TiranaGeorgia, Tbilisi Romania, Bucharest 
Algeria, AlgiersGhana, AccraRussia, Moscow 
Angola, Luanda Guinea, ConakryRussia, St. Petersburg | 
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| | Armenia, Yerevan Guyana, GeorgetownRwanda, Kigali (Eff:22 Jul 98) | 
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| | Azerbaijan, Baku India, CalcuttaSerbia-Montenegro, Belgrade 
Bangladesh, DhakaIndonesiaSierra Leone, Freetown 
Belarus, Minsk Kazakstan, Alma-Ata Somalia, Mogadishu 
Bolivia, La PazKenyaSri Lanka, Colombo 
Bosnia-Herzegovina Kyrgyzstan, Bishkek Sudan, Khartoum 
BotswanaLaos Suriname, Paramaribo 
Bulgaria, SofiaLatvia, Riga Syria, Damascus 
Burkina, OuagadougouLiberia, MonroviaTajikistan, Dushnanbe� 
Burma, RangoonLithuania, Vilnius Tanzania, Dar Es Salaam
Burundi, Bujumbura Macedonia, Skopje Togo, Lome� 
Cambodia, Phnom PenhMadagascar, AntananarivoTurkmenistan, Ashkhabad 
Cameroon, YaoundeMalawi, LilongweUganda, Kampala 
Central African Republic, BanguiMali, BamakoUkraine, Kiev� 
Chad, N'DjamenaMauritania, NouakchottUzbekistan, Tashkent� 
China, BeijingMoldova (eff:4 Mar 98)Vietnam� | 
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| | China, ShanghaiMozambique, MaputoYemen, Sanna
Congo, BrazzavilleNepal, KatmanduYugoslavia� (See Serbia-Montenegro) 
Cote d'Ivoire, AbidjanNicaragua, Managua Zaire, Kinshasa� 
Cuba, HavanaNiger, NiameyZambia, Lusaka
Cyprus, NicosiaNigeria, LagosZimbabwe 
DjiboutiNorway, Bodo
Ecuador, QuitoOman, Muscat
Estonia, TallinnPakistan, Islamabad
Ethiopia, Addis Ababa Pakistan, QuettaPhilippines, Manila | 
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| | PART II: CRITERIA FOR ESTABLISHING A CONSUMABLE GOODS ALLOWANCE. | 
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| | The senior officer, in the area concerned, may submit a justified request for the area to be designated as an OCONUS location to which consumable goods may be shipped.� The justified request is sent through the appropriate organizational channels to the PDTATAC for approval.� The request must address the following questions: | 
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| | 1.How many members and DOD employees serve in the area? | 
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| | 2.Are State Department employees authorized a consumable goods shipment to the area? | 
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| | 3.What types of consumable goods are unavailable locally?� Please include foodstuffs, household and personal items. | 
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| | 4.Is the quality of consumable goods available locally equivalent to the American counterpart?� If not, explain. | 
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| | 5.What factors contribute to the lack of a reliable local source of adequate, necessary consumable goods?� Are those factors likely to improve in the foreseeable future? | 
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| | 6.Do locally available fresh foods require preparation far different from the American counterpart of those foods?� If so, explain. | 
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| | 7.Why do members/employees prefer/need to eat canned/dried/processed vegetables and produce versus locally available items? | 
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| | 8.Do food shortages require members/employees to wait in line for items for long periods? | 
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| | 9.Does State Department have a commissary or food locker/co-op at the station?� If so: | 
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| | a.� What is the space and storage capacity of the facility? | 
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| | b.� What variety of items are available? | 
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| | c.� How often is it restocked? | 
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| | d.� Can members/employees place bulk orders for consumable goods through the facility? | 
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| | e.� How often are bulk orders placed? | 
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| | f.� Are the bulk orders received on time? | 
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| | 10.Who is the POC for this request?� Please include commercial phone and fax numbers, and email address, if available. | 
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| | NOTE:The high price of consumable goods in an area isn't a factor in deciding whether or not to establish a consumable goods allowance. COLA is designed to offset a high cost of living at an OCONUS PDS.� | 
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| | APPENDIX G - SUMMARY OF MAXIMUM RELOCATION ALLOWANCES | 
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| | TABLE 1.� Relocation Allowances for Certain New Appointees to their First Official Station within CONUS /1,2 | 
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| | Maximum Allowances in Effect if Reporting Date is:--------------------------------------------------Oct 1, 1982 On or before�� throughOn or after 
Type of allowanceSept 30, 1982Nov 13,1983Nov 14,1983 1 
EN ROUTE TRAVEL EXPENSES 
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Transportation ExpensesTransportation expenses for 
(pars.C4050.C4051,appointee and dependents fromC4250,C4553)appointee's residence to� the first official station by common carrier; or A mileage allowance when a privately owned automobile (POA) is used for allowable in route travel as follows: 
Number of Occupants in POA: 
� Employee (or one dependent) 8 cents15 cents15 cents 
� Employee + 1 (or 2 dependents)10 cents17 cents17 cents 
� Employee + 2 (or 3 dependents)12 cents19 cents19 cents
� Employee + 3 (or 4 of more15 cents20 cents20 centsdependents) 
En Route Per Diem:
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(pars.C4300,C4552)A per diem allowance for allowable en route travel time not to exceed (NTE) the following maximum rates: 
�� Employees only$50.00$50.00$50.00 
Dependents (par.C7006-2�� NoneNoneNone | 
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| | HOUSEHOLD GOODS (HHG) 
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(par. C8000-1) 
Transportation Expense:Expenses of shipping HHG from 
-----------------------appointee's residence to the first official station NTE thefollowing net weight allowances: 
Maximum Net Weight Allowances:� 
Employee with dependents11,000 lbs11,000 lbs13,500 lbs 
Employee without dependents  7,500 lbs11,000 lbs13,500 lbs
�� Maximum allowance in effect��� 
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�� a after 12 October 1984 is 
�� 18,000 lbs. | 
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| | Temporary storage incident� 
to transportation:60 days.90 days90 days 
(par. C8001-2)An additionalAn additional90-day period90-day periodmay be authorizedmay be authorizedunder certainunder certain conditions. conditions.
Nontemporary storage(NTS):
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(par. C8001-2)storage for up to three years when assigned to an isolated duty station within the CONUS.� Weight of HHG stored combined with weight shipped may not exceed maximum weight allowances shown above. | 
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MOBILE HOMEIf used as a residence, mobile 
(Chapter 10)home may be moved in lieu of HHG shipment. See Chapter 10 for eligibility requirements and cost limitations. | 
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| | 1 Specifically included are individuals appointed to� designated shortage-category positions (including student trainees upon completion of college work), and to Senior Executive Service positions. Also, any person appointed by the President, by and with the advice and consent of the� Senate, to a position the rate of pay for which is equal to or higher than� the minimum rate of pay prescribed for GS-16, and whose effective date of appointment (date reporting to first official station) is on or after November 14, 1983, is eligible for the allowance listed. New appointees must agree in writing to remain in Government service for 12 months after the effective date of appointment (see par.C4050). | 
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| | 2 The allowances shown in Table 1 are the maximum allowances in effect on the dates shown in the right-hand columns and are to be used ONLY for reference or cost estimating purposes. Actual payment of these allowances must be in accordance with the governing provisions of this regulation which were in effect on the new appointee's effective date of appointment (date of reporting to first official station). Pertinent JTR paragraph references are shown in parentheses. | 
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| | (Effective: November 14. 1983) | 
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| | Table 2.� Relocation Allowances for Employees Transferred within CONUS /1,2 | 
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| | Maximum Allowances in Effect if Reporting Date is: | 
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| | On or before�� throughOn or after 
Type of allowanceSept 30, 1982Nov 13,1983Nov 14, 1983
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| | EN ROUTE TRAVEL EXPENSES
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| | Transportation Expenses:Transportation expenses for employee and 
(pars.C7000,C4250family from the old carrier to the newofficial station by common carrier; | 
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| | A mileage allowance when a privately owned automobile (POA) is used for en route travel as follows: | 
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| | Number of Occupants in POA: | 
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| | Employee (or one dependent)8 cents15 cents15 cents
Employee + 1 (or 2 dependents)10 cents17 cents17 cents
Employee + 2 (or 3 dependents)12 cents19 cents19 cents
Employee + 3 (or 4 of more15 cents20 cents20 cents���� dependents) | 
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| | En Route Per Diem:A per diem allowance for allowable en 
(pars. C4300-1,C7006)route travel between the employee's old and new official stations not to exceed(NTE) the following maximum rates: | 
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| | Employees or spouse
� unaccompanied by employee:$50.00$50.00$50.00 | 
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| | Spouse accompanied by
� employee: 37.50 37.50 37.50 | 
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| | Each other family member
� 12 years or older 37.50 37.50 37.50 | 
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� under 12 25.00 25.00 25.00 | 
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| | MISCELLANEOUS EXPENSE ALLOWANCE
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(Chapter 9) | 
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| | Employee with dependentsA flat allowance (without documentation) of - | 
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