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    PART�D:��HOUSEHOLD�GOODS��(HHG)�TRANSPORTATION�AND�NONTEMPORARY�STORAGE�(NTS)
        U5370�TRANSPORTATION�OF�HHG�UNDER�UNUSUAL�OR�EMERGENCY�CIRCUMSTANCES
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| | U5370TRANSPORTATION OF HHG UNDER UNUSUAL OR EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES | 
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| | (NOTE:� For Dependent Travel Under Unusual/Emergency Circumstances See Par. U5240) | 
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| | A.General.� | 
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| | Situations in this paragraph are unusual or emergency circumstances.� Authorization for HHG transportation under this paragraph is contingent on transportation of dependents under par. U5240, unless otherwise provided for in this paragraph.� When dependents� transportation under par. U5240 is involved, orders authorizing the dependent travel also may authorize HHG transportation and should cite the specific subparagraph under which the transportation is authorized.� In other circumstances, orders issued under this paragraph providing for HHG transportation (or consumable goods under subpar. L) must cite the specific subparagraph under which the transportation is authorized.� For transportation of HHG incident to an evacuation, see Chapter 6.� Following are guidelines for administering the entitlements to HHG transportation authorized in this paragraph: | 
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| | 1.Ordinarily, authority to authorize/approve requests for transportation is exercised through the Secretarial Process. | 
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| | 2.HHG transportation authorized in connection with dependents� transportation in advance of the member's PCS and under subpars. D2, D3, D4 and D8b precludes further HHG transportation during the member's current OCONUS tour, except as prescribed in subpar. B and par. U6010. | 
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| | 3.When a noncommand sponsored dependent is present in an OCONUS area, HHG transportation shall not be authorized except when the order-issuing official determines, in each instance, that the unusual or emergency circumstances of the particular case justify the expenditure of public funds for this purpose. | 
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| | B.� HHG Transportation from Other Than the United States or a Nonforeign OCONUS Area Due to Official Situations | 
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| | 1.General.� | 
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| | Orders authorizing dependents� transportation from other than the United States or a nonforeign OCONUS area, for official reasons in par. U5240-B,� also�� may�� authorize� HHG transportation within the authorized weight allowance in par. U5310-B, or the administrative weight limitation established by the Service concerned in accordance with par. U5315, as appropriate.� The HHG may be transported from any location and/or from NTS to the designated place.� These members also are entitled to NTS or continued NTS under par. U5380-C. | 
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| | 2.Return of Dependents to the Member's OCONUS PDS.� | 
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| | When a member is authorized dependents� transportation to the member's OCONUS PDS under par. U5240-B, item 3, and when in the Government�s best interest, the official authorizing dependents� transportation may authorize HHG transportation to the member's OCONUS PDS up to the cost from the place to which the HHG were previously transported under this subparagraph.� However, at least 12 months must remain in the member's tour at the OCONUS PDS on the day the HHG are scheduled to arrive at that PDS.� Through the Secretarial Process, exceptions may be granted when the HHG shipping time uses a portion of the 12 months at the OCONUS PDS. | 
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| | 3.Entitlements on Next PCS Order. | 
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| | Entitlement to HHG transportation for dependents under this paragraph is in addition to, and has no effect on, the entitlement to HHG transportation on the member's next PCS (40 Comp. Gen. 554 (1961)). | 
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| | C.� HHG Transportation for Reasons of National Interest.� | 
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| | Orders authorizing dependents� transportation under par. U5240-C also may authorize HHG transportation within prescribed weight allowances.� This applies whether the HHG are OCONUS or in NTS.� Transportation is authorized between the same places authorized in subpars. B and D. | 
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| | D.� HHG Transportation from OCONUS Due to Personal Situations and HHG Transportation Located in CONUS When Disciplinary Action is Taken Against a Member Stationed OCONUS | 
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| | Orders authorizing dependents� transportation under pars. U5240-D and E also may authorize HHG transportation within the weight allowance in par. U5310-B, or the administrative weight limitation established by the Service concerned in accordance with par. U5315, as appropriate.� The HHG may be transported from any location and/or from NTS to a designated place or, if the dependents are foreign nationals, to� a� lace in the country of the dependents' origin.� These members also are authorized NTS or continued NTS under par. U5380-C.� Otherwise, orders may be issued providing for HHG transportation in advance of the member's PCS only if authorized/approved under subpars. 2, 3, 4 or 8b. | 
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| | 2.Dependents Don�t Perform Authorized Travel to the OCONUS PDS.� | 
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| | A member, with dependents, ordered on PCS to an OCONUS PDS, who, in anticipation of dependents accompanying or joining the member, transports HHG to the PDS, may be provided return HHG transportation if, for reasons beyond the member's control, the dependents don�t join the member.� Return HHG transportation may be authorized/approved through the Secretarial Process when in the best interest of the member or dependents and the United States.� Return HHG transportation may not exceed the transportation cost from the member's OCONUS PDS to the dependent's location.� (B-217447, April 24, 1986). | 
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| | 3.Death of Dependents in OCONUS Areas.� | 
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| | After the death of a sole dependent, or of all dependents, authorized to reside in an OCONUS area, a member is entitled to NTS of HHG located in the OCONUS area under par. U5380-L, table, item 15, up to the prescribed weight limit. | 
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| | 4.Dependents Currently at Appropriate Destination-Travel Orders Not Issued.� | 
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| | When dependents have traveled to an appropriate destination under circumstances which would have authorized their travel under par. U5240-D had orders been issued, HHG transportation may be authorized provided orders are later issued approving dependents� travel under the conditions in par. U5240-D, and confirming HHG transportation.� Such orders must be supported by a determination of the member's commanding officer that: | 
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| | a.dependents traveled to an appropriate location where they intend to reside; | 
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| | b.their travel meets the conditions in par. U5240-D, except that a travel authorization for their travel wasn�t issued; | 
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| | c.the OCONUS status of dependents as command sponsored remains unchanged (not applicable for a member's former dependents whose transportation could have been authorized under par. U5240-E); and | 
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| | d.it is in the best interest of the United States to issue orders approving dependents� transportation to an appropriate destination under par. U5240-D. | 
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| | 5.Transportation of Former Family Members Incident to Divorce or Annulment.� | 
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| | The official authorizing travel of former-family members under par. U5240-E also may authorize HHG transportation subject to the same conditions, circumstances, and terminal points in par. U5240-E for their personal travel.� HHG transported must be turned over to a transportation officer or carrier for transportation within 1 year after the effective date of the final decree of divorce or annulment, or within 6 months after the date the member completes personal travel from the OCONUS PDS incident to a PCS, whichever occurs first.� An extension of that 6-month time limit for HHG transportation may be authorized/approved the same as for dependent travel in par. U5240-E1.� If the 6-month time limit is extended, the HHG must be turned over to a transportation officer or carrier for transportation within 1 year after the: | 
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| | a.effective date of the final decree of divorce or annulment; 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. | 
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| | 6.Return of Dependents Authorized to OCONUS Areas | 
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| | a.� Change in Custody Agreement or Other Legal Arrangements.� | 
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| | When a member is authorized return transportation of dependents to the same or subsequent OCONUS PDS under par. U5240-E8a, return HHG transportation to the member's OCONUS PDS, not to exceed the cost from the place to which they were previously transported under this subparagraph, when in the best interest of the Government may be authorized through the Secretarial Process.� However, at least 12 months must remain in the member's tour at the OCONUS PDS on the day the HHG are scheduled to arrive at that station.� Exceptions may be granted through the Secretarial Process when the HHG shipping time uses a portion of the 12 months at the OCONUS PDS. | 
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| | b.Member Serves an IPCOT.� | 
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| | Incident to the member serving an IPCOT, when dependents are returned to the member's OCONUS PDS at: | 
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| | (1)Government expense under par. U5240-D3, or | 
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| | (2)personal expense and those dependents are subsequently command sponsored, | 
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| | HHGtransportation is authorized to the member's OCONUS PDS, but costs may not exceed the cost from the place to which the HHG were previously transported under par. U5370-D to the member's PDS.� At least 12 months must remain in the member's tour at the OCONUS PDS on the day the HHG are scheduled to arrive at that station.� Exceptions may be granted through the Secretarial Process when the HHG shipping time uses a portion of the 12 months at the OCONUS PDS. | 
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| | 7.Entitlements on Next PCS Order.� | 
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| | Entitlement to HHG transportation for dependents and former-family members under this paragraph is in addition to the entitlement to HHG transportation based on dependency status and grade on the effective date of the member's next PCS order (40 Comp. Gen. 554 (1961)). | 
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| | 8.Disciplinary Action Taken Against Member Stationed OCONUS or Member Discharged Under Other Than Honorable Conditions or Sentenced to Confinement With or Without Discharge | 
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| | a.Dependent Transportation Authorized.� | 
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| | When orders authorize dependents� transportation under par. U5240-D2, items h(1) through (8), HHG transportation may be authorized up to the Government cost from the member's last or former OCONUS PDS or the place to which last transported at Government expense, as applicable, to the member's HOR or PLEAD, the designated place, or, when granted through the Secretarial Process, to a place in the country of the dependents' origin if the dependents are foreign nationals.� The authority authorizing the transportation determines the place to which transportation is authorized and ensures that a reasonable relationship exists between the conditions and circumstances in each case and the destination to which transportation is authorized.� When orders authorize dependents� transportation under par. U5240-D2, item h(9), HHG transportation may not be authorized for a distance greater than that from the member's last or former OCONUS PDS to the HOR or PLEAD.� NTS may not be authorized. | 
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| | b.� No Dependent Travel Involved.� | 
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| | A member whose PDS is OCONUS, and who�sn�t provided HHG transportation under subpar. 1 or subpar. a because dependents aren�t provided transportation under par. U5240-D2, item h (that is, the member has no dependents, dependents performed travel at personal expense without orders, etc.), may be provided HHG transportation when the 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 a court-martial and placed on leave involuntarily while awaiting completion of appellate review.� (When HHG are transported to HOR or PLEAD, or to some other place on a not to exceed basis under the provisions of this item, that is the final separation HHG transportation unless the member is restored to duty (63 Comp. Gen. 135 (1983)). | 
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| | The officer exercising special or general court-martial jurisdiction over the member may authorize/approve HHG transportation in the above circumstances.� HHG transportation should be authorized/approved when in the best interest of the Government.� When authorized/approved, the member is provided transportation of the authorized weight allowance of the grade held at the time the HHG are transported, or the authorized weight allowance of the grade held when ordered to OCONUS duty, whichever is greater.� If the member has dependents, HHG transportation under items h(1) through (8) may be authorized up to the Government cost from the member's last or former OCONUS PDS or the place to which last transported at Government expense, as applicable, to the member's HOR, PLEAD, the designated place, or if the dependents are foreign nationals, to the place in the country of the dependents' origin at which the dependents are to reside or are residing.� The authorizing/approving official must determine the place to which transportation is authorized and ensure that a reasonable relationship exists between the conditions and circumstances in each case and the destination to which transportation is authorized.� If the member has no dependents, HHG transportation is authorized from the member's OCONUS PDS to any location, up to the cost from the OCONUS PDS to the member's HOR or PLEAD.� HHG transportation under item h(9), whether the member has dependents or not, may not be authorized for a distance greater than that from the member's last or former OCONUS PDS to the HOR or PLEAD.� If the member is separated from the Service, the member isn�t entitled to NTS if moved from Government or Government-controlled quarters, nor to NTS as an alternative to transportation. | 
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| | 9.� Entitlement Following Confinement Without Discharge.� | 
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